Performance Engineer II

OverviewPlans, designs, codes, debugs, documents and implements changes to new and existing performance solutions and strategies. Provides valuable input on strategic performance and resilience initiatives. Leverage best-in-class automation and performance testing tools to deliver a high level of service to Paychex customers.ResponsibilitiesCreates and peer reviews Performance test plans, data creation strategies and accuracy in all Performance scenarios.Independently develops and maintains complex automated performance test scenarios that measure and validate performance against requirements. Includes, but not limited to the test execution, analysis, reporting and presenting of performance test results to internal and external team members.Creates test strategies, utilizing knowledge of performance testing best practices including but not limited to virtual users, think time, pacing, latency, and packet loss.Utilizes Application Performance Monitoring tools (APM) to observe application and infrastructure performance across diverse hardware, operating systems, application servers, and databases. Provides suggestions as to how the APM solutions can be better utilized.Assist in resolving impediments and to drive solutions to technical issues.Researches and drives issues to resolution to keep testing and project schedules are on track. Communicates testing and project status to management as necessary.Acquires and utilizes in-depth business, software application and technical knowledge to maximize effectiveness and quality when working on project tasks.Mentor, influence and effectively communicate with other team members in the areas of Performance Engineering.Participate and evangelizes in creating a Performance culture across PD&IT.Can clearly and concisely communicate to management and project teams.Effectively escalates issues to management when needed.QualificationsBachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Management Information Systems, Software Engineering, Information Technology or equivalent work experience - Required3 years of experience in Combined experience in any of the following: performance diagnostics, capacity planning, performance architecture design, performance tuning, performance monitoring, or code profiling.3 years of experience in Testing applications on Windows and Unix/Linux platforms. Testing/developing multi-tiered and distributed applications. Programming languages such as Java, C,.Net Scripting languages such as Perl, Bash, javascript.3 years of experience in Hands-on experience with any of the following Client Experience monitoring tools (or similar): HPE LoadRunner/Performance Center, ReadyAPI, AppDynamics, Splunk, Jmeter, etc.3 years of experience in Hands-on experience with any of the following profiling or diagnostics tools (or similar): Yourkit, Fiddler, or WireShark.3 years of experience in Cloud Technologies: Microsoft Azure, AWS, Openshift (Kubernetes based) Application servers such as HP Weblogic, Microsoft.Net, Jboss - Databases such as Oracle, SQL Server, Informix Database or application tuning experience.Applicants must be authorized to work for any employer in the US. Paychex is unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment Visa at this time.Candidates for this role may not be located in California.This position is available for US based applicants only.CompensationIn the spirit of pay transparency, we are excited to share that the starting base pay range for this position is $78,400 - $123,200. Please keep in mind that this range is the base pay only and does not consider other components that make up the total rewards package for the position. If you are hired at Paychex, your overall compensation will be determined based on factors such as geographic location, skills, education, and/or experience which may result in total compensation outside of this range.

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