Senior Performance Engineer

Job Description:

Position Description:

Develops and designs performance characterization strategies for financial applications. Gathers and compares quantitative data using performance benchmarking tools LoadRunner, CloudTest, and JMeter. Monitors and analyzes performance metrics and application logs. Builds automation pipelines using Continuous Integration and Continuous Deployment (CI/CD) frameworks. Builds large-scale end-to-end systems with application server technologies Tomcat, Node, and Apache.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Identifies performance bottlenecks and makes tuning recommendations.
• Triages defects with development partners and project management teams.
• Ensures timely escalation of critical issues to development, project, and performance engineering teams.
• Prepares and communicates performance results to management.
• Develops original and creative technical solutions to support on-going development efforts.
• Designs applications or subsystems on major projects involving multiple platforms and supporting a range of divisional initiatives.
• Supports and performs all phases of testing leading to implementation.
• Analyzes information to determine, recommend, and plan computer software specifications on major projects and proposes modifications and improvements based on user need.
• Develops software system testing and validation procedures, programming, and documentation.

Education and Experience:

No degree and five (5) years of experience as a Senior Performance Engineer (or related occupation) performing software performance engineering on high volume, online financial systems in a DevOps environment.

Bachelor s degree (or foreign education equivalent) in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology, Information Systems, Mathematics, Physics, or a closely related field and three (3) years of experience as a Senior Performance Engineer (or related occupation)performing software performance engineering on high volume, online financial systems in a DevOps environment.

Or, alternatively, Master s degree (or foreign education equivalent) in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology, Information Systems, Mathematics, Physics, or a closely related field and one (1) year of experience as a Senior Performance Engineer (or related occupation) performing software performance engineering on high volume, online financial systems in a DevOps environment.

Skills and Knowledge:

Candidate must also possess:

• Demonstrated Expertise ( DE ) performing software performance benchmarking and performance engineering of online financial Web applications, APIs, and Mobile transactions according to DevOps engineering practices, using performance benchmarking tools Akamai CloudTest, LoadRunner, and JMeter; and configuring Continuous Integration/Continuous Development (CI/CD) and test automation, using Jenkins, Sonar, Ant, Maven, Artifactory, and Amazon Web Services (AWS).
• DE analyzing and monitoring hardware system performance metrics CPU/memory, heap, and Garbage Collections (GC) across Apache, NGINX, Java, and Node.js software platforms; instrumenting and monitoring operating systems Linux and Windows using Linux console and monitoring tools Splunk, Datadog, and IBM ISA; and analyzing performance across applications hosted on external Cloud solution providers AWS using AWS Console and CloudWatch.
• DE researching performance bottlenecks to provide tuning recommendations using APM tools Dynatrace, NewRelic, and DataDog APM; and performing capacity planning to advocate CPU sizing, memory, and process configuration management, using APM tools.
• DE forecasting and coordinating work intake across Scrum teams and orchestrating the testing of financial software products, using Jira; and providing performance tool (CloudTest and Jenkins) trainings.

Salary: $154,482.00 - $164,482.00/year.

Company Overview

Fidelity Investments is a privately held company with a mission to strengthen the financial well-being of our clients. We help people invest and plan for their future. We assist companies and non-profit organizations in delivering benefits to their employees. And we provide institutions and independent advisors with investment and technology solutions to help invest their own clients money.

Join Us

At Fidelity, you ll find endless opportunities to build a meaningful career that positively impacts peoples lives, including yours. You can take advantage of flexible benefits that support you through every stage of your career, empowering you to thrive at work and at home. Honored with a Glassdoor Employees Choice Award , we have been recognized by our employees as a top 10 Best Place to Work in 2024. And you don t need a finance background to succeed at Fidelity we offer a range of opportunities for learning so you can build the career you ve always imagined.

Fidelity's working model blends the best of working offsite with maximizing time together in person to meet associate and business needs. Currently, most hybrid roles require associates to work onsite all business days of one assigned week per four-week period (beginning in September 2024, the requirement will be two full assigned weeks).

At Fidelity, we value honesty, integrity, and the safety of our associates and customers within a heavily regulated industry. Certain roles may require candidates to go through a preliminary credit check during the screening process. Candidates who are presented with a Fidelity offer will need to go through a background investigation, detailed in this document , and may be asked to provide additional documentation as requested. This investigation includes but is not limited to a criminal, civil litigations and regulatory review, employment, education, and credit review (role dependent). These investigations will account for 7 years or more of history, depending on the role. Where permitted by federal or state law, Fidelity will also conduct a pre-employment drug screen, which will review for the following substances: Amphetamines, THC (marijuana), cocaine, opiates, phencyclidine.

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Fidelity Investments is an equal opportunity employer. We believe that the most effective way to attract, develop and retain a diverse workforce is to build an enduring culture of inclusion and belonging.

Fidelity will reasonably accommodate applicants with disabilities who need adjustments to participate in the application or interview process. To initiate a request for an accommodation, contact the HR Accommodation Team by sending an email to .