Sr. Performance Engineer

Sr. Performance Engineer

At Cognizant, our global community sets us apart—an energetic, collaborative and inclusive workplace where everyone can thrive. And with projects at the forefront of innovation, you can build a varied, rewarding career and draw encouragement from dedicated colleagues and leaders. Cognizant is right where you belong.

Role overview

What you’ll do

• Ability to evaluate performance test script/code and test results, while providing a clear interpretation of risks and mitigation options to non-technical Partners
• Expertise in supervising tools that allow for the analysis of system health and potential bottlenecks.
• Identifying and providing tuning recommendations, for various infrastructure components such as application servers, database servers, and backend systems.
• Analyze and provide performance analysis report and tuning suggestion using Splunk or data dog tools.
• Analyzing GC, heap/thread dumps and evaluate the results for tuning.
• Scripting and UI profiling with help of HTTP Watch, Firebug and Fiddler and google light house.
• Should be able to tackle Performance issues and analyze Thread dumps, heap dumps, and do database analysis.

What you bring to the role

• Consistent track record in IT industry with exposure to End-to-End Performance testing methodologies and lifecycle.
• Solid grasp of various methodologies such as Agile, iterative and waterfall methodologies.
• Expertise on Salesforce and SAP technologies with insurance confirmed experience.
• Experience on Performance testing tools like LoadRunner and JMeter
• Knowledge of databases and tuning predominately with SQL and Oracle servers.
• Development background (effective) with Java, react, groovy or .net. for the scripting.
• Solid grasp of backend systems like Kafka and mainframes.
• Experience of test management and defect tracking tools.
• Experience in mobile performance testing and engineering with Charles proxy, See Test and Appium tools.
• Expertise in CI/CD pipeline creation and should have solid grasp on integrating Grafana, influx DB with JMeter.
• Background in monitoring, profiling, and diagnostics tools such as AppDynamics, and Dynatrace.
• Hands on experience on APM & Log analysis tools like Dynatrace, Datadog & Splunk.
• Understanding of Soap/Rest API communication and Microservices.

Nice to Have

• knowledge on Service virtualisation.

What we offer

• The chance to work with impact. Here, you’re empowered to bring your biggest thinking to help our company and clients improve everyday life.
• Ownership over your career. Stay at the top of your game through our award-winning learning and development ecosystem. And when your ambitions change, or we offer new opportunities, we help you pivot by providing reskilling, on-the-job learning and guidance to find new roles that might be a better fit.
• The opportunity to thrive on a high caliber team with heart. We celebrate each other’s experiences and perspectives and promote a sense of belonging through our affinity groups and diversity and inclusion initiatives.
• A comprehensive total rewards package, including a competitive salary and pension plan with matching contributions.
• Flexible health and financial benefits to support you and your eligible dependents—from day one.
• True work-life balance. Be at your best through paid time off, flexible work arrangements, volunteering opportunities, social events, and so much more.

We believe hybrid work is the way forward as we strive to provide flexibility wherever possible. Based on this role’s business requirements, this is a hybrid position requiring 2-3 days a week in a client or Cognizant office in Toronto, ON. Regardless of your working arrangement, we are here to support a healthy work-life balance though our various wellbeing programs.

Note: The working arrangements for this role are accurate as of the date of posting. This may change based on the project you’re engaged in, as well as business and client requirements. Rest assured; we will always be clear about role expectations.

Cognizant will only consider applicants for this position who are legally authorized to work in Canada without requiring employer sponsorship, now or at any time in the future.

We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.

Employee Status : Full Time Employee

Shift : Day Job

Travel : No

Job Posting : Apr 10 2024

About Cognizant

Cognizant (Nasdaq-100: CTSH) is one of the world's leading professional services companies, transforming clients' business, operating and technology models for the digital era. Our unique industry-based, consultative approach helps clients envision, build and run more innovative and efficient businesses. Headquartered in the U.S., Cognizant is ranked 185 on the Fortune 500 and is consistently listed among the most admired companies in the world. Learn how Cognizant helps clients lead with digital at www.cognizant.com or follow us @Cognizant.