Senior Engineer

Senior Performance Engineer5-8 Years Experience---Nigh Shift RoleDemonstrated experience within the healthcare insurance industry. Knowledge of claims systems a plus, specifically client claimsKnowledge of EDI specifically ANSI X.12 transactions, e.g. 834, 837, etc. would be beneficialInfrastructure Engineer with a hands-on experience.It is the responsibility of a Senior performance engineer to review technical aspects of the applications at the runtime in Pre-Prod & Production and identify any potential issues of inefficiencies. These skills are applied in many ways such as certification of load tests, support of production and development issues, and architectural requirements and design reviews. The ideal resource will have a very good capacity for problem-solving, as well as a background in one or more of the following areas: Load Balancing, Java/J2EE principles, JVM and Garbage Collection tuning, infrastructure engineering, and data analysis.Application Monitoring Tools:AppDynamicsLPAR2RRDTMONDatabase:Viewing data using tools like SQL DeveloperExecuting a query/Running Explain Plan and TraceGetting and analyzing AWR for performance issues, validationsData/Statistical Analysis:Finding min, max, averagePlotting results and reviewing data for trends and anomaliesReducing a set of data to a list of distinct valuesUnix/Linux Skills:Editing a file/Executing a shell scriptViewing available disk space/Recommend the optimumFind and kill a process by process IDTake a heap dump/ thread dumpRestarting a server using the command line/ConsolesJava and JVM Skills:Demonstrate a basic knowledge of garbage collectionOpen a Heap Dump/find Memory leak suspectsRead a Thread DumpThis Senior Performance Engineer should possess a unique depth of technical knowledge, analytical expertise, and/or domain knowledge. They are recognized as SMEs in multiple areas and have repeatedly proven their ability to work with complete independence to identify, diagnose, and work with delivery partners to resolve performance issues, often proactively via the ability to identify subtle symptoms of potential issue.