Sr Software Performance Engineer

Job description

Job Description

Software Performance Engineers benchmark high-demand SAS solutions across on-premises and cloud environments to validate scalability and performance. Together, they provide technical insights, benchmark assets, and best practices that support global Sales, Marketing, and customer engagement efforts.

Benchmark Team

- Collaborate with R&D, Consulting, Sales, and Pre-sales to define customer-like benchmark scenarios for small, medium, and large environments.

- Translate project objectives (test cases, data samples, user personas, proper execution methods, etc.) into structured project plans, including deliverables, and timelines.

- Execute benchmarks using technical expertise and cross-functional collaboration; analyze results and refine testing strategies to ensure accuracy and repeatability.

- Author performance briefs, best practices, and white papers using internal/external tools; support sales with performance insights.

- Proactively identify and resolve project roadblocks; maintain schedule alignment with stakeholders.

- Support team success by reviewing peer work, sharing feedback, and fostering collaboration.

Technical Skills

- Performance testing of large-scale distributed applications

- Tools: Playwright/Locust/Python – Jmeter and other performance testing tools a plus

- Programming & Scripting: Python, SQL, SAS, Bash/Kornshell – PowerShell and other languages a plus

- Monitoring & diagnostics: Prometheus, Grafana, ESM, NMON, FIO, PerfMon, SysInternals, IOSTAT, IOMeter, NETSTAT, VMSTAT, TOP (AppDynamics, Dynatrace, Datadog a plus)

- System administration (Linux, Windows Server), Storage systems (SAN, NAS, NFS, Storage protocols (FCoE, Fibre Channel, CIFS, JBOD)

- Cloud & Containerization: Experienced with Azure AKS, AWS, GCP, and Kubernetes.