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Performance Engineer
| Company | CVS Health |
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| Location | Smithfield, RI, USA |
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| Salary | $101970 – $203940 |
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| Type | Full-Time |
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| Degrees | |
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| Experience Level | Senior |
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Requirements
- 5+ years of experience in Performance Engineering or a related field
- 3+ years of experience in Java Spring Boot and knowledge of Java-based performance optimization
- 3+ years of experience in performance testing and monitoring tools, including one of JMeter, LoadRunner, Splunk, AppDynamics or Grafana
Responsibilities
- Develop tools and scripts for performance monitoring and automation, especially in cloud-native and containerized environments
- Design, implement, and deliver automations to execute performance tests to identify bottlenecks and optimize system performance. These automations should be integrated via Dev Ops pipeline to assist engineering teams
- Analyze performance test results and collaborate with engineering teams to resolve issues
- Work with cross-functional teams to understand performance requirements and integrate performance testing into CI/CD pipelines
- Contribute to cloud migration efforts by implementing best practices for performance in GCP or Azure, leveraging AKS (Azure Kubernetes Service) or GKE (Google Kubernetes Engine) for Kubernetes management
- Identify performance bottlenecks that impact cloud-native workloads, tune and collaborate with other software teams to improve performance
Preferred Qualifications
- Solid understanding of cloud platforms (GCP or Azure) and Kubernetes, especially AKS or GKE
- Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines, containerization (Docker/Kubernetes)
- Competency with APIs & microservices-based design
- Knowledge of infrastructure monitoring and scripting (Shell, Python)
- Knowledge of container orchestration and microservices design
- Familiarity with distributed systems and version control (Git)
- Stay up to date with emerging technologies and trends in the AI field and explore ways to improve the performance of cloud-native workloads
- Understanding of healthcare business
- Overall understanding of current service capacity and trends of the application baseline and future growth
- Knowledge of strategic business plans including major technology transformation programs and business releases
- Knowledge of emerging technologies
