What makes Gartner a GREAT fit for you?
When you join Gartner, you'll be part of a team with a no-limits mindset that helps the world become smarter and more connected. We're the world's leading research and advisory company that steers clients toward the right decisions with business and technology insights they can't find anywhere else. Our associates enjoy a collaborative work environment with exceptional training and career development. If you like working with a curious, supportive, high-performing team, Gartner is the place for you.
About this Role :
Responsible for driving performance and stability improvements of our critical applications and infrastructure to ensure optimal end-user experience working closely with Development and Operations teams. Also responsible for creating performance test plans, scripts and execution of performance tests, followed by an analysis of application's full stack to identify bottlenecks.
What you'll do :
- Create NFR (non-functional requirements) for applications and ensure performance is considered early in the SDLC.
- Work with business and development leads to create comprehensive performance test plans with well-defined scenarios, reusable test cases
- Record and create performance test scripts in JMeter
- Execute the performance tests and analyze the results data from JMeter and APM data from APM tools like Dynatrace or New Relic or App Dynamics, log data from Splunk
- Communicate and present performance results to the required stakeholders
- Strategize and create scripts for services and UI in automation build pipelines to measure the performance of services and UI and enable provide rapid feedback loop to the developer
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams of developers, system engineers, DBAs, architects, and app owners to identify, document and recommend performance improvement solutions
- Provide deep dive and forensic analysis to assist on performance enhancements and identification of application defects. Use analysis to make recommendations and drive results
- Profile and identify performance hot spots & optimize the performance of Java, IIS, PHP applications, etc.
- Assist Cloud Teams and Platform teams in monitoring infrastructure capacity and identify cost-saving opportunities without sacrificing performance or stability
What you'll need :
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, or related discipline, or equivalent work experience.
- 7+ years of information technology experience, with 4+ years working on load testing, improving performance and working with/in the development team
- Experience in performance testing strategies and tools such as JMeter
- Experience in working with Development or Operations team and performing root cause analysis with a good working knowledge of application, processes and operating system
- Experience in troubleshooting using APM tools such as Dynatrace or AppDynamics or New Relic
- Experience in triaging browser performance issues using developer tools or similar
- Experience in development, code profiling on one of the technologies like Java, IIS, PHP is a plus
- Exposure to emerging technologies such as microservices, containers, cloud services, etc. is a plus
- Exposure to resiliency testing or chaos simulations
- Ability to work independently and partner with team members with a strong sense of initiative and drive
- Excellent verbal & written communication with data-driven analysis
Who you are :
- Must be a self-starter and should be able to work in a team with minimal direction.
- Must possess a willingness and aptitude to embrace new technologies/ideas and master concepts rapidly.
- Effective time management skills and ability to meet deadlines
- Excellent communications skills interacting with technical and business audiences
- Excellent organization, multitasking, and prioritization skills
- Intellectual curiosity, passion for technology and keeping up with new trends
What we offer : In addition to an outstanding work environment with rapid advancement potential, Gartner associates enjoy exceptional compensation and benefits, including :
- An upbeat, positive culture. Integrity, objectivity, collaboration, results and a no-limits mindset are central to our values
- Limitless growth. We work with you to help you meet your goals and advance within the company
- Encouragement to be innovative and challenge status quo
- Exposure to industry-leading training and development
- Performance-based recognition and rewards
About Gartner :
Gartner, Inc. (NYSE: IT) is the world's leading information technology research and advisory company. We deliver the technology-related insight necessary for our clients to make the right decisions, every day. We work with every client to research, analyze and interpret the business of IT within the context of their individual role. Founded in 1979, Gartner is headquartered in Stamford, Connecticut, U.S.A.
Diversity, inclusion and engagement at Gartner :
The policy of Gartner is to provide equal employment opportunities to all applicants and employees without regard to race, color, caste, creed, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, citizenship status, age, national origin, ancestry, disability, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. Gartner affirmatively seeks to advance the principles of equal employment opportunity and values diversity and inclusion.
Gartner is an Equal Opportunity Employer and offers opportunities to all job seekers, including job seekers with disabilities.
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