Senior Performance Engineer

Job description / Role

- Investigate performance issues for critical applications and suggest improvements
- Recommend solutions for problems based on root cause diagnosis and analysis.
- Work with business on setting application monitoring and thresholds.
- Design master dashboard and reports templates.
- Develop advanced monitoring, dashboarding and customisation (requires software development)
- Be a mentor and coach for assigned (Associate) Performance Engineers in the team.
- Involved in performance testing phase of projects
- Provide technical consultation and specialized programming if needed.
- Installs, manages, and administers monitoring of mission-critical systems
- Co-ordinate a virtual team involving people from infrastructure, application support, development, architecture and the business/stakeholders. Escalating to the appropriate IT staff or vendor when necessary.
- Co-ordinate activities among different business and technical groups.
- Carry out assignments, alone or as part of a team, applying knowledge, skills, and experience.
- Demonstrate an understanding of the issues and problems raised and proposes viable solutions within the acceptable scope.
- Maintain detailed knowledge of current practice within own area of expertise.
- Make recommendations at project phases (improvements to application architecture, how to conduct performance testing, suggest recommendations for architecture/infrastructure)
- Involved in vendor selection of new applications. Providing advice on RFPs (from performance and monitoring perspective)
- Make performance related recommendations to Technical Leads
- Assist in the documentation of existing systems and processes
- Conform to IT and bank policy and procedures.
- Performs at or above the enterprises Information Technology performance standards.
- Fulfills departmental requirements in terms of providing work coverage and administrative notification during periods of personnel illness, vacation, or education.
- Strives to learn the job functions of the positions immediate superior as well as peer-level positions with whom the individual interacts. It is the responsibility of the individual to be prepared for temporary re-assignment and/or promotion due to extended illness, personal emergency or business necessity

Requirements

- A University degree in Computer Science and/or equivalent experience.
- Minimum 7 years of experience in IT systems implementation, software development or consultancy.
- Experience with banking industry systems is desirable, but not mandatory.
- Experience in developing or architecting mission critical software applications is desirable, but not mandatory. Good Web Technology knowledge ( For example, Java/.NET)
- Good knowledge of databases, infrastructure, application servers, technical architecture, security and application performance management.
- Experience of performance testing is a plus
- Good written and oral communication skills. Need to be able to present to technical and non-technical people.
- Must be detail oriented, able to multi task and capable of co-ordinating virtual teams.
- Good team player with the ability to work very effectively in a collaborative and team-oriented manner with other team members.
- Must have initiative and a positive work attitude and must be a quick learner with a zeal for self-learning.
- Must be confident, eager and willing to take on new challenges.
- Must be cooperative with good interpersonal, negotiation and conflict resolution skills

About the Company

Established in Abu Dhabi in January 1998, Sundus is a Recruitment and HR Consultancy with additional offices in Qatar and Saudi Arabia. The company’s strengths lie in working in partnership with clients to gain a thorough understanding of their talent management requirements. Sundus is one of the few companies in the UAE that has been awarded an official Recruitment Services License.

Matching the right people with the right positions is where we begin our partnership with you, whether you are a candidate, a recruiter, or in need of corporate services, from HR consultancy to helping with relocation. Relationships with people make our business work.

Our HR consultancy services are modelled on internationally respected methodologies and techniques, helping clients to develop toolkits encompassing all aspects of talent management from appraisals to retirement.

Sundus employs around 150 staff, with around 90% of the team seconded to the Oil and Gas industry, Banking and Finance companies, and Government Departments.