[TriLUG] JOB: Web Performance Engineer
Christopher L Merrill
chris at webperformance.com
Tue Feb 16 16:44:06 EST 2010
Working for Web Performance, you will be joining a small, fast paced company specializing in web
performance testing tools and testing services. As a Web Performance Engineer, your primary
responsibility is helping our customers test, measure and meet the performance goals for their websites.
Job duties will include:
* Understanding each customer's application, infrastructure and their testing goals
* Configuring and performing load tests of web-based applications and analyzing the results
* Executing and analyzing performance tests of complex web software systems and publishing the
results
* Support customers by reproducing customer configurations in our test lab and diagnosing
reported problems
* Writing about website performance and load testing for articles, research papers, case studies
and our blog
Job Requirements:
* Understanding of networking, including configuration on Windows and Linux
* Basic understanding of the HTTP protocol
* Ability to communicate clearly and effectively (written and verbal)
* Ability to work in a fast-paced, startup environment
Desirable Skills:
* Understanding of factors affecting the performance of web-based applications
* Understanding of high performance configurations of operating systems and application servers
* Experience configuring load balancers, firewalls, routers, web servers, etc.
* Experience developing non-trivial web-applications (esp Java and .NET)
When you have proven your capabilities, this position can evolve to include:
* Internal IT system development
* Software development for the Load Tester product
* Project management
Send your resume to jobs at webperformance.com. Principals only. No phone calls please.
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Chris Merrill | Web Performance, Inc.
chris at webperformance.com | http://webperformance.com
919-433-1762 | 919-845-7601
Web Performance: Website Load Testing Software & Services
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