Senior Technical Architect - Java (Performance Engineering)

Key Technical Skills:

• Deep experience in Application Performance Engineering, Application Performance Management and Quality Assurance with deep understanding of Java/J2EE technologies.
• Excellent experience of troubleshooting / RCA and solving production performance, reliability and scalability issues for large scale (minimum 10k concurrency) enterprise systems.
• Good experience in leveraging APM tools to provide deep dive analysis on performance problems. Deep understanding of the dashboards which can be built for CIO level interactions. Must have relevant experience on APM tools like Dynatrace or AppDynamics.
• Experienced in defining and realizing end-to-end Technical Architecture for large scale real- time enterprise systems. Ability to identify and define non-functional requirements and design systems to meet the same.
• Ability to review existing Architectures for NFRs and identify Risks, Trade-offs, and provide recommendations for addressing the identified issues.
• Experience in performance optimization of J2EE systems on any of the application servers - WebLogic, WebSphere, JBoss etc. Deep expertise in any one of the application servers is a must.
• Demonstrate strong understanding of cloud architecture considerations when scaling and tuning application deployments. Must have hands-on experience working on any of the Cloud deployments on AWS or Azure.
• Experience of working on Performance Testing Projects. Good understanding of Performance Testing tools - Apache JMeter /Gatling/ HP Load Runner for Load testing. Should be able to review Performance Testing programs and provide directions to the team on various aspects; Workload Model, Test and Monitoring Strategy, build performance models, and optimal Capacity Planning.
• Experience in Big Data Analytics like - Apache Kafka, Apache Storm, Apache Hadoop, Apache Spark.
• Good skills in RDBMS like: Oracle, MS-SQL, MySQL, Cassandra, and Mongo DB
• Exposure to Agile methodologies & Continuous Integration Tools
• Good Program Management skills -Governance of large Program, Risk Management, Stakeholder Management, Benefit Realization and Managing Executives at CIO level.
• Entrepreneur / Intrapreneur (someone who has built technology teams ground-up, built new solutions from scratch)
• Sound understanding of technology and have a consultative approach.
• Sound understanding of complex enterprise IT environment and issues faced by CIOs in the digital era.
• Good Pre-sales experience and have played a key role in winning business along with the sales team.
• Excellent communication, interpersonal, liaison and problem-solving skills with the ability to work in a multi-cultural environment.
• Good negotiation skills
• Go getter and results oriented.
• High energy level with ability to work well under pressure.
• Good relationship building skills. Someone who enjoys CIOs trust and has an ability to develop relationships at all levels (technology teams) of the customer organization.