Sr. Software Developer - (Performance Testing)

Opentext - The Information Company

OpenText is a global leader in information management, where innovation, creativity, and collaboration are the key components of our corporate culture. As a member of our team, you will have the opportunity to partner with the most highly regarded companies in the world, tackle complex issues, and contribute to projects that shape the future of digital transformation.

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At OpenText, AI is at the heart of everything we do—powering innovation, transforming work, and empowering digital knowledge workers. We're hiring talent that AI can't replace to help us shape the future of information management. Join us.

Your Impact

As a member of the Performance Engineering team, you will collaborate closely with colleagues

across various functions, including Product Development, Quality Assurance, Operations, and

Performance Advocates, to deliver high-quality results and contribute to cross-functional

initiatives.

Performance Engineers play a pivotal role in optimizing the overall productivity and performance

of the Application Under Test (AUT). By leveraging industry-leading tools and technologies, you

will tackle emerging challenges and drive efficiencies through innovative approaches. This is an

exciting opportunity to gain hands-on experience with our established end-to-end performance

engineering process, gain exposure to multiple tech stacks, and actively contribute to innovative

solutions to support our ongoing success.

What The Role Offers

• Bring extensive industry and organizational knowledge, applying advanced expertise relative to Performance Engineering concepts and best practices.
• Take proactive leadership, overseeing medium to large scale assignments along with
• other members, complex scripts development, and end-to-end solution delivery.
• Involve in end-to-end Performance Engineering process including deep-dive analysis and
• implementing compensating measures for optimal performance.
• Coordinate and direct cross-functional teams, ensuring exceptional results through collaboration and leadership.
• Develop effective solutions for broad projects, evaluating all potential variables and adapting complex techniques.
• Help the team with critical decisions as a senior team member, foster valuable networks with stakeholders, and provide guidance on complex matters.
  
  

What You Need To Succeed

• Proficient in LoadRunner/SilkPerformer/JMeter.
• Experience in scripting for non-HTTP applications.
• Experience scripting applications that the tool cannot automatically record requests for is preferred.
• Ability to analyze client statistics, including response times, throughput, hits per second, etc.
• In-depth understanding of the HTTP protocol.
• Experience with resource monitoring in both Windows and Unix environments, including bottleneck analysis for CPU, memory, network, and I/O monitoring, along with thorough analysis.
• Familiarity with tools like PerfMon (Windows) and/or Shell scripts (Linux/Solaris/AIX/HP/other Unix flavors).
• Knowledge of databases, networks (Internet and intranet), and operating system concepts.
• Experience with database servers such as MS SQL Server, PostgreSQL, and/or Oracle.
• Experience with database profiling and AWR report analysis.
• Experience analyzing JVM heap dumps, Java thread dumps, and CPU/memory profiling data.
• Familiarity with performance profiling tools such as JProfiler and VisualVM.
• Ability to design and direct the creation of realistic, high-end test environments, including the use of appropriate data sets and optimal configuration of products and supporting infrastructure components.
• Proficiency in understanding, documenting, and communicating performance requirements, test plans, and analysis methodologies.
• Design product usage scenarios that, when executed under high load, assess responsiveness and scalability within the given deployment architecture.
• Experience selecting the most effective load test clients.
  
  

One Last Thing

OpenText is a global leader in information management, where innovation, creativity, and

collaboration are the key components of our corporate culture. As a member of our team, you will

have the opportunity to partner with the most highly regarded companies in the world, tackle

complex issues, and contribute to projects that shape the future of digital transformation.

OpenText's efforts to build an inclusive work environment go beyond simply complying with applicable laws. Our Employment Equity and Diversity Policy provides direction on maintaining a working environment that is inclusive of everyone, regardless of culture, national origin, race, color, gender, gender identification, sexual orientation, family status, age, veteran status, disability, religion, or other basis protected by applicable laws.

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