Performance Test Engineer in Boston, MA

Ajilon Consulting is a subsidiary of the Adecco Group, a global leader in managed services, consulting and specialized recruiting with a footprint in over 70 countries around the world. We focus on providing staffing and consultative solutions for the IT function, and through Adecco, we can also offer solutions for the functions of engineering, finance and accounting, legal, clinical, administrative, and sales and marketing.

Ajilon Consulting has an opening for a Performance Test Engineer in Boston for a 2-3 month project, possibly longer. Will not accept Corp to corp, must be a W-2 employee. (No sponsorships allowed) The primary responsibility of this position is to Stress Test Java EE based large-scale Web applications developed on WebSphere environment. The incumbent, as part of a small and specialized agile team will be required to take Java applications (sometimes partially build) developed by application development teams, make necessary modifications, and execute stress test on them. The testing approach involves designing test harnesses, establishing benchmark data, creating and executing test scripts. Some tools to be utilized are JMeter, Wily Interoscope, and Profiling tools such as JProbe and JProfiler to analyze performance down to the method and object level. Must be able to recommend coding practices to address performance issues. It may be necessary to modify existing Automated Testing Framework (a J2EE application) to allow the particular tests to be configured and run.

Requirements

3-5 years experience in Performance testing Java applications, including knowledge of standard performance metrics, including memory and CPU usage, throughput, thread pools, etc.

5-7 years experience coding in Java, including some experience with Struts2 and Spring

Hands on experience working with Websphere, and IBM's RAD IDE

Experience with tools such as JMeter, Interscope, JProbe, JProfiler

Working in a fast paced environment with a focus on result and reporting.


No third parties or sponsorships please (this is not negotiable). We require successful completion of a background check and drug screen.

At Ajilon we work hard and we play hard - our staff enjoys terrific compensation, benefits, training, and work environments as well as access to ample "quality of life" perks like sporting events and numerous employee functions. Speak to one of our recruiters today to learn about the high degree of employee satisfaction we're known for, then join the others who are making consulting a career and experience the diversity in assignments, the rapid career growth, and the stability that only Ajilon can offer.

Experience: Performance test, Java, J2EE, WebSphere, Struts 2, Spring, Meter, Interscope, JProbe, JProfiler

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