Performance Engineer II (Remote)

First Citizens Bank, through its division Silicon Valley Bank, is seeking a Performance Engineer to enhance the quality process within their IT Testing organization. This role involves leading performance testing initiatives, collaborating with cross-functional teams, and overseeing the management of multiple project test teams to ensure high-quality product delivery.

Responsibilities:

• Lead the performance testing initiatives, providing guidance and mentorship
• Design and execute comprehensive performance test plans
• Analyze test results to identify performance issues and recommend optimization solutions
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to implement performance improvements
• Maintain and enhance performance testing scripts and tools
• Debug issues and conduct root cause analysis of performance bottlenecks
• Should be able to do performance test Analysis/Troubleshooting which includes:
• • Thread Level analysis
• • Garbage Collection Analysis
• • Heap dump analysis
• • Thread dump analysis & Thread contention
• Pinpoint failures and provide actionable performance tuning recommendations
• Anticipate challenges, propose solutions, and ensure continuous improvement in performance engineering practices
• Develop and implement performance testing strategies and frameworks
• Collaborate with stakeholders to define performance requirements and goals
• Collaborate with the US teams, cross POD Tech leads, and global stakeholders to align performance objectives
• Work in close partnership with Product and Development teams to elicit non-functional requirements (NFRs) from Business requirements, ensuring they serve as inputs for design and build

Requirements:

• Bachelor's Degree and 4 years of experience in Systems engineer and systems programmer OR High School Diploma or GED and 8 years of experience in Systems engineer and systems programmer
• Lead the performance testing initiatives, providing guidance and mentorship
• Design and execute comprehensive performance test plans
• Analyze test results to identify performance issues and recommend optimization solutions
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to implement performance improvements
• Maintain and enhance performance testing scripts and tools
• Debug issues and conduct root cause analysis of performance bottlenecks
• Should be able to do performance test Analysis/Troubleshooting which includes: Thread Level analysis, Garbage Collection Analysis, Heap dump analysis, Thread dump analysis & Thread contention
• Pinpoint failures and provide actionable performance tuning recommendations
• Anticipate challenges, propose solutions, and ensure continuous improvement in performance engineering practices
• Develop and implement performance testing strategies and frameworks
• Collaborate with stakeholders to define performance requirements and goals
• Collaborate with the US teams, cross POD Tech leads, and global stakeholders to align performance objectives
• Work in close partnership with Product and Development teams to elicit non-functional requirements (NFRs) from Business requirements, ensuring they serve as inputs for design and build
• Strong business knowledge of financial systems; Digital Banking Platform experience preferred
• Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities and attention to detail
• Excellent communication, documentation abilities and teamwork skills
• Strong leadership and team player abilities
• Excellent problem-solving and decision-making skills
• Good understanding of performance testing concepts
• Expertise in performance testing tools like Neoload, Load Runner, JMeter
• In-depth analysis and diagnostics, not just tool-driven execution
• Deep heap dump tooling expertise
• Proficiency in scripting and programming languages such as Java or Python
• In-depth understanding of system architecture, databases, and network protocols
• Experience with performance monitoring and tuning