Sr. Oracle/Java Performance Tester

Seeking a Senior Performance Tester with 7+ years' of experience in multiple IT areas that include analysis, design, evaluation, and development with 3 to 5 years' experience in Performance characterization.
This team member will provide performance test consulting and test leadership services for enterprise applications and infrastructure including distributed Internet technologies (J2EE, web services, etc.), client/server applications, mainframe environments and infrastructure components.
Provide technical leadership to the team for the following activities
Designing, Developing and Executing Performance Test Cases and Scripts through analysis of Product Specifications and Performance Test Requirements
Providing expertise on Performance Testing Capabilities, usage of Load Runner and other Load Testing / Monitoring Tools
Monitoring Test Results and Analyze Performance Metrics from Windows, Unix, Web Server, Test Tools and the application
Identifying bottlenecks and tuning points.
Partnering close with Development to Characterize and improve application scalability and performance

Specific Job Responsibilities
Ability to analyze / interpret technical data and ability to identify / resolve system bottlenecks.
Ability to identify potential limitations in software architectures including expert troubleshooting and analytical skills. Expert understanding of throughput, latency, memory and CPU utilization.
Must have excellent presentation, communication and interpersonal skills including the ability to write clear and concise technical presentations.
Capable of working independently with a strong commitment to quality.
Team work and a collaborative approach. Ability to work independently yet be a Team Player.
Ability to manage and mentor a team of performance engineers in addition to sound technical capability.

Technical Skill Set Requirement
Expertise in performance test design, test scripting, execution, monitoring & analysis of complex multi-tier distributed applications in both .J2EE and .NET platforms
performance testing and monitoring tools knowledge (Micro Focus Load runner, Dynatrace, Perfmon, Team quest)
Database concepts and familiarity with Oracle/DB2

Desired Skills & Experience
This role will require 7+ years' experience in multiple IT areas that include analysis, design, evaluation, and development with 3 to 5 years' experience in Performance characterization.
Requires broad application development experience with Java JEE, Application Servers (Tomcat) , Frameworks, SOA or similar technologies, relational database (Oracle, UNIX DB2, Sybase) on Solaris, AIX or Linux platforms.
Knowledge of Performance Testing Tools (Client Load Runner, Client Performance Center) and Monitoring and Diagnostics tools (Dynatrace - Java, C/C++, jprobe, jprofiler, others)