Performance and Load Testing Specialist (Software Developer)

OPENTEXT 
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.

The Performance Engineering team provides shared software performance engineering services to global Product Management and development teams in the OpenText™ Products group to ensure that OpenText products can scale, handle high volumes of data, large numbers of concurrent users, and do not fall-over edge whencase conditions stress the system.

Your Impact:

A Development role at OpenText is more than just a job; it's an opportunity to impact lives. As a key contributor, you'll be instrumental in constructing cutting-edge Information Management Solutions that contribute to sustainable supply chains, support refugees, and enhance medical information access to save lives. You will engage in solving meaningful challenges within a motivated team, gaining exposure to advanced technologies beyond individual access. You will be encouraged to cultivate an engineering mindset, driving the creation of innovative software solutions that address real-world problems and shape the future.

What the role offers:

As a Software Developer (Performance and Load Testing Specialist), you will:

• Setup and tune web-based software application deployments.
• Design usage profiles of operations to simulate user actions.
• Script load tests using load generation tools like LoadRunner, SilkPerformer, or JMeter. 
• Conduct performance load tests, using increasing volumes of transactions and data volumes to profile how the software scales
• Analyze hardware utilization, response times, and throughput characteristics
• Use diagnostic tools to isolate bottleneck areas in the code, or tune configuration and resource parameters to optimize performance and scalability
• Submit bug tickets, validate fixes and author benchmark reports.

What you need to Succeed:

• Computer science, mathematics, or engineering degree or diploma, or equivalent experience working in technical roles in the software development industry.
• Good knowledge of Windows, Linux operating systems and VMWare images.
• Experience working with web application technologies.
• Performance load testing experience with web applications (designing and scripting with tools like SilkPerformer, LoadRunner, or JMeter, and experience analyzing the test results, resource monitoring and interpretation skills) is an asset.
• Experience with repertoire of diagnostic tools (fiddler, wireshark, etc.).
• Exposure to APM tools (New Relic, Dynatrace, AppDynamics, etc.).
• Basic database experience (Oracle, SQL Server, PostgeSQL).
• Software development experience (Java, SQL, C++/C#, JavaScript).
• Database and SQL tuning experience.
• Code profiling experience (e.g. JProfiler, vTune).
• Experience with Docker containers in Kubernetes or Cloud Foundry runtime environments.
• Ability to apply statistical methods.
• Most important is a keen interest and tenacity for modeling and simulating web application use to find performance bottlenecks.
• Possess 2-5 years of previous professional experience.

One last thing:

OpenText is more than just a corporation, it's a global community where trust is foundational, the bar is raised, and outcomes are owned. 

Join us on our mission to drive positive change through privacy, technology, and collaboration. At OpenText, we don't just have a culture; we have character. Choose us because you want to be part of a company that embraces innovation and empowers its employees to make a difference.

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.

If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application or recruiting process, please contact us at hr@opentext.com. Our proactive approach fosters collaboration, innovation, and personal growth, enriching OpenText's vibrant workplace.