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| Job Title: | Customer Support/Performance Engineer | ||||||
| Company: | Azul Systems | ||||||
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| Description: | The Customer Support and Performance Engineer is responsible for ensuring the continued success of customers' use of Azul Systems products. The engineer is the primary contact point for customers and is responsible for ensuring a timely and successful resolution of customer issues, often requiring the coordination of efforts of several resources inside and outside Azul. Activities on the systems side include assisting with installation and configuration, training, hardware, firmware and networking troubleshooting. The engineer also provides assistance as well as in-depth work with customers optimizing their application configuration to get the best from their investment in the Azul solution. Additionally, there are several opportunities for additional responsibilities to match a candidate's skills and goals. Requirements: The candidate must have experience in performance tuning applications on at least one J2EE application server, (e.g. Websphere, Weblogic, JBoss, Tomcat), and should have the ability to identify, analyze and resolve performance bottlenecks in complex server-side Java applications. Experience with the major Unix variants and a general understanding of network architecture and operating systems concepts is required. The candidate must also possess the ability to communicate clearly and professionally with a strong commitment to customer success. This role includes providing first line support so periods of being on-call 24x7 are required. Required Skills * Expert troubleshooting and reasoning skills * Ability to analyze and interpret technical data * Strong understanding of Java concurrency * Understanding of throughput, latency, memory and CPU utilization * Experience developing or deploying distributed server-side Java software with a focus on high performance such as on transaction processing systems, real-time systems for telecoms or finance, etc. * Experience performance tuning at lease one J2EE application server (e.g. WebSphere, WebLogic, JBoss, Tomcat) * Good understanding of general network architecture and operating systems concepts * Mastery of Unix commands & tools at the user level * Working knowledge of scripting languages (e.g. shell, perl, python, etc.) * Outstanding attention to detail and communication skills * Customer facing experience and a strong commitment to customer success * Ability to contribute to a 24x7 oncall rotation Desirable Skills/experience * Working knowledge of database tuning and administration� (e.g. Oracle, MySQL, Postgres, SQLServer, DB2) * Experience with at least two major server operating systems� (Linux, Solaris, AIX, HP-UX, Windows, etc.) * Working knowledge of Java development tools and profilers� (e.g. YourKit, Jprofiler) * Experience with appserver load testing / benchmark software� (e.g. SPECJAppserver, ECPerf, Trade, WebBench) * Ability to use profiling and heap snapshot tools to identify hotspots and memory leaks * Ability to write clear and concise technical documents, processes and presentations for technical audiences * 5+ years experience performance tuning Education and Experience * BS in Computer Science, or equivalent work experience * Minimum 1 year customer facing work * Minimum 2 years performance tuning work Be part of the Azul Team and submit your resume. Note: Principals only please. Agency resumes are not accepted and will be considered unsolicited resumes that are not subject to placement fees. | ||||||
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