Performance Specialist - Jobs in Markham, ON

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IntroductionAt IBM, work is more than a job - its a calling: To build. To design. To code. To consult. To think along with clients and sell. To make markets. To invent. To collaborate. Not just to do something better, but to attempt things youve never thought possible. Are you ready to lead in this new era of technology and solve some of the worlds most challenging problems If so, lets talk.Your Role and ResponsibilitiesThe Performance Specialist is an integral part of development team that is responsible for participating in the execution of procedures for ensuring the performance, scalability and quality of new features andreleases of software. To achieve this, the Performance Engineer will be required to plan, create, and execute performance tests and interact with quality and development engineers.The Performance Specialist responsibilities will include:

• Perform the assessment, planning and execution of experiments required for new functions/features under development
• Provide consultation to the development teams in resolution of complex problems
• Develop new approaches, as well as enhancements, modifications, and corrections to existing code, performance testing methodologies and processes

Required Technical and Professional Expertise

• Min 2 years of active and recent Performance and scalability engineering and/or Data Engineering experience with system performance optimization and tooling for performance metrics from servers and software modules as well as pipeline design and development
• Experience with Unix/Linux commands related to system performance including top, iostat, dstat, sar, vmstat
• Experience with performance assessment tooling and technologies such as JMeter, JConsole, perf and be able to develop custom tooling
• 2 + years in the following: Java, General GC technologies, Kernel, LinuxOS stack, SQL, REST API
• Knowledge and interest in computational statistics and data analysis
• Experience in data visualization techniques
• English Fluent (verbal and written).
• Bachelor’s degree in computer science or equivalent.

Preferred Technical and Professional Expertise

• Master’s degree in computer science or equivalent.
• OpenShift, OpenStack knowledge.
• Cloud, virtualization technologies knowledge.

About Business UnitIBM’s Cloud and Cognitive software business is committed to bringing the power of IBM’s Cloud and Watson/AI technologies to life for our clients and ecosystem partners around the world. IBM provides you with the most comprehensive and consistent approach to development, security and operations across hybrid environments—with complete software solutions for business and IT operations, development, data science, security, and management. Our experts and software capabilities help organizations develop applications once and deploy them anywhere, integrate security across the breadth of their IT estate, and automate operations with management visibility. With IBM, you also have access to new skills and methods, governance and management approaches, and a deep ecosystem of industry experts and partners.Your Life @ IBMIn a world where technology never stands still, we understand that, dedication to our clients success, innovation that matters, and trust and personal responsibility in all our relationships, lives in what we do as IBMers as we strive to be the catalyst that makes the world work better.Being an IBMer means you’ll be able to learn and develop yourself and your career, you’ll be encouraged to be courageous and experiment everyday, all whilst having continuous trust and support in an environment where everyone can thrive whatever their personal or professional background.Our IBMers are growth minded, always staying curious, open to feedback and learning new information and skills to constantly transform themselves and our company. They are trusted to provide on-going feedback to help other IBMers grow, as well as collaborate with colleagues keeping in mind a team focused approach to include different perspectives to drive exceptional outcomes for our customers. The courage our IBMers have to make critical decisions everyday is essential to IBM becoming the catalyst for progress, always embracing challenges with resources they have to hand, a can-do attitude and always striving for an outcome focused approach within everything that they do.Are you ready to be an IBMerAbout IBMIBM’s greatest invention is the IBMer. We believe that through the application of intelligence, reason and science, we can improve business, society and the human condition, bringing the power of an open hybrid cloud and AI strategy to life for our clients and partners around the world.Restlessly reinventing since 1911, we are not only one of the largest corporate organizations in the world, we’re also one of the biggest technology and consulting employers, with many of the Fortune 50 companies relying on the IBM Cloud to run their business.At IBM, we pride ourselves on being an early adopter of artificial intelligence, quantum computing and blockchain. Now it’s time for you to join us on our journey to being a responsible technology innovator and a force for good in the world.Location StatementMust have the ability to work in Canada without sponsorship.This role will involve working with technology that is covered by Export Regulations sanctions. If you are a Foreign National from any of the following US sanctioned countries (Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Syria, and the Crimea, Luhansk, Donetsk, Kherson, and Zaporizhia regions of Ukraine) on a work permit, you are not eligible for employment in this position.Being You @ IBMIBM is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, pregnancy, disability, age, veteran status, or other characteristics. IBM is also committed to compliance with all fair employment practices regarding citizenship and immigration status.Quick Apply

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