Lead Reliability Engineer

Job Description

Lead Performance Engineer role is responsible for overseeing the Performance Engineering team and ensuring optimal performance, reliability, and scalability of software applications and systems. The role provides guidance and support to the team, ensures best practices and methodologies are followed, and oversees the creation and execution of performance testing strategies and plans. The incumbent must have a deep understanding of performance testing methodologies, tools, and programming languages to manage large-scale projects and mentor team members.

The role requires strong attention to detail, the ability to adapt to changing requirements and continuously improve processes to exceed performance expectations and meet business objectives. This position is not hybrid/remote and will be located at our Cleveland Headquarters office.

• Review performance testing strategies and plans, provide recommendations for their execution, and suggest performance improvements for software applications and systems.
• Provide guidance to team members on performance optimization, review and approve complex recommendations for optimization, and communicate results to stakeholders for strategic decision-making.
• Lead and share perspective when collaborating with development and operations teams to ensure optimal application performance and scalability.
• Oversee the monitoring and analysis of application performance during development, testing, and in production environments, and provide guidance on complex areas of improvement.
• Drive the development and implementation of performance testing best practices, processes, and tools, and ensure their alignment with company-wide goals and standards.
• Direct and oversee the documentation of performance test results, learning, and findings to provide guidance as needed.
• Lead and drive continuous improvement initiatives, while fostering collaboration with cross-functional teams to identify and resolve performance gaps.
• Lead the development and implementation of performance monitoring and diagnostic tools by leveraging expertise in the domain and providing strategic direction for the team.

• Must be at least 18 years of age.
• Must be legally authorized to work in the country of employment without needing sponsorship for employment work visa status now or in the future.

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or a related field. In lieu of a degree, at least 9 years of experience in performance engineering or software testing.

• Quality Assurance certification.

• 6-8 years of experience in performance engineering and software testing in Oracle Cloud and other Cloud/On Prem applications.
• Extensive knowledge of performance testing standards, methodologies, and tools.
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to work collaboratively with cross-functional teams.
• Exceptional leadership and management skills to mentor and guide team members.

• Monitoring processes to track and report system health and performance metrics for all live sites.
• Incident management of Performance issues.
• Planning for future needs of system resources to ensure scalability and performance.
• Analysis of metrics to identify bottlenecks and optimize system performance.
• Collaboration with architecture/development teams to improve service reliability and implement opportunities for automation.

• Programming Languages.
• Cloud Technologies & Platforms.
• Data Analysis.
• Continuous Integration and Continuous Deployment (CI/CD).
• Dev Ops Methodology.
• Web Services & APIs.
• Systems Integration.
• Operating Systems.
• Monitoring and Logging.
• Performance Testing Tools & Techniques.
• Application Performance Monitoring (APM) Tools.
• Load & Stress Testing Methodologies.

This position is not eligible for sponsorship for work authorization now or in the future, including conversion to H1-B visa.

Sherwin-Williams is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. All qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment and will not be discriminated against based on race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability, age, pregnancy, genetic information, creed, marital status or any other consideration prohibited by law or by contract. As a VEVRAA Federal Contractor, Sherwin-Williams requests state and local employment services delivery systems to provide priority referral of Protected Veterans.