Job Description

Job Description

Company Name: Kroger General Office
Position Type: Employee
FLSA Status: 88
Position Summary
Measure, analyze, plan and execute production-like simulations across mobile and web solutions to identify and remediate performance problems, prevent production outages and guarantee predictable performance. The ability to identify key technologies and architectures, to creatively scale and improve code base performance, reduce resource consumption and shorten request latency. Demonstrate the company's core values of respect, honesty, integrity, diversity, inclusion and safety.

Essential Job Functions

* Monitor application performance during performance tests or production usage using APM and other monitoring tools to isolate the fault domain, dive deep into application code, and identify root cause of performance issues
* Monitor resource usage for physical servers, application servers and databases to drive optimization changes in production environment
* Collaborate with development leads and project team to review and refine application NFRs, SLAs, & KPIs to create acceptance criteria and performance budgets necessary to measure, validate, and improve performance
* Profile application performance from end-user perspective to inventory performance concerns and suggest tuning opportunities across the application stack
* Interact with project teams, development, operations, and infrastructure resources to recommend solutions to remediate performance issues
* Distill volumes of data, analyzes performance results, diagnoses performance problems and clearly characterize system performance to stakeholders
* Develop shift left performance practices including execution of performance tests in Continuous Integration & Delivery pipeline
* Execute end-user performance tests using selenium or similar automation tools to capture performance metrics on browser & mobile devices
* Contribute learnings and experiences to the Kroger Performance Center of Excellence (CoE)
* Must be able to perform the essential job functions of this position with or without reasonable accommodation

Minimum Position Qualifications

* Bachelor's Degree in computer science or related information technology field from an accredited institution or equivalent work experience
* 8+ years software product development and delivery experience
* 3+ years performance testing/engineering experience
* Any experience in REST/Soap Webservices with knowledge in API documentation such as swagger
* Any experience in Web server, Application server and Database performance tuning
* Any experience in analyzing error, system logs of Web and Application Server, Heap Dump, Thread Dump during failure to determine the cause of failure
* Any experience in SQL programming and SQL, NoSQL & graph databases
* Any experience in Git usage and concepts
* Any experience with supplemental tools such as Fiddler, Firebug, YSlow and JProfiler
* Proficient in load testing tools such as Neoload, JMeter, LoadRunner. (Neoload preferred) or similar industry tools
* Proficient in APM products such as Dynatrace, New Relic, AppDynamics. (Dynatrace is preferred) or similar industry tools
* Ability to interpret and draw System & Architecture diagrams
* Demonstrated experience in Web Applications and Services using JAVA/JAVA EE, Spring, and other related technologies
* Familiar with Latest Cloud & Container Technologies including Docker and Kubernetes. (Azure is preferred)

Desired Previous Experience/Education

* Any experience with automated testing in a cloud environment
* Any experience working in environments utilizing the OKR work process
* Any experience with creating test data and utilizing test data management tools
* Familiarity with NoSQL Databases

Education Level: None
Required Travel: Up to 25%
Required Certifications/Licenses: None
Position Type: Full-Time
Regions: Any; General Office- Cincinnati; Mid-Atlantic; Midwest; Mountain; South; West
States: Alabama; Alaska; American Samoa; Arizona; Arkansas; California; Colorado; Connecticut; Delaware; District of Columbia; Federated States of Micronesia; Florida; Georgia; Guam; Hawaii; Idaho; Illinois; Indiana; Iowa; Kansas; Kentucky; Louisiana; Maine; Marshall Islands; Maryland; Massachusetts; Michigan; Minnesota; Mississippi; Missouri; Montana; Nebraska; Nevada; New Hampshire; New Jersey; New Mexico; New York; North Carolina; North Dakota; Northern Mariana Islands; Ohio; Oklahoma; Oregon; Palau; Pennsylvania; Puerto Rico; Rhode Island; South Carolina; South Dakota; Tennessee; Texas; Utah; Vermont; Virgin Islands; Virginia; Washington; West Virginia; Wisconsin; Wyoming
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Jobs at Foods Co.: At Foods Co, our people make us who we are. They are more than just our associates, theyre part of the communities we serve. We offer a variety of exciting opportunities in every area of our operation. Whether you want to create a fast, fun and friendly shopping experience for customers in our stores or you want to be part of our innovative corporate team at our headquarters in Los Angeles, Foods Co is always looking for outstanding associates. Our associates enjoy competitive pay and excellent benefits, along with a positive work environment built on mutual respect and professionalism. If you are interested in building and advancing your career with Foods Co, we invite you to complete an online application today.

Company Overview: Kroger Family of Companies employs nearly half a million associates who serve over 11 million customers daily through a seamless shopping experience under a variety of banner names. At The Kroger Co., we are Fresh for Everyone and dedicated to our Purpose: To Feed the Human Spirit. We are committed to creating ZeroHungerZeroWaste communities by 2025. Careers with The Kroger Co. and our family of companies offer competitive wages, flexible schedules, benefits and room for advancement.

Posting Notes: OH || Cincinnati || 1014 Vine Street || 45202 || Kroger General Office || [[mfield2]] || Kroger Technology/Digital || Employee || Exempt || Full-Time || None