Princeton Information is seeking a Load Tester for the following - Candidate Requirements: Web Engineering team is actively looking for a hands-on Senior Performance Test Engineer to lead the planning and execution of test strategies for moderate to complex performance test engagements focusing on system performance, capacity, stability, and scalability. In addition, the candidate will develop and maintain performance test plans, cases, scenarios, and scripts, design test data strategies for performance test, and put together performance requirements and determine workload and usage models. The Sr. Performance Test Engineer will perform test execution, monitoring, diagnostics, analysis, tuning, and reporting of results to identify and troubleshoot system performance issues and bottlenecks, as well as review of performance-related work products and deliverables. Education: > Bachelors Degree in Computer Science/Engineering, Management Information Systems, or equivalent engineering experience, required. Experience: > 5+ years of experience in performance test engineering or related experience required. > Strong Experience with Hewlett Packard (Client) Performance Center/Load Runner. > Strong understanding of software development life cycles, software engineering processes, test processes, operating systems, web applications, client/server applications, distributed systems, shared services, communication protocols, and architectures required. > Strong knowledge of application software, performance test methods, infrastructure, and network required. > Good knowledge of OS internals. > Working knowledge of one or more software programming languages required, 'C' preferred. > Working knowledge of word processing, spreadsheet, database, diagramming and presentation software required. > Working knowledge of project planning and estimation preferred. > Performance tool certification or performance designation preferred. > The position requires the candidate to work non-standard hours as needed. Preferred: > Strong/proven experience in pre-production application/transaction level tracing/monitoring preferred. > Proven experience in implementing performance test strategies, designing tests, and executing performance tests through moderately complex systems is preferred. > Strong understanding of TCP/IP networking. Working knowledge of underlying technologies including HTTP & HTML, AJAX, ASP.Net, Siebel is preferred. > Experience diagnosing and debugging performance bottlenecks by interpreting test results and analyzing metrics gathered using tools, such as Client Diagnostics, Client SiteScope, server logs is preferred. Princeton Information is one of the nation's top five privately-held IT consulting firms, in business since 1985. Princeton Information services a clientele of primarily Fortune 500 companies nationwide. With annual revenues over $120 million, Princeton Information operates across the US from multiple regional offices. Our Commitment to Our Consultants As a privately held company, Princeton Information is solely committed to the success of clients and consultants - not to any shareholders. PI's success is grounded in the relationships we build with our consultants. We seek the best people; provide career path counseling; as well as the most challenging opportunities in business and in IT. As part of its culture of loyalty and commitment to its consultants, Princeton Information is committed to doing all we can to ensure our consultants have the best possible search, placement and work experience possible. Our Services Working with one Princeton Recruiter will gain you access to over 500 open requirements with the top clients in the US across all industries (finance, insurance, pharmaceutical, commercial, telecom, media, manufacturing) nationwide. Our local recruiters have in-depth knowledge of our clients and opportunities. They will work with you to find you the best possible opportunities for you and your career. Our Relationships Our relationships with our clients, as well as our consultants, are critical to our success! We have a robust sales organization that ensures that Princeton has the inside track on what attributes a person needs in order to be successfully placed and engaged at our clients. We know the technical and non-technical skills that our clients are looking for and we ensure that you are educated about the client prior to your interview with them. Princeton is committed to going above and beyond to ensure that each meeting you have with a client is a successful one!