SAP Performance Engineer
Location:
Austin, TX
Sunnyvale, CA
Work Arrangement:
3 Days in office (Hybrid)
Job Overview
We are seeking an experienced SAP Performance Engineer to join our dynamic team. The ideal candidate will have deep knowledge in SAP performance engineering and performance testing with a strong foundation in end-to-end performance debugging across SAP landscapes. This role involves working collaboratively with cross-functional teams to develop benchmarks, characterize system performance, and conduct detailed root cause analysis.
Core Responsibilities
Performance Benchmarking & Testing:
Define, develop, and apply performance/scalability benchmarks.
Plan and execute performance tests using automated environments.
Devise and run experiments to evaluate the performance impacts of system changes.
Analysis & Troubleshooting:
Use profiling tools to identify performance bottlenecks.
Conduct thorough root cause analysis and system bottleneck identification.
Troubleshoot performance issues across SAP landscapes, including query execution and memory management.
Collaboration & Quality Assurance:
Work in cross-functional teams to characterize, debug, and improve overall system performance and scalability.
Participate in architecture and design reviews.
Ensure quality in cross-team engineering efforts through continuous feedback and improvement initiatives.
Mandatory Skill Sets
SAP Performance Engineering Skills
SAP Workload Analysis & Profiling: In-depth performance analysis specific to SAP applications.
Query Optimization: Expertise in ABAP and HANA query optimization techniques.
Performance Monitoring: Proficient in using SAP performance monitoring TCodes.
Bottleneck Identification: Experience with system bottleneck identification & troubleshooting.
Indexing & Partitioning: Proven experience with strategies for indexing and partitioning to enhance performance.
Memory Management: Experience in HANA memory management and query execution plan analysis.
End-to-End Debugging: Capable of performing comprehensive performance debugging in SAP landscapes.
Performance Testing (PT) & Performance Engineering (PE) Skills
Performance Testing Expertise: Deep experience in performance testing & engineering of SAP applications.
Performance Monitoring Tools: Skilled with tools such as AppDynamics, Dynatrace, and Splunk for monitoring and profiling.
Web Applications: Experience in performance testing, tuning, and load testing of web-based applications using tools like LoadRunner and JMeter.
Workload Modeling: Hands-on experience in workload modeling and system bottleneck analysis.
Additional Qualifications & Nice-to-Have Skills
Programming: Proficiency in multiple programming languages including Python, Perl, ABAP, Java, and C++.
Performance Testing Tools: Experience with SoapUI and Postman.
JVM Tuning: Extensive hands-on experience with JVM tuning techniques.
Service-Oriented Architecture: Strong knowledge of RESTful APIs and performance-tuning SQL queries.
Methodologies: Experience with Agile or Scrum software development methodologies.
Cloud Platforms: Familiarity with cloud platforms such as AWS and GCP.
SAP BTP Optimization: Expertise in optimizing SAP BTP components including API management and SAP Integration Suite.
BTP Technologies: Knowledge of Smart Data Integration (SDI) and SCP iOS SDK for mobile app performance testing.
Monitoring in SAP BTP: Experience with application and database monitoring using tools like Kibana and HANA DB cockpit.
Algorithm Understanding: Basic understanding of machine learning algorithms and O-Notation.
Database Proficiency: Solid experience with both relational and in-memory databases.
Version Control: Code management experience using Git.
Minimum Experience & Requirements
Experience:
A minimum of 3+ years of hands-on software testing experience with a strong focus on performance testing of SAP applications.
Tools & Technologies:
Demonstrated expertise in performance testing and monitoring tools coupled with a strong background in performance tuning across various system components.