Performance Testing Engineer

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Performance Testing Engineer

IronPort is an independent business unit of Cisco Systems, Inc. and one of Cisco’s most recent and highly touted acquisitions. Operating as a part of Cisco’s Security Technology Group, IronPort is a leading provider of anti-spam, anti-virus and anti-spyware appliances for organizations ranging from small businesses to the Global 2000 and one of the fastest growing business units in all of Cisco Systems.

Job Description:

The Performance Testing Engineer will be primarily responsible for developing and maintaining tools used in automated performance testing of IronPort's email and web appliances; executing and triaging performance tests; working with development to resolve performance issues; and publishing benchmarks and sizing documents. The Performance Engineer will possess a strong background in QA and engineering, with extensive experience identifying and resolving performance issues in a UNIX environment. The performance testing process is collaborative, and as such the position requires strong organizational and people skills.

Required Experience and Skills:

• Must have 3 year professional experience developing and executing performance tests.
• Expert command of some UNIX variant; able to perform minor system administration duties
• Working knowledge of Python, Perl or other object scripting language
• Strong knowledge of networking debugging
• Working knowledge of Routing, DNS, SMTP, FTP, HTTP, SSH and Telnet
• Outstanding written and verbal communication skills. Must utilize these skills to communicate effectively across all groups in the organization.
• Demonstrated experience in debugging scripting and object oriented code
• Proven track record of delivering quality in a highly available, scalable environment
• Eagerness to learn new technologies/skills
• Experience testing Email or HTTP

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