Brent Rogers (breroger)
2008-Jun-05 23:06 UTC
Performance Engineer Job Opening at IronPort (a Cisco Company)
Cisco's IronPort group is looking for a topnotch Performance Engineer who has resolved performance issues in a FreeBSD environment. Please contact me if you are interested. Regards, Brent Rogers breroger@cisco.com Performance Engineer Location San Bruno, California (candidates will ideally be located within commuting distance) Company 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 / FreeBSD 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/FreeBSD 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 R831844 Contact: Brent Rogers Recruiter Staffing breroger@cisco.com Cisco Systems. Inc. 2200 E. President George Bush Richardson, TX, 75082 United States http://www.cisco.apply2jobs.com/index.cfm <http://www.cisco.com/global/EMEA/brand/signature/default/footerHead.gif>This e-mail may contain confidential and privileged material for the sole use of the intended recipient. Any review, use, distribution or disclosure by others is strictly prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient (or authorized to receive for the recipient), please contact the sender by reply e-mail and delete all copies of this message. <http://www.cisco.com/global/EMEA/brand/signature/default/footer.gif>