Senior Performance Engineer

Required Education and Experience:
* 5 years of relevant experience and Bachelors degree or
* 3 years of relevant experience and Masters degree

Required Skills
* 5+ years experience working in Linux/Unix environment
* 5+ years of experience working with SQL
* 2+ years experience working with at least one of the following: Perl, Python, shell

Desired Qualifications
* Strong written and verbal communication
* Ability to be self-directed in project work
* Proven success working on multiple projects at a time in a fast paced, results oriented environment
* Strong desire to learn and increase knowledge set
* Strong analytical skills, ability to extract and analyze data, diagnose root causes and implement practical solutions
* Experience with database systems such as Oracle, MySQL or PostgreSQL a big plus
* Experience interacting with Rest APIs
* Basic understanding of Internet protocols including TCP/IP, HTTP, TLS, DNS