Position: Senior Performance Consultant job at EqualLogic/Dell - Nashua, NH
Location: Nashua, NH

Company:
Dell is seeking a senior Performance Engineer to ensure that Dell
EqualLogic Storage solutions continue to excel in the industry.  The
candidate must have a successful track record of working in at least two
of the following areas: storage performance, systems engineering,
operating systems, and networking.

Responsibilities:
- Benchmarking activities to prove performance of Dell storage
solutions, including ESRP, Oracle, TPC.
- Deep dive into the source code to identify and resolve complex
performance issues. Operation and extensions of automated performance
regression suites.
- Definition of performance objectives and goals both short and
long term.
- Performance testing of existing product solutions and products
in development.
- Communication internally and externally on performance metrics,
benchmarking activities, and performance issues. Address any customer
performance issues escalated to engineering
- Communicate with sales and marketing on questions related to
performance.

Requirements:
- A BSCS with 6+ years working in the areas of performance,
storage, or networking is required
- Independent, hard working, creative, focused, and organized.
- Ability to plan, schedule, account for, and execute projects.
- Must be willing to question the status quo and look for ways to
increase product performance.
- Ability to program in C/C++. Solid understanding of disk drives,
cache technology, RAID.
- Familiar with industry standard performance tools such as
iometer.
- Excellent understanding of the software development process,
software design, data flow and bottlenecks.
- Ability to work on multiple projects concurrently.
- Excellent verbal and written communications skills.

Other Desired Skills:
- Experience with test automation
- Experience with TCP/IP and iSCSI

Contact:
Interested? Please contact me at:
Stacy Watkins Garrison
Staffing Consultant - Dell project
stacy AT startupstaffing DOT com
512-497-7356