OneShield

&lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;About OneShield&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;OneShield is an innovative provider of core software solutions that has been serving Property &amp;amp; Casualty insurance carriers for over 20 years. Deployed in the cloud, our portfolio of standalone, subscription, and SaaS products includes enterprise-class policy management, billing, claims, rating, and analytics. Fueled by a significant recent growth investment from a consortium of investors led by Pacific Lake Partners and Bain Capital, OneShield has significantly expanded its customer base in the last two years. Our recurring revenue has nearly doubled over that period.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Role&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;As an Application Performance Architect, you will lead the capacity and scalability management for the OMS application platform. You will be responsible for proactively identifying scalability bottlenecks and performance risks in the platform and devising solutions to mitigate. You will be assigned specific application performance issues for diagnosis and remediation. You will also be responsible for designing and directing regular scalability and performance testing and publishing performance benchmarks for the OMS platform. This will include setting performance-related design and development standards for the application development teams. &amp;nbsp;You will lead a team of performance engineers to support the function.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Job Responsibilities&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Develop and maintain application scalability benchmarks that measure the application performance against various workloads&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Identify scalability bottlenecks for key application components, identify the root cause(s), and develop solutions to address these bottlenecks&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Provide inputs / high level design to the appropriate application team to address application bottlenecks&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Provide inputs to the infrastructure / Ops team to address cloud (Azure) infrastructure-related bottlenecks&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Develop a capacity plan for projected client and volume growth for the OMS application platform&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Develop a performance and scalability testing cadence and design for such testing, which can be executed by the performance testing team&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Analyze the outcomes of such testing to develop scalability benchmarks and identify key bottlenecks&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Regularly analyze application logs and alerting to proactively identify performance issues and determine solutions to remedy&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Diagnose and resolve in a timely manner critical application performance issues that are reported by OMS clients and escalated to your team by the application teams&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Document performance- and scalability-related coding / design best practices guidance for application teams&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Participate in key solution / design reviews and provide guidance for performance improvement&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Provide as needed guidance and mentoring to application development teams with regards to performance best practices&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Lead and manage the priorities, deliverables, and outcomes for the OMS Performance Engineering function&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Manage and mentor performance engineers within your function&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Desired Technical Skills&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Mastery in .NET framework and core application performance and scalability management. Experience with performance monitoring and testing tools required&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Current or recent hands-on experience with .NET development and Azure platform is a requirement for this role. Azure platform certifications are highly desired&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Current or prior hands-on experience with performance test design and execution is required. Experience with one or more performance testing tools like LoadRunner is required&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Good understanding of Data Structures &amp;amp; Algorithms, Database Normalization and Data Integrity, and OOPs&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Expertise in designing or developing high-performance, dependable, and secure client/server applications using Azure IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS capabilities.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Strong experience in SOA, Microservices, and No SQL databases&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Experience in ADO.Net, SQL, and relational database management systems such as MS SQL Server is required&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Experience with the use of data / analysis using standard monitoring tools like AppDynamics is required&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Desired Business Skills&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Excellent interpersonal, communication, and presentation skills&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Must be organized, have an eye for detail, and be able to put ideas into a tangible, digestible format for communication to both technical and business-oriented audiences&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Ability to multi-task in a fast-paced environment&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Working knowledge of scrum or other agile development methodologies&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Prior experience in, or at minimum basic understanding of, the insurance industry and business automation processes is desired, but not required&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Education&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Bachelors or masters degree in computer science or related field&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Microsoft Certification on .NET technologies, Azure is highly desired&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Experience&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;6 + years of experience in an application performance architect/engineer role, and 10+ years total experience&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Prior experience in developing web-based applications in a high-volume consumer business using .NET technology and Azure cloud platform&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;OneShield Benefits&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Highly competitive compensation&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Generous benefits, time off, and leave policies&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Excellent environment with supportive colleagues&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Opportunity for rapid professional development in a high-growth business&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Access to premium training content from sources including Udemy and The Institutes (AINS)&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Stability, driven by long-term customer relationships and proven access to capital from institutional investors&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;