Benchmarking Engineer

HARMAN’s engineers and designers are creative, purposeful and agile. As part of this team, you’ll combine your technical expertise with innovative ideas to help drive cutting-edge solutions in the car, enterprise and connected ecosystem. Every day, you will push the boundaries of creative design, and HARMAN is committed to providing you with the opportunities, innovative technologies and resources to build a successful career.

A Career at HARMAN

As a technology leader that is rapidly on the move, HARMAN is filled with people who are focused on making life better. Innovation, inclusivity and teamwork are a part of our DNA. When you add that to the challenges we take on and solve together, you’ll discover that at HARMAN you can grow, make a difference and be proud of the work you do everyday.

Introduction: A Career at HARMAN - Harman Tech Solutions (HTS)

We’re a global, multi-disciplinary team that’s putting the innovative power of technology to work and transforming tomorrow. At HARMAN HTS, you solve challenges by creating innovative solutions.

• Combine physical and digital, making technology a more dynamic force to solve challenges and serve humanity’s needs.
• Empower the company to create new digital business models, enter new markets, and improve customer experience.

Benchmarking Engineer

About the Role
 The Benchmarking team is focused on delivering benchmarks for the highly demanded solutions. The team publishes the benchmark papers and are available to the Sales, Marketing team and our customers. The Benchmark Engineer will carry out performance testing and engineering activities on large scale distributed solutions on the on-prem and public cloud environments followed by creating scorecards and a benchmark publication

What You Will Do

• Work in collaboration with Compute Services management and domain experts in sales and worldwide marketing to define use case scenarios that reflect how our customers use our software products, including common customer scenarios which represent the highest propensity in three environments (small, medium and large).
• Leverage this information to develop a comprehensive project definition including test suites, data, users, execution methods, planned deliverables (performance briefs, best practices, etc.) and timelines.
• Utilize technical knowledge, research and collaboration (partners, peers, sales, field consultants, etc.) to execute benchmarks and take advantage of their experience to review results, resolve issues, etc.
• Use abstract analysis (critical thinking) to evaluate results and adjust test approach accordingly to achieve expected performance ensuring comprehensive, repeatable scenarios that showcase stable quality products.
• Use internal and external tools and templates to author formal performance briefs, best practices and/or technical white papers. Leverage the domain experience to assist sales in addressing customer performance questions.
• Works to understand and communicate best practice methodologies via publications.
• Proactively work with team lead and project stakeholders to remove barriers keeping projects on schedule.
• Provide weekly updates to team leads and CDS management.
• Support peers by reviewing publications/results and working in collaboration to overcome individual challenges, achieve team goals and be a team player.

What You Need

• Overall 5+ years of experience.
• Strong experience in performance testing large scale web-based distributed applications & working on a SaaS, PaaS, or Cloud Infrastructure product/solution.
• System administration experience on Unix and Windows (Redhat Linux and to a lesser extent, Windows Server 2008 through 2012R2
• Server infrastructure (Server models, chipsets, cores, memory, threading) and associated performance options and communication protocols (TCP/IP, ARP, etc.)
• Diagnosing and tuning for system performance (NMON, FIO, PerfMon, SysInternals, IOSTAT, IOMeter, NETSTAT, VMSTAT, TOP, etc.)
• Knowledge and basic experience on storage infrastructure (Hadoop, SAN, NAS, NFS, etc.) and associated protocols (FCOE, Fiber Channel, CIFS, JBOD, etc.)
• Scripting/Programming including VuGen and one or more of the following - SQL, KORN, BASH, PowerShell, C, Python, etc.
• Solid experience in performance testing tools like - Microfocus Load Runner with multiple protocols (Web HTTP or Truclient), JMeter and/or Ranorex.
• Strong working knowledge on APM tool like AppDynamics, Dynatrace, Datadog, etc. and other tools such as Grafana, Kibana, etc.
• Understanding of Containers and Cloud computing concepts – Kubernetes, cloud providers like AWS, Google, Azure, etc.

What Makes You Eligible

• Work in a hybrid mode and commute to Magarpatta Pune office a minimum of 2 days a week.
• Successfully complete a background investigation as a condition of employment

What We Offer

• Access to employee discounts on world class HARMAN/Samsung products (JBL, Harman Kardon, AKG etc.)
• Professional development opportunities through HARMAN University’s business and leadership academies.
• Flexible work schedule with a culture encouraging work life integration and collaboration in a global environment.
• An inclusive and diverse work environment that fosters and encourages professional and personal development.
• Tuition reimbursement.
• “Be Brilliant” employee recognition and rewards program.

You Belong Here

HARMAN is committed to making every employee feel welcomed, valued, and empowered. No matter what role you play, we encourage you to share your ideas, voice your distinct perspective, and bring your whole self with you – all within a support-minded culture that celebrates what makes each of us unique. We also recognize that learning is a lifelong pursuit and want you to flourish. We proudly offer added opportunities for training, development, and continuing education, further empowering you to live the career you want.

About HARMAN: Where Innovation Unleashes Next-Level Technology

Ever since the 1920s, we’ve been amplifying the sense of sound. Today, that legacy endures, with integrated technology platforms that make the world smarter, safer, and more connected.

Across automotive, lifestyle, and digital transformation solutions, we create innovative technologies that turn ordinary moments into extraordinary experiences. Our renowned automotive and lifestyle solutions can be found everywhere, from the music we play in our cars and homes to venues that feature today’s most sought-after performers, while our digital transformation solutions serve humanity by addressing the world’s ever-evolving needs and demands. Marketing our award-winning portfolio under 16 iconic brands, such as JBL, Mark Levinson, and Revel, we set ourselves apart by exceeding the highest engineering and design standards for our customers, our partners and each other.

If you’re ready to innovate and do work that makes a lasting impact, join our talent community today!

HARMAN is proud to be an Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics.