Application Performance Monitoring Engineer -Lead

Axos Bank

Target Range:

$100,000.00 /Yr. - $120,000.00 /Yr.

Actual starting pay will vary based on factors including, but not limited to, geographic location, experience, skills, specialty, and education.

Eligible for an Annual Discretionary Cash Bonus Target: 10%

Eligible for an Annual Discretionary Restricted Stock Units Bonus Target: 10%

These discretionary target bonuses may be awarded semi-annually based upon your achievement of performance goals and targets.

About This Job

This position will be on-site and located at our HQ at San Diego, California.
Axos Bank has an exciting opportunity as we are seeking a Lead role for a new team that will be defining and executing within the Application Performance Management (APM) space. As a member of the APM team, the Lead is responsible for working with various Business Units across the Axos Enterprise to establish Key Performance Indicators (KPI’s) that will be measured consistently to ensure stability and overall application/system health based on established thresholds. Your experience working with and configuring performance related tools, such as Cisco AppDynamics (AppD)/1000Eyes, will be the main focus. The Lead will utilize AppD and other tools to monitor and measure areas within Axos through dashboards and reporting on an ongoing and consistent basis. Will work closely with members of the Project, Product, and Development teams to meet agreed-upon deliverables. Provides technical leadership and direction in the areas of application testing, to include: performance, load, chaos. synthetic and others. Leads an APM team and will be responsible for career pathing, coaching, and training of multiple direct reports. Partners with the Project, Product, and Development teams to ensure high quality and automation across the entire SDLC.

Responsibilities:

• Establishing KPI’s with the BUs as to what metrics should be measured as part of app performance and efficacy
• As part of the software development cycle, baseline performance of applications in lower environments
• Establish upper and lower thresholds based on the baselined performance in lower environments, to be used as tollgate criteria for release
• Establish the reporting and review cadence of performance KPIs as part of the Release and Change Management approval process
• Create research spikes for software development teams when application features that are trending in the wrong direction
• Assist in troubleshooting application layer specific issues
• Determine the synthetics needed in both lowers and production to measure customer experience. This spans beyond basic performance KPIs, and ensures things like CTAs, customer journeys, personalized content, marketing content is accurate and working.
• Establish the tolerances for triggering software related alerts
• Develop dashboards, reporting, and reviews with BUs of application KPIs

Requirements:

• Associate Degree or higher in a technical discipline
• 5+ years’ experience testing mobile and web applications, including API and DB
• 2+ years’ experience working with AppDynamics
• 2+ years’ experience creating test cases for applications
• Strong understanding working with and configuring performance related tools such as DynaTrace, AppD, 1000Eyes, etc.
• Strong verbal and written communication ability. Able to explain complex technical issues to both technical and non-technical audiences
• Experience working with geographically diverse teams
• Able to use independent judgment to plan, prioritize and organize a diversified workload
• Possesses strong analytical skills and solid problem-solving skills

Axos Employee Benefits May Include:

About Axos

Born digital-first, Axos delivers financial tools and services that allow individuals, small businesses, and companies to access and manage their money how, when, and where they want. We’re a diverse team of dynamic, insightful, and independent innovators who are excited to provide technology-driven solutions that offer unbeatable value to our customers.

Axos Financial is our holding company and is publicly traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol "AX" (NYSE: AX).

Learn more about working at Axos

Pre-Employment Background Check and Drug Test:

All offers are contingent upon the candidate successfully passing a credit check, criminal background check, and pre-employment drug screening, which includes screening for marijuana. Axos Bank is a federally regulated banking institution. At the federal level, marijuana is an illegal schedule 1 drug; therefore, we will not employ any person who tests positive for marijuana, regardless of state legalization.

Equal Employment Opportunity:

Axos is an Equal Opportunity employer. We are committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants without regard to race, religious creed, color, sex (including pregnancy, breast feeding and related medical conditions), gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, military and veteran status, marital status, age, protected medical condition, genetic information, physical disability, mental disability, or any other protected status in accordance with all applicable federal, state, and local laws.

Job Functions and Work Environment:

While performing the duties of this position, the employee is required to sit for extended periods of time. Manual dexterity and coordination are required while operating standard office equipment such as computer keyboard and mouse, calculator, telephone, copiers, etc.

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee may encounter while performing the essential functions of this position. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of this position.