Performance Support Engineer

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The Performance Support Engineer will be responsible for managing and resolving the most challenging issues for the ServiceNow Technical Support team focusing on Performance and instance availability. This includes being the last point of escalation within the technical support department and mentoring junior team members in the various technologies.

The successful candidate will be able to quickly gain an understanding of the ServiceNow platform. This is a customer-facing role and therefore it requires strong inter-personal skills in addition to strong technical skills. 
The Performance Support Engineer must able to work outside of normal business hours (evening/weekend shifts, holidays) as needed.

To be successful in this role you have:

Demonstrated ability to troubleshoot difficult technical issues

Strong Experience with relational databases (e.g. MySQL, Oracle)

Java experience

Experience in one (or more) scripting languages: 
JavaScript, Python, Perl, Unix Shell, Windows Shell)

Advanced Unix/Linux experience

Working knowledge of the components in a web applications stack.

Experience diagnosing performance degradation (e.g. explain plans, database tuning)

Experience working well in a team environment while also being able to work productively while unsupervised

Strong personal commitment to quality and customer service

Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to clearly articulate solutions to complex technical problems

Ability to work with high-value customer administrators and developers

Excellent time management skills

Consistent ability to work evenings and weekends

Understanding of basic networking and system administration

The following additional skills are preferred but not required:

Experience writing or debugging Object Oriented code (Java preferred, other relevant technologies ok)

Experience working with dynamic HTML components: AJAX, JavaScript, AngularJS, CSS, XML, HTML, XHTML

Advanced object oriented programming skills (Java strongly preferred).

Deep understanding of JavaScript

Demonstrated proficiency with the following Technical Skills

Web Services (consuming or providing) (SOAP, REST)

Data Extraction Technologies (e.g. JDBC, ODBC)

Any bi-directional, automated integration between two systems

TCP/IP, Networking knowledge

Experience with Splunk

Understanding of Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP)

Understanding of remote administration via SSH, SNMP, WMI, Powershell

Experience in any of the technologies on this list: http://wiki.service-now.com/index.php?title=ListofAvailableIntegrations

Strong Familiarity with Eclipse IDE

A fundamental understanding of ITSM, ITIL, and/or CMDB

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