looking for a performance engineer

an amazing startup in the storage area is looking for a performance engineer, to lead the product performance activity, the startup is well backup (with a huge exit by the founders), reporting to Director R&D

Requirements:
1. computer degree - must
2. at least 3 years in the performance / load testing, with at least 2 years in the storage arena
3. familiar with Jmeter, load tools
4. deep understanding of the QA process
5. scripting knowledge in Python/perl - strong advantage