Lead Performance Test Engineer

Posted 5 Days Ago
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3 Locations
In-Office
Senior level
Financial Services
The Role
Lead validation of non-functional requirements by designing, automating, and executing performance and resiliency tests. Analyze results, track defects, mentor team members, collaborate with development and architecture to improve performance, and support CI/CD pipeline adoption and environment/data management.
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Are you ready to make an impact at DTCC?
Do you want to work on innovative projects, collaborate with a dynamic and supportive team, and receive investment in your professional development? At DTCC, we are at the forefront of innovation in the financial markets. We are committed to helping our employees grow and succeed. We believe that you have the skills and drive to make a real impact. We foster a thriving internal community and are committed to creating a workplace that looks like the world that we serve.
The Information Technology group delivers secure, reliable technology solutions that enable DTCC to be the trusted infrastructure of the global capital markets. The team delivers high-quality information through activities that include development of essential, building infrastructure capabilities to meet client needs and implementing data standards and governance.

Pay and Benefits:
 

  • Competitive compensation, including base pay and annual incentive
  • Comprehensive health and life insurance and well-being benefits, based on location
  • Pension / Retirement benefits
  • Paid Time Off and Personal/Family Care, and other leaves of absence when needed to support your physical, financial, and emotional well-being.
  • DTCC offers a flexible/hybrid model of 3 days onsite and 2 days remote (onsite Tuesdays, Wednesdays and a third day unique to each team or employee).

The Impact you will have in this role:

The Enterprise Test Engineering ("ETE") family is responsible for ensuring that all applications and systems meet defined quality standards. The ETE family encompasses three major areas including (a) functional testing, (b) non-functional testing, and (c) test architecture and enablement. Other key focuses include: regression testing, browser testing, performance testing, capacity and stress testing, resiliency testing, environment management services, and infrastructure testing. Develops, conducts, and evaluates testing processes, working closely with developers to remediate identified system defects. In-depth knowledge of automated testing tools, and quality control and assurance approaches including the creation of reusable foundational test automation framework for the entire organization. The Performance Test Engineering role is responsible for the validation of non-functional requirements for performance testing.

Your Primary Responsibilities:
 

  • Develop proven grasp of the DTCC Software Delivery process, Performance Test Engineering framework, CoE (Center of Excellence) Engagement process as well as understanding of tech-stack (tools and technologies) to perform day-to-day job
  • Prepare, maintain, and implement performance/resiliency test scenarios based on non-functional requirements and follow standard DTCC testing guidelines
  • Automate performance test scenarios by using current automated functional and performance test scripts in compliance with the non-functional framework
  • Maintain traceability across Non-Functional Requirements, Performance Test Scenarios and Defects
  • Review of performance and resiliency test scenarios from both a technical and business perspective with collaborators, such as development teams and business
  • Track defects to closure, report test results, continuously supervise execution achievements and call out as required
  • Contribute to the technical aspects of Delivery Pipeline adoption for performance testing and improve adoption
  • Identify environmental and data requirements; collaborate with Development and Testing teams to manage and maintain environment and data
  • Provide mentorship to team members related to performance/resiliency test coverage, performance/resiliency test scenarios, and non-functional requirements
  • Develop a basic understanding of the product being delivered including architecture considerations and technical design of the supported applications in relations to the performance, resiliency and scalability.
  • Work with Development and Architecture teams and find opportunities to improve the test coverage. Share suggestions for performance improvements
  • Aligns risk and control processes into day-to-day responsibilities to supervise and mitigate risk; raises appropriately
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Qualifications:

  • Minimum of 6 years of related experience
  • Bachelor's degree preferred or equivalent experience

Talents Needed for Success:

  • Fosters a culture where honesty and transparency are expected.
  • Stays current on changes in his/her own specialist area and seeks out learning opportunities to ensure knowledge is up-to-date.
  • Invests effort to individually coach others.
  • Builds collaborative teams across the organization.
  • Communicates openly keeping everyone across the organization informed.
  • Experience in performance engineering (analysis, testing, and tuning)
  • Experience in Resiliency and Chaos engineering
  • Expertise in load testing tools, such as JMeter, LoadRunner etc.
  • Experience with Snowflake tasks, warehouse, components and optimization
  • Experience with AWS services (Kinesis, Elastic Beanstalk, CloudWatch, Lambda, etc)
  • Experience with CI/CD pipeline implementations, including testing, using Jenkins or similar tool
  • Expertise in performance analysis of distributed platforms including Linux, Windows, AWS, Containers and VMware (tools: Dynatrace, AppDynamics, Splunk, CloudWatch, TeamQuest)
  • Extensive knowledge of the functionality and performance aspects of the above computing platforms
  • Experience working in Unix or Linux environments
  • Experience in sophisticated statistical and analytical modeling
  • Excellent analytical skills including:
  • Data exploration, analysis and presentation applying descriptive statistics and graphical techniques
  • Time series analysis and forecasting
  • Key Performance and volume metrics relationship modeling
  • Understanding of queuing networks modeling and simulation modeling concepts and experience with one of the industry standard analytic modeling tools – TeamQuest, Metron-Athenee, HyPerformix, and BMC
  • Experience in scripting (Perl, Unix shell, Python, Terraform, Chef, Jenkins)
  • Experience using JMS/IBM-MQ messaging system
  • Understanding of RESTful web service, JSON, and XML
  • Experience in Relational Databases, preferably Oracle
  • Expert MS Office skills. Effective use of Excel statistical functions and sophisticated Power Point presentation skills
  • Experience working with Agile teams (preferably scrum)
  • Experience in the financial services industry is good to have

The salary range is indicative for roles at the same level within DTCC across all US locations. Actual salary is determined based on the role, location, individual experience, skills, and other considerations. We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.

Skills Required

  • Minimum of 6 years of related experience
  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience
  • Experience in performance engineering (analysis, testing, tuning)
  • Experience in resiliency and chaos engineering
  • Expertise with load testing tools such as JMeter and LoadRunner
  • Experience with Snowflake (tasks, warehouse, optimization)
  • Experience with AWS services (Kinesis, Elastic Beanstalk, CloudWatch, Lambda)
  • Experience with CI/CD pipeline implementations and testing (Jenkins or similar)
  • Expertise in performance analysis of distributed platforms and monitoring tools (Dynatrace, AppDynamics, Splunk, CloudWatch, TeamQuest)
  • Experience working in Unix or Linux environments
  • Experience in statistical and analytical modeling, time series analysis, forecasting, and KPI modeling
  • Familiarity with queuing networks and simulation tools (TeamQuest, Metron-Athenee, HyPerformix, BMC)
  • Scripting experience (Perl, Unix shell, Python, Terraform, Chef, Jenkins)
  • Experience using JMS / IBM-MQ messaging systems
  • Understanding of RESTful web services, JSON, and XML
  • Experience with relational databases, preferably Oracle
  • Advanced MS Office skills (Excel statistical functions, PowerPoint presentation skills)
  • Experience working with Agile teams (preferably Scrum)
  • Experience in financial services industry

The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC) Compensation & Benefits Highlights

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  • Healthcare Strength Medical, dental, and vision coverage are comprehensive and include mental health support, in-network preventive care, and company-supported HSA/FSA options. Company HSA contributions plus life, AD&D, and disability coverage further reinforce depth of protection.
  • Retirement Support A 401(k) with company matching and references to pension-related benefits provide meaningful long-term savings support. Charitable contribution matching and financial-planning resources complement the core retirement offerings.
  • Parental & Family Support Generous parental leave, adoption assistance, childcare benefits, and dependent care FSAs indicate strong support for families. Back-up care and specialized family health programs are highlighted as part of the package.

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The Company
HQ: Jersey City, NJ
5,075 Employees
Year Founded: 1973

What We Do

With over 45 years of experience, DTCC is the premier post-trade market infrastructure for the global financial services industry. From 21 locations around the world, DTCC, through its subsidiaries, automates, centralizes and standardizes the processing of financial transactions, mitigating risk, increasing transparency and driving efficiency for thousands of broker/dealers, custodian banks and asset managers. Industry owned and governed, the firm simplifies the complexities of clearing, settlement, asset servicing, data management, data reporting and information services across asset classes, bringing increased security and soundness to financial markets. In 2021, DTCC’s subsidiaries processed securities transactions valued at nearly U.S. $2.4 quadrillion. Its depository provides custody and asset servicing for securities issues from 177 countries and territories valued at U.S. $87.1 trillion. DTCC’s Global Trade Repository service, through locally registered, licensed, or approved trade repositories, processes 16 billion messages annually. To learn more, please visit us at www.dtcc.com.

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