Performance Test Engineer
Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC)3 months ago
Chennai, IndiaMid Level
Responsibilities
- Prepare, maintain, and implement performance and resiliency test scenarios based on non-functional requirements.
- Automate performance test scenarios using functional and performance test scripts within the non-functional testing framework.
- Maintain traceability across non-functional requirements, performance test scenarios, and defects.
- Review test scenarios with development teams, business collaborators, and other stakeholders from technical and business perspectives.
- Track defects to closure, report test results, monitor execution progress, and escalate issues as needed.
- Contribute to delivery pipeline adoption for performance testing and improve testing coverage.
- Identify and manage environmental and test-data requirements with development and testing teams.
- Analyze application architecture and technical design for performance, resiliency, and scalability considerations.
- Collaborate with development and architecture teams to improve test coverage and identify performance improvements.
- Apply risk and control processes to daily testing responsibilities and escalate risks appropriately.
Requirements
- At least 4 years of related experience.
- Bachelor’s degree preferred or equivalent experience.
- Experience in performance engineering, including analysis, testing, and tuning.
- Experience with resiliency and chaos engineering.
- Expertise with load-testing tools such as JMeter or LoadRunner.
- Experience with Snowflake tasks, warehouses, components, and optimization.
- Experience with AWS services including Kinesis, Elastic Beanstalk, CloudWatch, and Lambda.
- Experience implementing CI/CD pipelines with testing, using Jenkins or a similar tool.
- Expertise analyzing distributed platforms including Linux, Windows, AWS, containers, and VMware.
- Experience with performance-analysis tools such as Dynatrace, AppDynamics, Splunk, CloudWatch, and TeamQuest.
- Knowledge of queuing-network and simulation-modeling concepts and experience with an industry-standard analytical modeling tool such as TeamQuest, Metron-Athenee, HyPerformix, or BMC.
- Experience scripting with Perl, Unix shell, Python, Terraform, Chef, or Jenkins.
- Experience with JMS and IBM MQ messaging systems.
- Understanding of JSON and XML.
- Experience with relational databases, preferably Oracle.
- Expertise with Microsoft Office, including Excel statistical functions and PowerPoint presentations.
- Experience working with Agile teams, preferably Scrum.
- Experience working in Unix or Linux environments.
- Financial services industry experience is preferred.
- Strong collaboration, communication, transparency, and commitment to ongoing learning.
Benefits
- Competitive compensation including base pay and annual incentive.
- Comprehensive health and life insurance and well-being benefits, based on location.
- Pension and retirement benefits.
- Paid time off, personal and family care, and other leaves of absence.
- Flexible hybrid work model with 3 days onsite and 2 days remote, including onsite Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and a third team- or employee-specific day.
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About Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC)
Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC) runs global post-trade market infrastructure, delivering clearing, settlement, securities depository, trade reporting, and data services for broker-dealers, banks, and asset managers. It provides these services through subsidiaries such as DTC, NSCC, FICC, and the Global Trade Repository, with revenue primarily from transaction and service fees. Founded in 1973 and headquartered in Jersey City, NJ, DTCC is industry-owned and privately held, serving markets across multiple regions.