Principal Performance Test Engineer

Experience level: Mid-senior
Experience required: 10 Years
Education level: Bachelors degree
Job function: Information Technology
Industry: Financial Services
Compensation: Around 150k
Location: Boston, MA
JOB DESCRIPTION:

• We have an immediate requirement for a Principal Performance Test Engineer to join our hardworking Performance Engineering team.

• The Performance Architect is a software engineer and performance analyst with a passion for optimizing the performance of applications.

• This highly technical position is responsible for the performance engineering of DTCC distributed computing environments and providing analytical stress evaluations of applications/systems and service level compliance using statistical, analytical, and simulation methods.

• They will work hand-in-hand with developers and test engineers to deliver successful, business-critical applications.

• Principal Performance Test Engineer to join our hardworking Performance Engineering team.

• The Performance Architect is a software engineer and performance analyst with a passion for optimizing the performance of applications.

• This highly technical position is responsible for the performance engineering of DTCC distributed computing environments and providing analytical stress evaluations of applications/systems and service level compliance using statistical, analytical, and simulation methods.

• They will work hand-in-hand with developers and test engineers to deliver hard-working, business-critical applications.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Coordination / leadership of performance team and external team members, e.g. product, development, DBA, middleware, network

• Assist in the development of estimates for projects

• Assist with resource assignments and coordinate between teams at multiple locations to ensure on time delivery of projects

• Work with product and development teams to define and maintain non-functional requirements to work into test plans

• Deliver effective performance analysis, reporting and presentations to collaborators (business, development)

• Perform the analysis of relationships between the non-functional requirements and key performance metrics

• Coordinate solving of infrastructure and application issues

• Conduct root cause analysis of performance issues and bottlenecks

• Defect tracking and reporting

• Work closely with application development and other technical teams to ensure that defects are dealt with in a timely and professional manner

• Develop and maintain statistical models of key performance metrics

• Construct and maintain analytical models of applications/systems

• Proactively identify areas for further research and analysis

• Lead and participate in knowledge sharing activities

• Mitigate risk by following established procedures and supervising controls, spotting key errors and demonstrating strong ethical behavior.

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelors Degree in Computer Science or related discipline with Masters or equivalent experience

• Minimum of 7 years of related experience

• Minimum of 6 years of experience in performance engineering (analysis, testing, and tuning)

• Minimum of 4 years of experience developing n-tier, J2EE software applications

• Minimum of 4 years of experience working in Unix or Linux environments

• Expertise in performance analysis of distributed platforms including Linux, Windows, AWS, Containers and VMware (tools: TeamQuest, OMi, CloudWatch, Dynatrace, AppDynamics, Splunk)

• Extensive knowledge of the functionality and performance aspects of the above computing platforms

• Experience in advanced statistical and analytical modeling

• Excellent analytical skills including:

• Data exploration, analysis and presentation using 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

• Expertise in load testing tools, such as JMeter, LoadRunner etc.

• 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

• Experience working with AWS services (Kinesis, Elastic Beanstalk, Cloudwatch, Lambda, etc)

• Experience with CI/CD pipeline implementations, including testing, using Jenkins or similar tool

• Expert MS Office skills. Effective use of Excel statistical functions and advanced Power Point presentation skills

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills

• Experience working with Agile teams (preferably scrum)

• In-depth knowledge of the entire software development lifecycle (SDLC)

• Experience in the financial services industry

ABOUT: DTCC safeguards the financial markets and helps them run efficiently, in times of prosperity and crisis. We are uniquely positioned at the center of global trading activity, processing over 100 million financial transactions every day, pioneering industry-wide, post-trade solutions and maintaining multiple data and operating centers worldwide. From where we stand, we can anticipate the industrys needs and were working to continually improve the worlds most resilient, secure, and efficient market infrastructure. Our employees are driven to deliver innovative technologies that improve efficiency, lower cost, and bring stability and certainty to the post-trade lifecycle. DTCC proudly supports Flexible Work Arrangements favoring openness and gives people freedom to do their jobs well, by encouraging diverse opinions and emphasizing teamwork. When you join our team, youll have an opportunity to make meaningful contributions at a company that is recognized as a thought leader in both the financial services and technology industries. A DTCC career is more than a good way to earn a living. Its the chance to make a difference at a company thats truly one of a kind.
Qualifying Questions: 
1.) Please elaborate candidate's experience in load testing tools, such as JMeter, LoadRunner
2.) Please elaborate candidate's experience developing n-tier, J2EE software applications
3.) Please elaborate candidate's experience in performance engineering (analysis, testing, and tuning)
4.) This position is available in multiple offices of DTCC. Which location is the candidate applying for?
5.) Please provide the link to candidates LinkedIn profile:
6.) What is the candidates work authorization status?
7.) What is the candidates highest level of education?
8.) Has the candidate applied or been interviewed for any role with this company in the past? If so, please provide details.
9.) What is the candidates desired total compensation? (Please specify base salary vs. commission/bonus expectation)
10.) Where is the candidate located? If candidate is not near the job location, please explain relocation plan in detail (e.g. timeline, relocating with family, selling/buying property)
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