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Chicago, Illinois, United States
Hybrid
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What You'll Do:
OCC's Enterprise Quality Engineering organization seeks a Senior Associate in Performance Testing to execute performance and failover testing for mission-critical clearing, risk, and settlement systems. This hands-on role focuses on designing test scenarios, executing performance tests, analyzing results, and validating system behavior during failover and disaster recovery scenarios. The ideal candidate combines strong performance testing execution skills with the ability to work across multi-region cloud and hybrid architectures, ensuring systems meet strict RTO/RPO regulatory requirements.
Primary Duties and Responsibilities:
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each primary duty satisfactorily.
Design and execute performance tests using LoadRunner, JMeter, and Gatling across AWS and on-premise environments per established test plans and load profiles
Create, maintain, and enhance LoadRunner scripts, test scenarios, and script repositories
Analyze performance test results to identify bottlenecks, anomalies, and optimization opportunities; generate findings reports
Develop and maintain performance test automation scripts (Python, Java) and integrate regression testing into CI/CD pipelines
Create parameterized test data and document test procedures, expected results, and baselines
Work with DevOps to set up and validate multi-region test environments
Correlate performance results with APM/monitoring platforms (Splunk, Dynatrace, AppDynamics) and generate dashboards and trend analysis
Collaborate with development, DevOps, and infrastructure teams on performance requirements and testing plans
Execute failover and disaster recovery testing across primary, secondary, and tertiary regions, including applications, databases, Kafka, and middleware
Validate RTO/RPO metrics and post-failover performance against SLAs, including compliance with regulatory requirements
Test multi-region deployments for replication lag, data consistency, Kafka topic replication, and failover behavior during region switches
Document and present test results, trends, and findings to QE leadership
Supervisory Responsibilities:
None
Qualifications:
The requirements listed are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the primary functions.
3+ years hands-on experience in performance testing, including executing performance tests with LoadRunner, JMeter, or similar tools
2+ years designing and executing failover/disaster recovery testing in cloud or hybrid environments
Proficiency in LoadRunner scripting and test scenario creation, OR strong hands-on experience with JMeter/Gatling
Scripting experience in Python or Java for test automation and data generation
Experience with AWS cloud environments and understanding of performance implications in cloud-native applications
Working knowledge of Kafka and event-driven systems, including producer/consumer testing
Hands-on experience with relational databases (SQL Server, Oracle, DB2) and ability to write queries for test data and validation
Experience with test automation tools and frameworks for performance regression testing
Familiarity with APM/observability platforms (Splunk, Dynatrace, AppDynamics, or similar)
Experience with CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins, GitHub, GitLab) and integration of performance tests
Proficiency with Linux command-line tools and basic understanding of Linux operating systems
Experience with test management and issue tracking tools (Jira, Zephyr, SpiraTest)
Experience testing multi-region architectures or distributed systems with performance validation
Experience or familiarity with financial systems, clearing, settlement, or highly regulated, low-latency environments
Technical Skills:
Performance testing certification (ISTQB Performance Tester, LoadRunner certification, or equivalent)
Experience with Kubernetes and containerized application performance testing
UC4 (Automic) job scheduling experience
API testing experience (Postman, RestAssured)
Experience with data pipeline testing (ETL tools, Tableau)
AWS certification or cloud architecture knowledge
Experience in Options/Futures industry
Hands-on experience with Kafka cluster setup, monitoring, and performance tuning
Education and/or Experience:
B.S. Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent practical experience
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills; attention to detail in test execution and result documentation
Experience in Agile methodology.
Experience in integration of Jira and Test management tool.
Strong communication skills, written and oral, analytical abilities, problem solving skills, sound judgment and time management skills.
Experience in creating automation scripts.
Experience in developing automation frameworks.
Experience in developing Jenkins pipelines.
Experience in the Options and Futures industry is preferred
Certificates or Licenses:
AWS certification or performance engineering certification preferred
About Us
The Options Clearing Corporation (OCC) is the world's largest equity derivatives clearing organization. Founded in 1973, OCC is dedicated to promoting stability and market integrity by delivering clearing and settlement services for options, futures and securities lending transactions. As a Systemically Important Financial Market Utility (SIFMU), OCC operates under the jurisdiction of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), and the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System. OCC has more than 100 clearing members and provides central counterparty (CCP) clearing and settlement services to 19 exchanges and trading platforms. More information about OCC is available at www.theocc.com.
Benefits
A highly collaborative and supportive environment developed to encourage work-life balance and employee wellness. Some of these components include:
Visit https://www.theocc.com/careers/thriving-together for more information.
Compensation
Salary Range
$86,500.00 - $148,700.00Incentive Range
6% to 10%This position is eligible for an annual discretionary incentive compensation award, for which the target range is listed above (see Incentive Range). The amount of such award, if any, will be based on various factors, including without limitation, both individual and company performance.
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OCC is an Equal Opportunity Employer