Performance Test Engineer

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: You will be a member of Enterprise Product & Platform Engineering and contribute to performance engineering, scalability validation, and reliability assurance for applications and infrastructure platforms. This role partners with engineering domains, application development teams, DevSecOps, service delivery, and operational support teams to validate application behavior under expected, peak, stress, endurance, and failover conditions. The Performance Test Engineer will work in a rapid development environment as part of a multi-disciplinary engineering team that designs, develops, evaluates, tests, verifies, validates, and supports performance testing solutions. The role requires hands-on experience with performance testing tools such as Apache JMeter, LoadRunner, Fiddler, and related monitoring/analysis tools. The candidate should be able to design workload models, build performance scripts, execute load and stress tests, analyze bottlenecks, and provide actionable recommendations. General understanding of infrastructure testing concepts such as Linux/Windows, network connectivity, firewalls, proxies, load balancers, cloud platforms, containers, and CI/CD automation is preferred. Your Primary Responsibilities: Develop understanding 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 execute performance test scenarios based on non-functional requirements and follow standard DTCC testing guidelines Automate performance test scenarios by leveraging current automated functional and performance test scripts Support traceability across Non-Functional Requirements, Performance Test Scenarios and Defects Support the review of performance test scenarios from both a technical and business perspective with stakeholders, such as development teams and business Track defects to closure, report test results, continuously execute plan and escalate as required Support integration of performance testing with Delivery Pipeline and produce results Create synthetic test data as per the data distribution and volume requirements Develop a understanding of the product being delivered Adhere to all process standards, guidelines and documented procedures Develop an understanding of the logical architecture and technical design of the supported application in relation to the performance and scalability Aligns risk and control processes into day to day responsibilities to monitor and mitigate risk; escalates appropriately Qualifications: Minimum of 4 years of related experience Bachelor's degree preferred or equivalent experience Talents Needed for Success: Develop understanding 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 execute performance test scenarios based on non-functional requirements and follow standard DTCC testing guidelines 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. Collaborates well within and across teams. Communicates openly with team members and others. Resolves disagreements between colleagues effectively, minimizing the impact on the wider team. 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.