Performance Engineering Principal: Cloud-scale Resilience Leader

The OCC; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 159,000 - 264,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work environment (up to 2 days)

Tuition reimbursement

Student loan repayment assistance

Technology stipend

Generous PTO & parental leave

401k employer match

Comprehensive health benefits

Job summary

The Options Clearing Corporation (OCC) is seeking a Performance Engineering Principal to define and lead performance testing and quality engineering strategy across OCC's critical clearing, risk, and settlement systems. This technical architect role requires deep expertise in load testing tools, automation, cloud-native architectures (AWS, Kubernetes), and regulatory compliance.

You will mentor engineers, present findings to leadership, and shape the Center of Excellence in performance

Qualifications

• 10+ years hands-on experience architecting and executing performance testing in AWS.
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Responsibilities

• Define and lead the performance testing strategy across OCC's critical systems.

Skills

Performance testing

Automation engineering

Cloud architecture

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science

Tools

LoadRunner

JMeter

Gatling

Selenium

Cucumber

Cypress

Protractor

ServiceNow ATF

AWS

Kubernetes

Kafka

UC4 Automic

Jira

Zephyr

SpiraTest

SQL Server

Oracle

DB2

Python

Java

VBScript

Postman

RestAssured

Pact

Tableau

Jenkins

GitHub

GitLab CI

Azure DevOps

Docker

Job description

The Options Clearing Corporation (OCC) is seeking a Performance Engineering Principal to define and lead performance testing and quality engineering strategy across OCC's critical clearing, risk, and settlement systems. This technical architect role requires deep expertise in load testing tools, automation, cloud-native architectures (AWS, Kubernetes), and regulatory compliance.

You will mentor engineers, present findings to leadership, and shape the Center of Excellence in performance