Performance Test Engineer (SDET) - Multi-Region Failover

theocc; United States; On-site; USD 110,000 - 165,000; Full time

Job summary

The 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 designs test scenarios, executes performance tests, analyzes results, and validates 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

Qualifications

• 3+ years hands-on experience in performance testing 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 with JMeter/Gatling.
• Scripting experience in Python or Java for test automation and data generation.
• Experience with AWS cloud environments and understanding of cloud-native performance implications.
• 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 CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins, GitHub, GitLab) and integration of performance tests.
• Familiarity with APM/observability platforms (Splunk, Dynatrace, AppDynamics, or similar).
• Experience testing multi-region architectures or distributed systems with performance validation.

Responsibilities

• Design and execute performance tests using LoadRunner, JMeter, and Gatling across AWS and on-premise environments per 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 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 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.

Skills

Performance testing

Failover testing

LoadRunner

JMeter

Gatling

Python

Java

AWS

Kubernetes

Linux

SQL

CI/CD

Jenkins

GitHub/GitLab

Kafka

APM/Observability

Regression testing

Education

B.S. in Computer Science or related field

Tools

LoadRunner scripting

JMeter

Gatling

Kubernetes

Postman

RestAssured

UC4 Automic

Job description

The 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 designs test scenarios, executes performance tests, analyzes results, and validates 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