Principal Performance Engineer – Cloud-Native & Enterprise

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

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work environment (up to 2 days/

Job summary

The Options Clearing Corporation (OCC) seeks a Performance Engineering Principal to define and lead performance testing, automation, and quality engineering strategy across its critical clearing, risk, and settlement systems.

This technical architect role designs enterprise-scale performance engineering for cloud-native, containerized, and event-driven systems with emphasis on rigor, resilience, and regulatory compliance.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of hands-on experience architecting and executing performance testing in AWS cloud environments.
• 7+ years of strong working knowledge in agile testing practices and open-source tools including Python, Selenium, JMeter, Java, and Cucumber.
• Solid understanding of Kafka and Kubernetes architecture, including performance and resiliency implications of event‑driven and containerized systems.
• Experience with UC4 (Automic) job scheduling/orchestration and enterprise reporting outputs.
• Strong, proven experience with LoadRunner for enterprise‑scale performance testing.
• Evaluate and recommend performance testing tools and APM platforms (Splunk, Dynatrace, AppDynamics)
• Working knowledge of relational databases and query tools (SQL Server, Oracle, DB2).
• Strong programming/scripting experience in Java, JavaScript, VBScript, and Python.
• Experience with ETL tools such as Alteryx and reporting/visualization tools such as Tableau.
• Strong understanding of CI/CD pipelines and tools such as Jenkins, GitHub, GitLab CI, or Azure DevOps.
• Proficiency with test management and defect tracking tools (Jira, Zephyr, SpiraTest), including tool integrations.
• Strong understanding of containerization (Docker) and orchestration (Kubernetes) technologies. Strong hands‑on experience with Linux operating systems.
• Experience establishing a performance engineering Center of Excellence or maturity model across a large enterprise.
• Present findings to leadership and drive architectural improvements
• Mentor and guide mid‑level and senior engineers on performance testing and failover testing methodologies

Responsibilities

• Define and lead the performance testing strategy across OCC's critical systems.
• architect performance engineering practices for enterprise-scale cloud-native, containerized, and event-driven systems.
• Mentor engineers on performance testing and failover testing methodologies.
• Present findings to leadership and drive architectural improvements.

Skills

LoadRunner

JMeter

Gatling

Selenium

Cucumber

Cypress

Protractor

ServiceNow ATF

AWS

Kubernetes

Kafka

Java

Python

JavaScript

VBScript

SQL

Docker

Education

B.S. Degree in Computer Science or equivalent

Tools

Postman

RestAssured

Pact

Splunk

Dynatrace

AppDynamics

Jenkins

GitHub

GitLab CI

Azure DevOps

Jira

Zephyr

SpiraTest

Docker

Job description

The Options Clearing Corporation (OCC) seeks a Performance Engineering Principal to define and lead performance testing, automation, and quality engineering strategy across its critical clearing, risk, and settlement systems.

This technical architect role designs enterprise-scale performance engineering for cloud-native, containerized, and event-driven systems with emphasis on rigor, resilience, and regulatory compliance.