Senior Performance Testing Lead — Multi-Region & DR

National Black MBA Association; Chicago (IL); Hybrid; USD 123,000 - 205,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Tuition Reimbursement

Student Loan Repayment Assistance

Technology Stipend

Generous PTO and Parental leave

401k Employer Match

Competitive health benefits

Job summary

The Options Clearing Corporation (OCC) is seeking an Associate Principal in Performance Testing to design and execute comprehensive performance and failover testing strategies across mission-critical clearing, risk, and settlement systems. This role combines hands-on performance engineering to meet regulatory RTO/RPO targets in multi-region, cloud-native environments.

You will define test plans, execute tests with LoadRunner/JMeter/Gatling, build automation, and implement CI/CD pipelines while

Qualifications

• 7+ years hands-on experience in performance testing and engineering.
• 5+ years designing and executing failover/DR testing across multi-region architectures.
• Strong expertise in LoadRunner, JMeter, Gatling.
• Proficiency in Python, Java, and JavaScript for test frameworks.
• Experience with AWS (EC2, RDS, Kafka) and Kubernetes.
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins, GitHub, GitLab CI).
• Proficiency with APM/observability platforms and production telemetry.

Responsibilities

• Define test plans, load profiles, and ramp scenarios for high-volume systems.
• Execute tests using LoadRunner, JMeter, and Gatling; analyze results and optimize.
• Lead DR testing across multi-region architectures (primary/secondary/tertiary).
• Build/maintain performance test automation with Python and Java.
• Develop CI/CD pipelines for performance validation (Jenkins, GitHub Actions).
• Integrate test results with observability platforms and regulatory compliance.

Skills

LoadRunner

JMeter

Gatling

Python

Java

AWS

Kubernetes

Linux

Jenkins

GitHub Actions

GitLab CI

SQL

Postman

RestAssured

Pact

Kafka

Observability

Docker

Education

B.S. Degree in Computer Science

Tools

Jenkins

GitHub Actions

GitLab CI

Postman

RestAssured

Pact

Docker

Kafka

Job description

The Options Clearing Corporation (OCC) is seeking an Associate Principal in Performance Testing to design and execute comprehensive performance and failover testing strategies across mission-critical clearing, risk, and settlement systems. This role combines hands-on performance engineering to meet regulatory RTO/RPO targets in multi-region, cloud-native environments.

You will define test plans, execute tests with LoadRunner/JMeter/Gatling, build automation, and implement CI/CD pipelines while