UI Automation Performance Engineer

SS&C is a global provider of investment and financial services and software for the financial services and healthcare industries. Named to Fortune 1000 list as top U.S. company based on revenue, SS&C is headquartered in Windsor, Connecticut and has 20,000+ employees in over 90 offices in 35 countries. Some 18,000 financial services and healthcare organizations, from the world's largest institutions to local firms, manage and account for their investments using SS&C's products and services.

Job Description

Location: Waltham, MA, USA
 

“One of the best things about Intralinks from a performance engineer’s standpoint is you will always get to use the newest technology out there.”
-Quote from a Performance Engineer in our Waltham, MA office.

The Project:
We are looking for an experienced Performance Engineer to join our Engineering team. Our SaaS platform helps Enterprises across the world to securely collaborate and exchange mission-critical business content. Responsibilities include design and implementation of automation frameworks for performance testing, deployment, and upgrade of web-scale application services facilitating agility, velocity and resiliency of software delivery. Drive architecture discussions, performance optimizations and end to end improvements into the platform with development architects and leads
Qualifications:
7+ years of relevant experience

This position will facilitate performance testing of Intralinks applications. Our team (CoE PaCE – center of excellence performance and capacity engineering) focuses on the followings,
Assist development teams with process + guidance on how to conduct performance testing of IL applications Provide affective done criteria for developers to integrate performance testing in SDLC Design/develop custom testing framework for development teams to run their performance tests Develop custom monitoring and analysis framework to support their testing needs Help/support SCRUM teams with all their needs specific to performance testing/monitoring/tuning and data creation
 

What You Will Bring:

• Experience with at least one of programming/ scripting language (Java/Groovy/ Javascript)
• Experience in UI performance testing
• knowledge of shell scripting and experience with Linux-based systems
• Experience with kubernetes based application performance testing
• Experience with Selenium scripting including creating automated tests and performing web browser automation tasks. (Need mainly for UI performance)

Following skillsets with proven hands-on experiences are preferable

• Software performance testing & tuning of web based application ( in house & cloud)
• Application development and automation with java
• Test automation and framework development with jMeter or SOASTA or LoadRunner
• Application performance monitoring using Dynatrace or DataDog or SPLUNK or similar tools
• Deep understanding of web, app and database layer testing and tuning
• Deep understanding of log monitoring, pattern identification, test data design and performance KPIs
• Kubernetes cluster deployment, automation & optimization (AWS & on-premises, experience with docker based Kubernetes is a plus) - good to have

For this position, candidate must pass a written exam and 2 rounds of interviews.

Thank you for your interest in SS&C! To further explore this opportunity, please apply through our careers page on the corporate website at www.ssctech.com/careers. 

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Unless explicitly requested or approached by SS&C Technologies, Inc. or any of its affiliated companies, the company will not accept unsolicited resumes from headhunters, recruitment agencies, or fee-based recruitment services. SS&C offers excellent benefits including health, dental, 401k plan, tuition and professional development reimbursement plan. SS&C Technologies is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer and does not discriminate against any applicant for employment or employee on the basis of race, color, religious creed, gender, age, marital status, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, veteran status or any other classification protected by applicable discrimination laws.