Senior Performance Engineer

As a leading financial services and healthcare technology company based on revenue SS&C is headquartered in Windsor Connecticut and has 27000 employees in 35 countries. Some 20000 financial services and healthcare organizations from the worlds largest companies to small and mid-market firms rely on SS&C for expertise scale and technology.

Job Description

Title: Senior Performance Engineer

Location: Australia Preferably Melbourne/Sydney Hybrid

Job Type: Full Time Permanent

Job Description

Get To Know Us:

SS&C GIDS provides information processing and computer software services and products. The Companys operating segments include financial markets customer management professional services and output solutions. SS&C GIDS serves the alternative investments asset and wealth management banking and lending insurance and real estate industries.

Why You Will Love It Here!

• Flexibility: Hybrid Work Model
• Your Future: Income Protection Insurance & Salary Continuance
• Work/Life Balance: Generous Bereavement & Compassionate leave
• Your Wellbeing: Private Health Insurance discount Primary & Secondary Paid Parental leave Death & TPD Insurance
• Diversity & Inclusion: Committed to Welcoming Celebrating and Thriving on Diversity
• Training: Hands-On Team-Customized including SS&C University
• Extra Perks: Discounts on fitness clubs travel and more!

Please note that this role can be based in Parramatta Sydney Melbourne Wollongong or Hobart

What You Will Get to Do:

As a Senior Performance Engineer with development and SQL server expertise you will lead the design and execution of performance engineering strategies across complex enterprise systems ensuring scalability reliability and optimal user experience. You collaborate with cross-functional teams to identify bottlenecks analyse system behaviour under load and drive performance improvements through data-driven insights and automation.

We are seeking a senior performance engineer with development and SQL server expertise with proven 10 years of overall IT experience to join our growing team of performance engineers and testers. The ideal candidate will be a proactive problem solver capable of optimizing systems and collaborating effectively across teams to deliver high-quality scalable solutions.

Key responsibilities of this role include:

• Partner with performance testers to triage test results investigate issues and identify root causes.
• Troubleshoot and resolves complex performance problems application and SQL Server:

• Design and optimize relational databases (MSSQL) with a focus on performance.
• Tune SQL queries indexes filegroups and database schema for performance improvements.
• Implement and manage DB objects: indexes stored procedures triggers views CTEs.
• Analyze and improve query execution plans and performance metrics.
• Develop robust applications using C#/ with strong OOP principles.
• Apply multi-threading LINQ TPL and for efficient processing.
• Contribute to microservices architecture and apply SOLID principles.

• Enhance monitoring logging and metrics for better detection and diagnosis oof performance issues.
• Collaborate with architects and engineers to provide input on performance risks and design considerations.
• Review and drive the incorporation of performance best practices and optimizations from mature UK program into the AU program guided by performance risk profiles.

What You Will Bring:

Technical Skills

• development background: .NET: C#/ OOP multi-threading LINQ TPL .
• Expert MSSQL server knowledge including:

• DB design normalization/de-normalization performance tuning.
• Query optimization and execution plan analysis.
• Index and filegroup design/management
  • Schema and stored procedure optimization
  • Understanding of database internals (locking blocking deadlocks transactions)

• Preferred experience within superannuation wealth management or other financial services domain.
• Experience working with large enterprise environments with complex high volume systems.
• Desirable: Exposure to microservices and SOLID principles Design Patterns SOA-based architecture. RESTful Web APIs

Personal Attributes

• Strong analytical statistical and presentational skills and critical thinking to identify and solve complex problems.
• Exceptional attention to detail. Understanding task objectives and expected outcomes.
• Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to build relationships with both technical and non-technical audiences at all organizational levels.
• Clear concise consistent written and verbal communication demonstrating understanding of target audiences and stakeholders.
• Strategic and critical thinker to anticipate risks resolve complex blockers drive effective delivery.
• Growth mindset and rapid learning ability to adapt to complex fast-changing program.
• Maintain awareness of external activities/schedules factors events etc. that may influence or impact deliverables. Manage impact and stakeholder expectations on deliverables.
• Ability to work independently and in team environments.
• Adaptability and willingness to learn new technologies.

If youre ready to bring your expertise to a collaborative team and lead impactful QA initiatives wed love to hear from you!

We encourage applications from people of all backgrounds to enable us to bring diverse perspectives to our thinking and conversation. Its important to us that we strive to have a workforce that is diverse in the widest sense.

Thank you for your interest in SS&C! If applicable to further explore this opportunity please apply directly with us through our Careers page on our corporate website @ 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 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.