Senior Manager Software Engineering Performance & System Test Architecture

Job Description

As a Senior Engineering Manager at Caterpillar Inc., you will play a crucial role in leading the Performance Engineering and System Test Architecture function to ensure scalability, reliability, and resilience of digital platforms and applications. Your work will involve defining test architecture strategies, building reusable frameworks, and driving performance and security testing initiatives across the enterprise.**Role Overview:**- Lead Performance Engineering, System Test Architecture, and Security testing integration to create reusable test architecture backbone and non-functional excellence.- Establish a platform-grade test architecture and a performance-first culture to ensure reliability, scalability, and resilience of digital systems.- Build reusable frameworks, simulators, and data pipelines to standardize testing across teams.- Operationalize AI-driven performance analytics and continuous reliability practices to become the global authority for non-functional quality.**Key Responsibilities:**- **Performance & Security Strategy:** - Define and implement performance engineering roadmap for platforms and applications. - Oversee security testing practices and ensure compliance with enterprise standards. - Establish continuous performance practices and create production-informed workloads using real user data patterns. - Lead capacity planning, scalability modeling, and resilience drills with SRE and Platform teams. - **System Test Architecture:** - Design and maintain common test frameworks for digital QA. - Drive innovation in test architecture including simulators and automation accelerators. - Define reference test architecture patterns and build shared accelerators for test harnesses and simulators. - **Scalability & Optimization:** - Conduct performance benchmarking, load testing, and capacity planning. - Collaborate with development and infrastructure teams to optimize system performance. - Deploy AI-driven telemetry for incident management and performance anomaly detection. - **Governance & Reporting:** - Establish metrics for performance, scalability, and security readiness. - Provide insights and recommendations to leadership for continuous improvement. - **Team Leadership:** - Build and mentor a high-performing team of performance engineers and test architects. - Promote best practices and knowledge sharing across the QE organization. - Create the Non-Functional Excellence Guild community and run the QE Architecture Review Board.**Required Skills & Experience:**- 16 to 20 years in software testing and performance engineering with 4 years in leadership roles.- Deep expertise in performance testing tools and security testing.- Strong understanding of system architecture, cloud platforms, and distributed systems.- Experience in designing reusable test frameworks and simulators.- Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills.**Preferred Qualifications:**- Knowledge of accessibility and compliance standards.- Experience in large-scale enterprise systems and digital transformation programs.Relocation is available for this position.Caterpillar Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Qualified applicants of any age are encouraged to apply. Join our Talent Community if you are not ready to apply yet. As a Senior Engineering Manager at Caterpillar Inc., you will play a crucial role in leading the Performance Engineering and System Test Architecture function to ensure scalability, reliability, and resilience of digital platforms and applications. Your work will involve defining test architecture strategies, building reusable frameworks, and driving performance and security testing initiatives across the enterprise.**Role Overview:**- Lead Performance Engineering, System Test Architecture, and Security testing integration to create reusable test architecture backbone and non-functional excellence.- Establish a platform-grade test architecture and a performance-first culture to ensure reliability, scalability, and resilience of digital systems.- Build reusable frameworks, simulators, and data pipelines to standardize testing across teams.- Operationalize AI-driven performance analytics and continuous reliability practices to become the global authority for non-functional quality.**Key Responsibilities:**- **Performance & Security Strategy:** - Define and implement performance engineering roadmap for platforms and applications. - Oversee security testing practices and ensure compliance with enterprise standards. - Establish continuous performance practices and create production-informed workloads using real user data patterns. - Lead capacity planning, scalability modeling, and resilience drills with SRE and Platform teams. - **System Test Architecture:** - Design and maintain common test frameworks for digital QA. - Drive innovation in test architecture including simulators and automation acce

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Performance EngineeringSecurity TestingPerformance Testing ToolsJMeterLoadRunnerSystem ArchitectureDistributed SystemsAnalytical SkillsCommunication SkillsNew RelicAnomaly DetectionSCASystem Test ArchitectureCloud PlatformsProblemSolving Ski