Associate Principal, Cloud Engineering

Duties:

Maintain and automate a large, complex cloud-based computing environment, provide technical guidance and serve as a technical liaison between internal departments. Drive the creation of new infrastructure and environments, which will be critical to continued growth and adoption of broad cloud/automation goals across the business. Design, configure, implement and manage a fully automated workflow for provisioning and maintaining a complex, highly available cloud environment using infrastructure as code. Develop and maintain a library of deployable, tested, and documented automation design scripts, processes, and procedures for deploying services to the cloud. Manage DevOps development activities and complex development tasks that will involve working with tools such as Docker, Kafka and container management systems. Lead in the development of technology roadmaps and end-of-life technology plans. Lead and participate in cloud computing environment build-outs, software installation, maintenance and support, including patches, fixes, end-of-life preparation, and upgrades. Manage multi-cluster Kubernetes environments with AWS EKS, orchestrating cross-cluster communication, workload distribution and enforcing security policies across EC2 instance and VPC networks. Develop reusable terraform modules for dynamic workload scaling on AWS, automating deployments of EC2, VPC and S3, improving reliability and load-balancing in Kubernetes. Build automated CI/CD pipelines in Jenkins, Integrating GitHub, deploying AWS-hosted Kubernetes clusters, and monitor deployments using cloud-watch for real-time observability. Integrate and manage JFrog Artifactory with CI/CD pipelines, ensuring secure access control, and managing versioned artifacts across different environments. Assess and plan for capacity needs within the cloud platform and forecast accordingly. Communicate project and operational service issues to senior management promptly with observations, decisions, and recommendations for corrective measures. Manage and participate in the implementation of production changes during defined maintenance windows and support on call rotation. Write and maintain documentation of relevant systems, procedures and processes. Up to 40% telecommuting permitted. *This position qualifies for The Options Clearing Corporation’s Employee Referral Program.*

Education & Experience Required:

Master’s degree in computer science, computer engineering, or related and three (3) years of experience as a Software Developer, DevOps Engineer, System Engineer, or related

Special Skills Required:

Must have work experience with each of the following: 1) manage multi-cluster Kubernetes environments with AWS EKS, orchestrating cross-cluster communication, workload distribution and enforcing security policies across EC2 instance and VPC networks; 2) develop reusable terraform modules for dynamic workload scaling on AWS, automating deployments of EC2, VPC and S3, improving reliability and load-balancing in Kubernetes; 3) build automated CI/CD pipelines in Jenkins, integrating GitHub, deploying AWS-hosted Kubernetes clusters, and monitor deployments using cloud-watch for real-time observability; and 4) integrate and manage JFrog Artifactory with CI/CD pipelines, ensuring secure access control, and managing versioned artifacts across different environments. Up to 40% telecommuting permitted.

Salary

$134,971-$158,200

Apply:

Apply online at www.theocc.com. No calls. EOE.

About Us

The Options Clearing Corporation (OCC) is the world's largest equity derivatives clearing organization. Founded in 1973, OCC is dedicated to promoting stability and market integrity by delivering clearing and settlement services for options, futures and securities lending transactions. As a Systemically Important Financial Market Utility (SIFMU), OCC operates under the jurisdiction of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), and the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System. OCC has more than 100 clearing members and provides central counterparty (CCP) clearing and settlement services to 19 exchanges and trading platforms. More information about OCC is available at www.theocc.com.

Benefits

A highly collaborative and supportive environment developed to encourage work-life balance and employee wellness. Some of these components include:

• A hybrid work environment, up to 2 days per week of remote work
• Tuition Reimbursement to support your continued education
• Student Loan Repayment Assistance
• Technology Stipend allowing you to use the device of your choice to connect to our network while working remotely
• Generous PTO and Parental leave
• 401k Employer Match
• Competitive health benefits including medical, dental and vision

Visit https://www.theocc.com/careers/thriving-together for more information.

Compensation

• The salary range listed for any given position is exclusive of fringe benefits and potential bonuses. If hired at OCC, your final base salary compensation will be determined by factors such as skills, experience and/or education.
• In addition, we believe in the importance of pay equity and consider internal equity of our current team members as part of any final offer.
• We typically do not hire at the maximum of the range in order to allow for future and continued salary growth. We also offer a substantial benefits package as noted on www.theocc.com/careers
• All employees may be eligible for a discretionary bonus. Discretionary bonuses are based on various factors, including, but not limited to, company and individual performance and are not guaranteed.

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Step 3
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OCC is an Equal Opportunity Employer