Associate Principal, Software Engineering: DevOps

Name of Employer:    
The Options Clearing Corporation 

Job Title:    

Associate Principal, Software Engineering: DevOps

Location:    

9111 Cypress Waters Blvd., Suite 400, Dallas, TX 75019

Duties:    

Monitor the performance of applications, tune the applications while working with product teams, and guide the implementation of the applications using CI/CD pipelines in the Kubernetes environment. Direct the review, configuration and execution of Terraform Ansible automation pipelines delivered by product teams. Guide the setup of common infrastructure platform like multi-region Kubernetes and Kafka cluster. Involved in DevOps migration and automation processes for build and deploy systems using GitHub, Rancher, Harness, Artifactory, AWS EC2, Kubernetes, Kafka, Jenkins, Terraform, Ansible, and Hashicorp Vault. Manage the complete lifecycle of Kubernetes clusters and implement backup and recovery strategies in Rancher. Create a fully CI/CD process, automate build and deployment platform and coordinate code build promotions and orchestrated deployments using Jenkins and GitHub. Setup and build AWS infrastructure using various resources, VPC EC2, RDB, S3, IAM, EBS, Security Group, Auto Scaling, SES, SNS and RDS in Cloud Formation JSON templates, Route53, and Lambda. Elicit requirements for deployment of application and sizing for managing expected workload. Confer with product team leads and practitioners to create deployment plans. Confer with Architecture and Renaissance teams to devise implementation architecture. Promote standards across applications security and configurations. Collaborate with IAM/security teams on setting up roles and permissions for machines/users. Collaborate with the integration/performance testing team to leverage integrated release tested in Integration and Release Acceptance environment. Collaborate operations/enablement teams to deliver infrastructure and applications to start testing. Collaborate with product control teams on monitoring, failover and logging. Provide guidance to systems engineering and DevOps professionals for building highly performant environment. Implement infrastructure failover scenarios. Confer with the Network team on all connectivity plans and issue resolution (including between on-premises and AWS). Establish Agile program level practices for efficient collaboration and delivery. Perform deployment of applications in VM-based as well as container-based deployments. Develop documentation for ORT technical infrastructure and architecture support. Up to 40% telecommuting permitted. *This position qualifies for The Options Clearing Corporation’s Employee Referral Program.*

Education & Experience Required:    

Master’s degree in CS, computer information systems or related and three (3) years of experience as a DevOps Engineer or related.  In lieu of a master’s degree plus three years of experience, will accept a bachelor’s degree plus five (5) years of experience in the same fields.

Special Skills Required:    

Must have work experience with each of the following: 1) Involved in DevOps migration and automation processes for build and deploy systems using GitHub, Rancher, Harness, Artifactory, AWS EC2, Kubernetes, Kafka, Jenkins, Terraform, Ansible, and Hashicorp Vault; 2) Manage the complete lifecycle of Kubernetes clusters and implement backup and recovery strategies in Rancher; 3) Create a fully CI/CD process, automate build and deployment platform and coordinate code build promotions and orchestrated deployments using Jenkins and GitHub; and 4) Setup and build AWS infrastructure using various resources, VPC EC2, RDB, S3, IAM, EBS, Security Group, Auto Scaling, SES, SNS and RDS in Cloud Formation JSON templates, Route53, and Lambda. Up to 40% telecommuting permitted.

Salary:    

$149,781-$158,100

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.

What We Offer

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
• Competitive health benefits including medical, dental and vision

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.

Salary Range

Incentive Range

This position is eligible for an annual discretionary incentive compensation award, for which the target range is listed above (see Incentive Range). The amount of such award, if any, will be based on various factors, including without limitation, both individual and company performance.

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Step 3
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OCC is an Equal Opportunity Employer