Associate Principal, Cloud Engineering

The Options Clearing Corporation (OCC); Dallas (TX); Hybrid; USD 160,000 - 197,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work up to 2 days remote

Tuition Reimbursement

Student Loan Repayment Assistance

Technology Stipend

Generous PTO and Parental leave

401k Employer Match

Competitive health benefits

Job summary

The Options Clearing Corporation (OCC) seeks a seasoned Cloud Engineer to design, automate, and manage a highly available AWS-based environment using Terraform and IaC. You will implement CI/CD pipelines with Jenkins and Ansible, secure data with KMS, and maintain GitHub repositories across dev/test/prod accounts.

You will also drive production changes in maintenance windows, provide technical guidance, and support a hybrid work model with up to 2 days remote per week.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, mathematics, or related and five (5) years of experience as a cloud engineer, software engineer, cloud engineering associate, or related.
• Experience with cloud computing and infrastructure as code practices is expected.

Responsibilities

• Design, configure, implement and manage automated cloud provisioning workflows.
• Develop and maintain automation scripts, processes and procedures.
• Enable DevOps activities and work with Docker, Kafka and container management systems.
• Provide technical guidance and collaborate between teams on cloud architecture and security.

Skills

AWS KMS encryption

Terraform IaC

Jenkins CI/CD

GitHub repos management

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/Math or related

Tools

Terraform

Jenkins

Ansible

GitHub

Job description

Duties

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. Enable DevOps development activities and complex development tasks that will involve working with tools such as Docker, Kafka and container management systems. Provide advanced system administration, operational support and problem resolution for a large complex cloud computing environment. Implement production changes during defined maintenance windows and support on call rotation. Perform cloud computing and virtual environment build-outs, software installation, maintenance and support. Write and maintain documentation of relevant operating procedures and processes. Design, develop, and build the business's cloud infrastructure architecture. Encrypt data using AWS KMS keys to secure data stored in S3, RDS, EFS and EBS. Infrastructure developer in AWS cloud platform using IAC tool Terraform, to build VPC and network infrastructure. Configure and integrate Jenkins pipeline for Terraform automation and Ansible automation and enable build triggers to apply changes to AWS platform. Maintain Terraform and Ansible code in GitHub repositories and create and manage repositories for AWS environments including development, test, prodparallel, and production accounts. Provide technical guidance within the team and, when called upon, serve as a technical liaison between internal departments. This will involve utilizing best practices for the management, architecture, configuration, DR, administration, and automation of the enterprise server virtualization environment with cloud technologies. Up to 40% telecommuting permitted. Up to 40% telecommuting permitted. *This position qualifies for The Options Clearing Corporation's Employee Referral Program.*

Education & Experience Required

Bachelor's degree in computer science, mathematics, or related and five (5) years of experience as a cloud engineer, software engineer, cloud engineering associate, or related

Special Skills Required

Must have work experience with each of the following: 1) Encrypt data using AWS KMS keys to secure data stored in S3, RDS, EFS and EBS; 2) Develops and automates complex AWS network Infrastructure using terraform, including multi-VPC architectures, cross-region connectivity, and secure routing configurations with fine-grained control; 3) Configure and integrate Jenkins pipeline for Terraform automation and Ansible automation and enable build triggers to apply changes to AWS platform; and 4) Maintain Terraform and Ansible code in GitHub repositories and create and manage repositories for AWS environments including development, test, prod-parallel, and production accounts. Up to 40% telecommuting permitted.

Salary

$160,300-$196,900

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 (http://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.

OCC is an Equal Opportunity Employer