Associate Principal, Quality Assurance

The Options Clearing Corporation; Chicago (IL); Hybrid; USD 102,100 - 137,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work environment: up to 2 days/

Tuition reimbursement

Student loan repayment assistance

Technology stipend

Generous PTO and parental leave

401k employer match

Comprehensive health benefits

Job summary

The Options Clearing Corporation (OCC) is seeking a QA/Software/Data Engineer to design and implement quality metrics for the Ovation Program Reporting. You will participate in Agile ceremonies, help create stories with robust acceptance criteria, and analyze requirements for test scenarios.

You will develop ETL pipelines using Alteryx or Airflow, write complex SQL, and integrate Tableau dashboards to deliver governance metrics and executive reporting. A hybrid work setup is available.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in CS or related and 3 years of experience in QA, software, data, or related fields.
• Experience designing ETL pipelines and performing data validation for regulatory and analytics reporting.
• Ability to write complex SQL and develop dashboards with Tableau or similar tools.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement quality metrics for Ovation Program Reporting.
• Participate in Agile ceremonies and help create robust acceptance criteria.
• Analyze business requirements and design test scenarios for reports.
• Develop governance standards for testing artifacts and KPIs.

Skills

ETL design

Data validation

Automation

Agile collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS or related

3 years QA/SE/DE experience

Tools

Alteryx

Airflow DAG

SQL

MSSQL Server

BigQuery

Tableau

Job description

Duties:

Responsible for design and development of quality metrics implementation for Ovation Program Reporting. Attend high level design sessions, code walkthroughs and offer suggestions, and guidance on any topic that could have a negative impact. Work in an Agile team throughout Lifecycle to collaborate on the analysis, design, development and testing. Actively participate in the Sprint planning session and assist in creating stories with robust acceptance criteria while helping identify missing or incomplete requirements. Analyze the business requirements, understand the expectations from end user, review with SMEs and design test scenarios for report deliverables. Attend daily scrum standup and report testing issues. Provide key input during retrospective meetings. Create detailed reporting and tracking of quality KPIs. Clearly articulate the governance and compliance standards for testing artifacts and quality KPIs. Monitor and update quality reports as needed to ensure timely problem resolution.. Use Alteryx or Airflow DAG and SQL to design and implement ETL pipelines, automate ingestion and transformation workflows, and perform data validation and reconciliation for regulatory and analytics reporting.. Leverage MSSQL Server or Big-Query to write complex SQL queries and integrate Tableau dashboards to analyze large datasets and deliver governance metrics and executive reporting. Develop reusable ETL frameworks using Alteryx or Airflow DAG and SQL to standardize data onboarding, enforce audit controls, and improve processing efficiency across enterprise systems. Develop reusable ETL frameworks using Alteryx or Airflow DAG and SQL to standardize data onboarding, enforce audit controls, and improve processing efficiency across enterprise systems. Monitoring and optimizing SQL query performance across ETL pipelines, ensuring data integrity through automated quality validation checks, and iteratively updating query logic to meet with operational reporting standards. Participate in the communication and analysis of user behavior in recording test results and patterns, providing a feedback loop to quality assurance teams. Identify, evaluate, and recommend automation tools for testing reports. Provide accurate timelines for the stakeholders and make sure deadlines are met without affecting the quality of the product. Prioritize, assign and balance workload of the team as per the timelines. Responsible for continuously improving the QA governance process and technologies. Leverage AI to implement tools that enhance the efforts across Reporting. Up to 40% telecommuting permitted. OCC offers a standard benefits package. *This position qualifies for The Options Clearing Corporation's Employee Referral Program.*

Education & Experience Required:

Bachelor's degree in computer science or related and three (3) years of experience as a quality assurance engineer, software engineer, data engineer, or related

Special Skills Required:

Must have work experience with each of the following: 1) Use Alteryx or Airflow DAG and SQL to design and implement ETL pipelines, automate ingestion and transformation workflows, and perform data validation and reconciliation for regulatory and analytics reporting; 2) Leverage MSSQL Server or BigQuery to write complex SQL queries and integrate Tableau dashboards to analyze large datasets and deliver governance metrics and executive reporting; 3) Develop reusable ETL frameworks using Alteryx or Airflow DAG and SQL to standardize data onboarding, enforce audit controls, and improve processing efficiency across enterprise systems; and 4) Monitoring and optimizing SQL query performance across ETL pipelines, ensuring data integrity through automated quality validation checks, and iteratively updating query logic to meet with operational reporting standards. Up to 40% telecommuting permitted.

Salary

$102,100-$137,000

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.

OCC is an Equal Opportunity Employer