Associate Principal, Server Administration
The Options Clearing Corporation
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Job summary
The Options Clearing Corporation (OCC) is seeking an experienced virtualization engineer to design, implement, and automate the virtualization and VDI environments. You will provide advanced support for VMware-based platforms, including Horizon and VXRail, and collaborate with IT and security teams to enhance the security posture and disaster recovery readiness.
Ideal candidates have 5+ years of VMware and Cisco UCS experience, hands-on VXRail expertise, and strong scripting skills to drive
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience required with 5+ years VMware and Cisco UCS experience.
- Hands-on experience with VMware Horizon, vROPS, SDDC Manager, VSAN, SRM, vRA, vRO is expected.
- Experience with VXRail hyperconverged systems is preferred.
Responsibilities
- Provide advanced support to UCS - VMware environment.
- Support VXRail VDI environment.
- Develop baselines, evaluate, and remediate vulnerabilities and security findings.
- Meet with Business, IT and Security Leaders to develop requirements and communicate changes to the environment.
- Automate processes in the VMware environment.
- Troubleshoot production problems in the virtualization environment.
- Document changes, policies and procedures and drawings.
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Job description
Summary Responsible for the Virtualization environment design, support, and automation.
The role will provide operational support for the existing and future Virtualization and computing and VDI architectures.
Responsibilities also include designing solutions to support existing and future services and enhance security posture.
- Provide advanced support to UCS - VMWare environment
- Support VXRail VDI environment
- Develop baselines, evaluate, and remediate Vulnerabilities and security findings
- Meet with Business, IT and Security Leaders to develop requirements and communicate changes to the environment
- Challenge the status quo with new ideas and drive innovation in the Virtualization environment
- Apply comprehensive knowledge of concepts, processes, practices, and procedures on technical assignments
- Automate processes in the VMWare environment
- Troubleshoot production problems like performance, and runtime issues within the virtualization environment
- Address problems of systems integration, compatibility, and multiple platforms
- Evaluate and recommends application integration and testing tools
- Provide Disaster Recovery testing support
- Provide on-call support according to assigned schedule
- Document changes, policies and procedures and drawings
- Contribute to projects of various sizes and schedules
- Excellent presentation skills including planning, material preparation and public speaking
- Clear, concise and precise written and verbal communication skills to effectively communicate with people of various backgrounds
- Negotiation skills including listening and persuasion
- Strong interpersonal, leadership, project management and mentoring skills
- Strong ability to use solution-oriented approach towards problem resolution
- Ability to work independently and with a team, be a team player
- Advanced technical knowledge of VMware virtualization technologies like Horizon, vROPS, SDDC Manager, VSAN, SRM, vRA, vRO etc.
- Expertise in architecting, configuring, and supporting Cisco UCS systems
- Experience working in Hyper Converged (VxRail) based technologies and develop solutions accordingly
- Expertise or establish optimized virtual environments for giant database cluster builds such as DB2 and Microsoft SQL on VMware platform
- Strong technical ability to manage orchestration aspects through API scripts and tools, enabling a consistent methodology across UCS platform
- Develop automation solutions including Infrastructure as Code approach to establish and maintain automated, integrated and continuous deployments
- Ensure Infrastructure operations are effective and optimally established and supported across all layers including server, storage, backup, patching services and monitoring
- Knowledge and Experience in Cloud computing, VCF and VMWare in Cloud
- Familiar with using PowerCLI/Powershell to manage a VMware Environment
- Capacity planning/tracking
- Familiar with storage concepts (replication, Fiber Channel, NFS, VMFS)
- Experience with developing Disaster Recovery strategies and work with other teams within the organization and external teams to execute scheduled DR tests
- Review and recommend alternative technologies and improvements to enhance information systems to support organizational goals and present to senior management
- Create documentation (like run books) for the developed procedures and best practices
- Lead troubleshooting and recovery efforts during outages or complex issues including but not limited to performance, functionality issues etc.
- Bachelor of Science in Computer Science or related degree or equivalent experience
- 5+ years VMWare and Cisco UCS experience
- Minimum 1 year of hyperconverged VXRail experience (Preferred)
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.
- 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.
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 $107,200.00 - $147,100.00
- Incentive Range 8% to 15%
OCC is an Equal Opportunity Employer
OCC is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion. OCC provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, citizenship status, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability, age, marital status, religion, veteran status, or any other characteristics protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws. Numerous studies have shown that people from certain groups are less likely than others to apply to jobs if they believe they do not meet 100% of the requirements. We encourage everyone to review our open positions and apply if you think your experience may be a match, even if you do not meet all of the qualifications. Your perspective may be an element we need to continue building innovative solutions to support the markets and market participants we serve.
If you need a disability related accommodation for any part of the application process, please email talentacquisition@theocc.com.
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