Executive Director, Platform Reliability & Cloud Strategy

The Options Clearing Corporation; Chicago (IL); Hybrid; USD 150,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work environment

Tuition reimbursement

Student loan repayment assistance

Technology stipend

Generous PTO and parental leave

401(k) with employer match

Competitive health benefits

Job summary

The Options Clearing Corporation is seeking a leader for its Platform Engineering organization, focusing on governance, compliance, and cloud architecture. This executive role involves scaling SRE practices, improving platform health, and overseeing FinOps and SecOps domains.

The ideal candidate will have 15+ years in cloud engineering, strong leadership skills, and a bachelor’s degree in a technical field. Benefits include a hybrid work model, tuition reimbursement, and competitive health benefits.

Qualifications

• 15+ years in cloud engineering, with 5+ years in senior leadership.
• Experience serving in a Product Manager role.
• Ability to maintain metrics and reporting frameworks.

Responsibilities

• Scale and mature the SRE practice across all platform services.
• Serve as Product Manager for FinOps and SecOps domains.
• Own metrics and reporting to enable data-driven prioritization.

Skills

Executive leadership of SRE

Cloud engineering expertise

Cross-functional partnership

Metrics and reporting design

Agile/Scrum experience

Education

Bachelor's degree in a technical discipline

Tools

AWS

Azure

GCP

Kubernetes

Prometheus

Job description

The Options Clearing Corporation is seeking a leader for its Platform Engineering organization, focusing on governance, compliance, and cloud architecture. This executive role involves scaling SRE practices, improving platform health, and overseeing FinOps and SecOps domains.

The ideal candidate will have 15+ years in cloud engineering, strong leadership skills, and a bachelor’s degree in a technical field. Benefits include a hybrid work model, tuition reimbursement, and competitive health benefits.