Platform Architecture Leader: Cloud, Hybrid & Resilience

The Options Clearing Corporation

Chicago (IL)

Hybrid

USD 198,200 - 346,700

Full time

14 days+
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Benefits offered by this job

Tuition Reimbursement
Student Loan Repayment Assistance
Technology Stipend
Generous PTO
401k Employer Match
Competitive health benefits

Job summary

The Options Clearing Corporation is seeking an Executive Director for Platform Architecture to lead and develop a team overseeing infrastructure architecture across cloud, networking, compute, and storage.

This vital role involves crafting enterprise-wide standards and ensuring the architecture aligns with regulatory obligations and corporate resilience strategies. The successful candidate will have extensive experience in AWS architecture, Kubernetes, and in leading teams towards operational excellence and modernization.

The position offers a hybrid work environment with benefits including tuition reimbursement and generous PTO.

Qualifications

  • 12+ years of experience in infrastructure or systems architecture.
  • 3 years in a leadership or team lead role.
  • Demonstrated ability to create governing standards.
  • Broad knowledge across infrastructure domains.

Responsibilities

  • Lead a team of principal architects and develop direction.
  • Establish and govern platform architecture standards.
  • Drive cloud strategy and infrastructure modernization.
  • Ensure operational resilience and performance engineering.

Skills

Infrastructure architecture
Cloud (AWS)
Kubernetes
Apache Kafka
GitOps and IaC
Networking
Observability
Disaster recovery
Performance engineering

Education

BS degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Terraform
Helm
ArgoCD
Apache Flink

Job description

The Options Clearing Corporation is seeking an Executive Director for Platform Architecture to lead and develop a team overseeing infrastructure architecture across cloud, networking, compute, and storage.

This vital role involves crafting enterprise-wide standards and ensuring the architecture aligns with regulatory obligations and corporate resilience strategies. The successful candidate will have extensive experience in AWS architecture, Kubernetes, and in leading teams towards operational excellence and modernization.

The position offers a hybrid work environment with benefits including tuition reimbursement and generous PTO.

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