Associate Principal, Software Engineering: DevOps

What You'll Do:
Provide subject matter expertise for ongoing support of applications deployed to OCC's non-production AWS environments and supporting 3rd party applications. Identify root causes and automate solutions in support of development.
This role requires a deep understanding of DevOps practices, leadership skills, and expertise in various tools and technologies. You will be working in a fast-paced, dynamic environment, using cutting-edge tools and cloud technologies. Manage day to day activities when called upon.
Primary Duties and Responsibilities:
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each primary duty satisfactorily.

• DevOps Strategy: Develop and implement DevOps strategies and best practices to enhance development, testing, and deployment processes.
• Possess in-depth knowledge and hands-on experience with DevOps tools and technologies, including but not limited to GitHub, Jenkins, Terraform, Docker, Ansible, Kafka, AWS, Apigee, Kubernetes.
• Support the lower environments for incident and problem management.
• Resolve complex support issues in non-production environments.
• Understand Cloud Native applications running on Kubernetes within AWS.
• Create procedural and troubleshooting documentation related to cloud native applications.
• Write complex automation scripts using common automation tools, such as Groovy, Ansible, and Terraform
• Perform other duties as assigned

Supervisory Responsibilities:

• N/A

Qualifications:
The requirements listed are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the primary functions.

• Excellent problem-solving skills.
• Ability to work independently.
• Ability to work with management to prioritize tasks.
• Demonstrate strong confidence in abilities and knowledge.
• Ability to work well in crisis situations.
• Ability to work under minimal supervision.
• Flexibility to be on call from 5 PM to 7 AM for 3 months per year.
• Good written and oral communication skills.

Technical Skills:

• Expert understanding of:
  
  • Scripting and coding Experience
  • Network technologies
  • CI/CD tools such as Artifactory, Jenkins, and GIT
  • Cloud native applications, including Terraform experience.
  • Technologies used to support microservices.
  • Experience with cloud-based systems such as AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud, including expertise in infrastructure-as-code tools such as Terraform or CloudFormation
  • Strong programming skills in Java or Python, and experience with containerization technologies such as Docker or Kubernetes
  • Experience with Kafka MRC
  • Understanding of software development methodologies and Agile practices
  • Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to troubleshoot and identify the root cause of issues.
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams.

Education and/or Experience:

• Bachelor's degree in a related area
• 5-7 years of related experience
  
  • Minimum 5 years experience working in a distributed multi-platform environment.
  • Minimum 2 years experience working with Kafka
  • Minimum 3 supporting enterprise monitoring technologies

Certificates or Licenses:

• Cloud Certification a plus

Who We Are
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.
What We Offer
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
Competitive health benefits including medical, dental and vision.
Step 1
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Step 2
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Step 3
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OCC is an Equal Opportunity Employer