Lead Associate Principal, Software Engineering: DevOps

Collaborate with various product, infrastructure, operations, security, and production control teams to elicit and fulfil technical requirements of these teams. Perform deployment of Clearing, Risk and Data Platform applications into the ORT environment. Direct, review, configure, and execute Terraform Ansible automation pipelines delivered by product teams. Guide the setup of common infrastructure platform including multi-region Kubernetes and Kafka cluster. Implement DevOps CI/CD pipelines to automate the build and deployment process to AWS and Rancher cloud infrastructure using Jenkins or Harness, Docker and Kubernetes. Deploy and manage docker containerized microservices applications in Kubernetes environments using Helm for configuration management and orchestration. Automate infrastructure provisioning and configuration management using Terraform and Ansible with Python scripting for deployment automation tasks. Implement security and monitoring solutions for cloud infrastructure using Hashicorp Vault for secrets management and Splunk for log aggregation and alerting. Elicit requirements for deployment of application and sizing for managing expected workload. Monitor the performance of applications and tune working with product teams. Promote standards across application configuration towards the highest security. Collaborate with access management and security teams on setting up roles and permissions for systems and users using least privilege strategies. Collaborate with the integration/performance testing team to leverage integrated release tested in Integration/Release Acceptance environment. Collaborate operations/enablement teams to deliver infra and apps to start testing. Collaborate with production controls teams on monitoring, failover, and logging. Provide guidance to systems engineering, Dev/Ops professionals for building highly performant environment. Implement infrastructure failover scenarios. Up to 40% telecommuting permitted. This position qualifies for The Options Clearing Corporation's Employee Referral Program.

Bachelor's degree in computer science or related and five (5) years of experience as a software developer, software engineer, or related, Must have work experience with each of the following: 1) implement DevOps CI/CD pipelines to automate the build and deployment process to AWS and Rancher cloud infrastructure using Jenkins or Harness, Docker and Kubernetes; 2) deploy and manage docker containerized microservices applications in Kubernetes environments using Helm for configuration management and orchestration; 3) automate infrastructure provisioning and configuration management using Terraform and Ansible with Python scripting for deployment automation tasks.; and 4) implement security and monitoring solutions for cloud infrastructure using Hashicorp Vault for secrets management and Splunk for log aggregation and alerting. Up to 40% telecommuting permitted.

$156,998 - $186,700, 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, * 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.

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.