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# Associate Principal, Cloud Engineering

- **Company:** The Options Clearing Corporation
- **Location:** Dallas, TX, United States (Remote available)
- **Salary:** $160,300.0 - $196,900.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Amazon Web Services, Amazon S3, Cloud Computing, Cloud Engineering, Data Security, DevOps, Github, Key Management, Network Architecture, Ansible, Virtualization Technology, Virtual Environment, Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (VPC), Containerization, Information Technology, Apache Kafka, Terraform, Docker, Jenkins
- **Published:** September 18, 2026
- **Apply:** https://theocc.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/careers/job/Dallas-TX/Associate-Principal--Cloud-Engineering_REQ-4872

## About the Role

Bachelor's degree in computer science, mathematics, or related and five (5) years of experience as a cloud engineer, software engineer, cloud engineering associate, or related

Special Skills Required:

Must have work experience with each of the following: 1) Encrypt data using AWS KMS keys to secure data stored in S3, RDS, EFS and EBS; 2) Develops and automates complex AWS network Infrastructure using terraform, including multi-VPC architectures, cross-region connectivity, and secure routing configurations with fine-grained control; 3) Configure and integrate Jenkins pipeline for Terraform automation and Ansible automation and enable build triggers to apply changes to AWS platform; and 4) Maintain Terraform and Ansible code in GitHub repositories and create and manage repositories for AWS environments including development, test, prod-parallel, and production accounts. Up to 40% telecommuting permitted.

## Description

Design, configure, implement and manage a fully automated workflow for provisioning and maintaining a complex, highly available cloud environment using infrastructure as code. Develop and maintain a library of deployable, tested, and documented automation design scripts, processes, and procedures. Enable DevOps development activities and complex development tasks that will involve working with tools such as Docker, Kafka and container management systems. Provide advanced system administration, operational support and problem resolution for a large complex cloud computing environment. Implement production changes during defined maintenance windows and support on call rotation. Perform cloud computing and virtual environment build-outs, software installation, maintenance and support. Write and maintain documentation of relevant operating procedures and processes. Design, develop, and build the business's cloud infrastructure architecture. Encrypt data using AWS KMS keys to secure data
stored in S3, RDS, EFS and EBS. Infrastructure developer in AWS cloud platform using IAC tool Terraform, to build VPC and network infrastructure. Configure and integrate Jenkins pipeline for Terraform automation and Ansible automation and enable build triggers to apply changes to AWS platform. Maintain Terraform and Ansible code in GitHub repositories and create and manage repositories for AWS environments including development, test, prodparallel, and production accounts. Provide technical guidance within the team and, when called upon, serve as a technical liaison between internal departments. This will involve utilizing best practices for the management, architecture, configuration, DR, administration, and automation of the enterprise server virtualization environment with cloud technologies. Up to 40% telecommuting permitted. Up to 40% telecommuting permitted. *This position qualifies for The Options Clearing Corporation's Employee Referral Program.*


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