Associate Principal, Software Engineering: DevOps

Provide subject matter expertise for the ongoing support of applications deployed to OCC's non-production AWS environments, as well as supporting third-party applications. Build, deploy, configure, and maintain non-production environments while driving improvements in process quality and stability.

Responsibilities

• Build, deploy, configure, and maintain non-production environments.
• Identify, analyze, and automate repetitive or manual tasks across infrastructure and deployments.
• Diagnose, resolve, and prevent issues affecting application functionality and user experience.
• Script solutions using Bash, Python, or similar tools to streamline DevOps processes.
• Advocate for and enforce DevOps and security best practices across infrastructure and deployment processes.
• Collaborate with development teams to identify automation opportunities and implement solutions that improve quality and efficiency.
• Act as a mentor and thought leader on DevOps culture, encouraging process ownership and continuous improvement across teams.
• Lead automation efforts in an Agile development environment, including planning, estimating, and reporting on automation progress.
• Participate in code reviews, defect triage, and other software development activities.
• Continuously research and evaluate emerging technologies and industry trends to improve automation strategies and tools.
• Support and maintain cloud-native applications running on Kubernetes within AWS.
• Create procedural and troubleshooting documentation related to cloud-native applications.
• Provide on-call support for non-production environment incidents per the on-call rotation schedule.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills, with a strong focus on quality and process improvement.
• Understanding of how to minimize resource consumption and runtime while ensuring scalability in automation processes.
• Ability to work independently and proactively identify solutions under minimal supervision.
• Ability to work with management to prioritize tasks.
• Ability to lead by example, promote ownership, and drive a culture of automation and reliability.
• Good written and oral communication skills.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 5+ years of experience in a DevOps, Site Reliability, or Infrastructure Engineering role.
• Relevant certifications preferred (e.g., AWS Certified DevOps Engineer, Certified Kubernetes Administrator, HashiCorp Terraform Associate).
• Flexibility to be on call from 5:00 PM to 7:00 AM, rotational, for approximately 3 months per year.

Skills

• Proven experience as a DevOps Engineer with a strong automation background.
• Deep knowledge of CI/CD tools (e.g., GitHub Actions, GitHub, Jenkins - Groovy, K8s, helm, etc.).
• Strong hands-on experience with Terraform for cloud infrastructure provisioning.
• Proficiency in Linux administration and shell scripting (Bash, Python, or similar).
• Solid understanding of AWS services (e.g., EC2, S3, RDS, Lambda, CloudWatch, IAM, etc.).
• Strong understanding of software development methodologies, testing concepts, and Agile development practices, including Scrum and Kanban.

Education and Experience

• Bachelor's degree in a related area.
• 7-10 years of related experience.
• Minimum 5 years experience in scripting/DevOps automation.
• Minimum 3 years experience working with AWS services.
• Minimum 3 years supporting and maintaining cloud-native applications.

About Us

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.

Benefits

• 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.

Pay

Salary Range: $122,100.00 - $198,300.00

Incentive Range: 8% to 15% (annual discretionary incentive compensation award, based on individual and company performance).