Manager, Software Engineering DevOps

Summary

Provide subject matter expertise for ongoing support of OCC’s custom applications and 3rd party infrastructure deployed on prem and AWS environments. 

Identify areas for improvement, allocate resources, and hire where appropriate to ensure successful support of these environments.

Primary Duties and Responsibilities

• Team Leadership: Lead and mentor a team of DevOps engineers, providing guidance and support to ensure the team's success and professional growth.
• Translate middle and senior management directives into workable policies
• Monitor project status and take remedial action on projects behind schedule and/or over budget
• Run the incident and problem management process for non-production environments.
• Manage L1/L2 support for non-production and production environments
• Resolve complex support issues in production and non-production environments.
• Have an understanding of Cloud Native applications running on Kubernetes within AWS.
• Assist production support and development staff in debugging environment defects.
• Create procedural and troubleshooting documentation related to cloud native applications
• Oversee development of complex automation scripts using common automation tools, such as Jenkins, Ansible, and Terraform
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Supervisory Responsibilities

• ·Direct work of staff and conduct appropriate personnel actions (hiring, promotions, terminations, etc.) when necessary
• ·Communicate and advise staff on administrative policies and procedures, technical problems, priorities and methods and software change issues
• ·Prepare and conduct employee reviews as well as monitors progress to satisfy employee and management goals
• ·Promote employee development by conducting career-planning sessions and scheduling employee training classes, conferences and seminars 

• Ensure that proper funding is added to the department budget

Qualifications

• Excellent problem solving skills.
• Ability to work independently.
• Ability to multi-task and 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 support team on call from 5 PM to 7 AM.
• Good written and oral communication skills.

Technical Skills

• Expert understanding of:
  • Scripting and coding
  • 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
  • Experience with middleware technologies
  • 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
• 10-15 years of overall IT experience
  • Minimum 10 years experience working in a distributed multi-platform environment.
  • Minimum 3 years management experience

Certificates or Licensing

• Cloud Certification a plus

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. 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

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. 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

Salary Range

Incentive Range

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OCC is an Equal Opportunity Employer