Associate Principal, Infrastructure Engineering

What You'll Do

• This person has direct responsibility for the Production Administration of all application scheduling, output distribution, report creation, and DDS Profile Maintenance, along with the testing of new file transmissions with exchanges and members.
• This position also has the responsibility of supporting Applications Development, Testing, Member Services, and Disaster Recovery.
• Scheduling is accomplished using UC4 software across Windows, UNIX and MVS platforms. The position supports scheduling changes consisting multiple jobs and dependencies. 
• You will utilize a proprietary UC4 scripting language to automate the passing of variables for the execution of jobs and for the setup of test environments. 
• You will be responsible for adding new reports to the Mobius system, preparation of all batch load jobs, and maintenance of batch transmissions of reports to end users using multiple transmission protocols.
• In addition, on-call and/or on-site support will be required, as needed.

Primary Duties and Responsibilities:

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each primary duty satisfactorily.

• Develop, monitor, and report Key Performance Indicators to keep us in compliance

• Drive continuous improvement through trend analysis and metrics management

• Perform maintenance and deployments of job schedules, report mods, & DDS Profile

• Code job plans for Dev & Testing teams; Maintain Mobius report bundle definitions

• Document processes and procedures; Coordinate vendor support & issue resolution

• Cross training team members & stakeholders; Deliver training on new product releases

Supervisory Responsibilities:

• Cross training of other team members and stakeholders on the UC4, Mobius, and Disaster Recovery

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.

• Collaborative and zealously customer-focused, working with a high sense of urgency

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills; Skilled at building relationships

• Naturally curious, and possessing a strong desire to share knowledge and coach others

• Willingness to quickly adapt to shifting priorities, Embracing of change and new ideas

• Strong problem-solving and decision-making skills, performing well under pressure

Technical Skills:

• Automic/UC4 and Automic/UC4 Scripting

• Mobius View Direct, Document Direct, Document Direct for the Internet

• OS390 JCL and IBM utilities

• Scripting languages (Perl, REXX)

• Restart+

• Transmission protocols: NDM, RJE, FTP, Connect Direct

• Telnet

• Operating systems: Solaris, Windows, OS/390

• Microsoft Office Suite, including Visio

Education and/or Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree, preferably in a technical discipline (Computer Science, Engineering, etc.), or equivalent combination of education and experience

• 3-5 years as an administrator of an open systems scheduling product

• Experience in the financial industry

Certificates or Licenses:

• N/A

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