Manager, Software Engineering DevOps

Summary

This candidate will use independent judgement for directing, managing, planning, and administrating a DevOps team responsible for developing tools that accelerate development, testing, and deployment of applications, as well as establishing standards and best practices for the development community. The candidate must be able to solve problems creatively, communicate effectively, and proactively engage in technical decision making to achieve objectives. This individual will be a team player and work well with business, technical and non-technical professionals in an agile environment

Primary Duties and Responsibilities

• Responsible for the design, engineering, development, management, and implementation of:
• Tools to make it easier for teams to deploy their applications to environments outside of development
• Programs to automate security checks and controls into the build and deployment pipelines
• Analysis Tools for debugging and supporting applications in test and production environments
• Work with cross functional teams like Architecture, Product/Functional teams to capture requirements and design, build, deliver a secure and resilient solution
• Conduct architecture assessments and define solutions
• Collaborate with applications owners/developers, stakeholders, and strategic partners during the process of building solutions.
• Contribute to and/or lead teams and processes to achieve strategic goals.
• Performs thorough code-reviews based on high engineering standards
• Troubleshoot environments as problems arise, test fixes, and perform follow-ups to ensure problems have been adequately resolved.
• Monitor project status and take remedial action on projects behind schedule and/or over budget
• Present status reports to clients and key internal stakeholders.
• Evaluate new tools, technologies, and processes to improve speed, efficiency, and scalability of systems the team builds
• Other job-related 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 monitor progress to satisfy employee management goals
• Promote employees development by conducting career-planning sessions and scheduling employee training classes, conferences, and seminars
•  Ensure that proper funding is added to the departmental budget

Qualifications

• Hands-on experience working in Agile and DevOps cultures, focusing on process improvement and automation.
• Innovative mindset for problem solving skills
• 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.
• Good written and oral communication skills.
• Experience of working both independently and collaboratively in a fast paced, change oriented, and demanding IT environment with a strong focus on business outcomes.
• Self-starter – takes the initiative to research, learn, and deliver. Anticipates the play.
• Team player – humble, collaborative, and focused on making sure the entire team succeeds.

Technical Skills

• 7+ years of design and development experience in a cloud environment
• 4 + years programming experience developing in Python and/or Java (with at least one year Python)
• Experience writing unit and integration test with testing frameworks like pytest and unittest
• Experience conducting code reviews
• Experience with DevOps CI/CD tools like GitHub, Jenkins, SonarQube, Artifactory, Harness
• Experience with containers like Podman or Docker
• Experience with Terraform (Enterprise preferred)
• [Desired} Working knowledge of Kubernetes & Helm
• [Desired] Experience working in a AWS environment

Education and/or Experience

• Bachelor’s or Master’s Degrees in Computer Science, Information Systems or other related field. Or equivalent work experience.

Certifications

• Relevant industry certifications such as AWS Solutions Architect Associate or similar are a plus.

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