Associate Principal, Data Analytics Engineering

What You'll Do

The candidate will be responsible for designing and delivering scalable and resilient hybrid and Cloud-based applications and data solutions supporting critical financial market clearing and risk activities; helping to drive the strategy of transforming the enterprise into a data-driven organization; lead through innovative strategic thinking in building data solutions.

Primary Duties and Responsibilities:

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

You will be part of the Data team, a diverse group of dedicated engineers who are very passionate about data. As the Data team member, you will be responsible for crafting and building cloud-based data integration solutions that will serve as the backbone for the enterprise data management and analytics capabilities. You will join the core team responsible for the design, development, and implementation. You will work closely with internal and external business and technology partners. We will define system architecture, technology stack and its tactical implementation. You will help us take on unique technical challenges associated with handling large datasets and managing streaming data in public cloud and hybrid environments, build large and complex data pipelines, integrate data coming from diverse sources in different formats, implement continuous integration/continuous delivery pipelines, automate everything we can get our hands on, and be part of the API-first design principle implementation. You will have a rare and challenging opportunity to apply your technical skills, knowledge and experience, acquire new skills and grow with us.

Supervisory Responsibilities:

None

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.

• Minimum 5 years of experience in software development

• Hands-on experience working in DevOps culture focusing on automation and process improvement

• Ability to handle backend development tasks, building scalable distributed data solutions

• Understanding of the software development life cycle (SDLC) in Waterfall, Lean, and Agile work environments

• Desire and ability to learn other programming languages

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills

• Excellent oral and written communication skills

• Work experience in the capital markets, preferred.

Technical Skills:

• 5+ years in IT application development, with at least 5 years in data integration (ETL) development, using tools such as DataStage, Python, PySpark, SQL, and Unix Shell scripting

• Experience implementing mid-scale to large-scale ETL solutions, performing data analysis & profiling, cleansing, and designing and architecting dynamic ETL solutions

• Strong knowledge of SQL

• Experience with platforms and frameworks such Hadoop, EMR, Hive, and Presto, and file formats such as JSON, Parquet, and Protobuf

• Hands-on experience writing automated tests

• Working knowledge for data types and databases including relational, dimensional, vertical and NoSQL databases

• Experience working with Cloud ecosystems (AWS, Azure, GCP, AWS preferred)

• Experience developing containerized data integration solutions using Kubernetes, Rancher, and CI/CD pipelines using Harness, Jenkins and Artifactory is a plus

• Experience working with scheduling tools such as Airflow, UC4, or Autosys is a plus.

Education and/or Experience:

• BS degree in Computer Science, similar technical field, or equivalent practical experience

Certificates or Licenses:

• AWS Certified Solution Architect Associate Level is a plus

• Big data related certification is 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

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Step 3
If you are called in for an interview, a representative from OCC will contact you to set up a date, time, and location. 

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OCC is an Equal Opportunity Employer