The Options Clearing Corporation
Associate Principal, Software Engineering: DevOps
Dallas, TX · Principal
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odds of building a lasting career here
Sponsors, but it's cap-subject — you still face the weighted lottery (~61% per draw at Level IV). Good if you win; have a cap-exempt backup on your list.
Lottery odds assume a STEM candidate.
Personalize to your clock →H-1B wage level
the lottery is wage-weighted — each level is one more entry
$16,490 more — $138,590 — moves this role to Level III and 3 lottery entries. That figure is inside the range the employer already advertised.
Based on the DOL prevailing wage for this occupation and worksite, a base salary of $138,590 would place this position at wage Level III. That figure is within the posted range, and I'd like to target it. This role classifies under "Software Developers" for prevailing-wage purposes.
DOL prevailing wage, 2026-27 wage year · Software Developers (15-1252) · Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX. Wage level is derived by USCIS from the offered wage, occupation and worksite; the occupation shown is inferred from the job title.
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Green-card follow-through: 85%
Files H-1B transfers
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About the role
- To be considered for this position, applications and resumes are accepted only through our careers site by directly applying to the posted job.
- We do not accept unsolicited resumes or sales solicitations from staffing agencies.
- Any OCC employee wishing to submit a referral must do so through their Workday account.
Responsibilities
- 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.
- Build, deploy, configure, and maintain non-production environments.
- Collaborate with development teams to identify automation opportunities and implement solutions that improve quality and efficiency.
- Lead automation efforts in an Agile development environment, including planning, estimating, and reporting on automation progress.
- 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.
- Manage day-to-day operational activities as needed, including ad-hoc support requests.
Requirements
- The requirements listed are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required.
- Ability to work independently and proactively identify solutions under minimal supervision.
- Ability to work with management to prioritize tasks.
- 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.
- To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each primary duty satisfactorily.
- 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 lead by example, promote ownership, and drive a culture of automation and reliability.
- Good written and oral communication skills.
- Flexibility to be on call from 5:00 PM to 7:00 AM, rotational, for approximately 3 months per year.
Nice to have
- Cloud Certification a plus
- Relevant certifications preferred (e.g., AWS Certified DevOps Engineer, Certified Kubernetes Administrator, HashiCorp Terraform Associate).
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/or Experience:
- Bachelor's degree in a related area
- 7-10 years of related experience
- Minimum 5 years experience on scripting/devOps Automation
- Minimum 3 years experience working with AWS services
- Minimum 3 supporting and maintaining
Compensation
- The salary range listed for any given position is exclusive of fringe benefits and potential bonuses. If hired at OCC, your final base salary compensation will be determined by factors such as skills, experience and/or education.
- In addition, we believe in the importance of pay equity and consider internal equity of our current team members as part of any final offer.
- We typically do not hire at the maximum of the range in order to allow for future and continued salary growth. We also offer a substantial benefits package as noted on www.theocc.com/careers
- $122,100.00 - $198,300.00
- Incentive Range
Benefits
- A highly collaborative and supportive environment developed to encourage work-life balance and employee wellness.
- Tuition Reimbursement to support your continued education
- 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
Company info
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
Equal opportunity
- OCC is an Equal Opportunity Employer
This listing is sourced directly from The Options Clearing Corporation's careers page and normalized into a canonical job model.