Hiring: Principal, Solution Architecture Company: The Options Clearing Corporation (OCC) Location: Greater Chicago Area Job Posted Time: 2026-09-14 11:41:13 Employment Type: Remote Target Skills & Keywords : AWS, ArgoCD, C#, Capital Markets, Data Lake, Data Lakehouse, Derivatives, Digital Transformation, Docker, Domain-Driven Design, Enterprise Architecture, Event-Driven, Git, IaC, Iceberg, Infrastructure as Code, JWT, Java, Jenkins, Kafka, Kubernetes, Microservices, OAuth2, OIDC, PaaS, Protobuf, Protocol Buffers, Python, S3, Terraform, Workday About the job Experience: •10+ years of relevant work experience Required Skills: •To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each primary duty satisfactorily. •Design the applications’ architecture across distributed and enterprise technology platforms while leveraging patterns such as event-driven architecture, publish/subscribe messaging, and microservices while using infrastructure-as-code (IaC) practices to enable consistent, repeatable, and automated provisioning across environments. •Define and enforce architectural standards, patterns, and best practices across engineering teams. •Design streaming and batch-based systems that support both real-time and scheduled data flow across the organization. •Shape and guide the architecture of message-based systems utilizing Kafka or similar platforms to enable reliable, decoupled, event-driven communication between services. •Develop and oversee data architecture and integration strategies spanning streaming, batch, and message-based processing to ensure reliable, secure, and efficient data flow across systems. •Own end-to-end solution architecture from ideation through implementation, including documentation of architectural decisions and system diagrams. •Guide the development and deployment of distributed, cloud-native services, ensuring resilience, scalability, and cost-efficiency. Qualifications: •6+ years of work experience in the capital markets industry. •BS degree in Computer Science, similar technical field, or equivalent practical experience. Compensation: •$175,100 - $282,800 / year •Flexible work environment (work from home / hybrid options) •Technology Stipend allowing you to use the device of your choice to connect to our network while working remotely Interested candidates, please apply directly through the job posting on company's career page or try via AI auto apply on this platform. Don't miss this opportunity to join a forward-thinking team!