Senior Associate, Security Engineering
The Options Clearing Corporation (OCC) - Greater Chicago Area
Hiring: Senior Associate, Security Engineering Company: The Options Clearing Corporation (OCC) Location: Greater Chicago Area Job Posted Time: 2026-09-09 18:06:44 Target Skills & Keywords : AWS, Ansible, Bash, CI/CD, CyberArk, Go, IAM, Jenkins, Kubernetes, Make, OAuth2, OIDC, PKI, PowerShell, Python, Terraform, Vault About the job Required Skills: •Join our dynamic Security Engineering team as a Senior Associate and make a significant impact on our organization's cybersecurity posture. In this role, you'll manage privileged access systems that protect our most critical assets, implement AI-based security capabilities, and help shape our security architecture. This position offers excellent growth opportunities as you'll work with best-in-class technologies while collaborating with cross-functional teams to solve complex security challenges. If you're passionate about cybersecurity and seeking a role where your expertise directly strengthens organizational resilience, this is an ideal next step for your career. •Primary Duties and Responsibilities: •To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each primary duty satisfactorily. •Provide 24x7 operational support for the suite of privileged management solutions (e.g., CyberArk, Hashi, PKI), including implementing hot fixes, resolving bugs, troubleshooting issues, performing break-fixes, managing secrets lifecycle, and delivering end-user support. •Support the operational integrity of privileged access management infrastructure throughout its lifecycle (e.g., patching, version control, system upgrades, alignment with OCC/Security standards, etc.), escalating complex architectural or design issues to senior engineering staff as needed. •Assist in implementing system enhancements to improve platform user experience and automated integrations, and contribute to troubleshooting and remediation of functional and technical problems under the guidance of senior team members. •Supervisory Responsibilities: 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. •Knowledge of application authentication and authorization systems (i.e., Active Directory, oAuth 2.0, OIDC, AWS IAM, App Role, k8s, LDAPS, Kerberos, Certificate) •Working knowledge of the cloud ecosystem and CI/CD deployments with Terraform, Ansible, and Jenkins pipelines. •Working knowledge of security architecture principles including confidentiality, integrity, and availability. 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!