Associate Principal, Security Engineering

The OCC

Hybrid Actively hiring
Chicago, US Posted 85 days ago $122,900$199,500 / year

At a glance

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TL;DR

As an Associate Principal in our Security Engineering team, you will manage privileged access systems and implement AI-based security capabilities to enhance our organization's cybersecurity posture. Your day-to-day responsibilities include providing operational support for solutions like CyberArk and HashiCorp Vault, maintaining the integrity of privileged access management infrastructure, and developing system enhancements using innovative technologies such as artificial intelligence. You'll work with scripting languages like GoLang, Bash, Python, PowerShell, Ansible, and Terraform to automate processes and improve user experience. This role requires expertise in application authentication systems, cloud ecosystem knowledge, and CI/CD deployments with tools like Terraform and Jenkins pipelines. Your contributions will be crucial in addressing complex security challenges and strengthening organizational resilience at a large scale.

Skills

CyberArk HashiCorp Vault ActiveDirectory OAuth2.0 OIDC AWSIAM k8s LDAPS Kerberos Terraform Ansible Jenkins CI/CD GoLang Bash Python PowerShell HSM PKI AI OpenAICodex ClaudeCode GeminiCLI

What you'll do

  • Manage and implement hot fixes for privileged access systems like CyberArk and HashiCorp.
  • Ensure operational integrity of privileged access management infrastructure through lifecycle maintenance.
  • Develop system enhancements using AI technologies to improve platform user experience and automated integrations.
  • Serve as a subject matter expert on secrets management and privileged access architecture, enforcing security principles.
  • Design long-term solutions for operational issues in privileged access systems using innovative technologies.

What we're looking for

  • Expertise in managing privileged access systems like CyberArk and HashiCorp Vault.
  • Experience with scripting languages including GoLang, Bash, Python, PowerShell, Ansible, and Terraform.
  • Knowledge of application authentication and authorization systems such as Active Directory and OAuth 2.0.
  • Working knowledge of cloud ecosystem and CI/CD deployments using tools like Jenkins pipelines.
  • Understanding of security architecture principles and AI-based security capabilities implementation.
  • Experience in supporting privileged access management programs and implementing security as code practices.
  • Familiarity with PKI, HSMs, and Active Directory Certificate Services (ADCS) for on-prem and cloud environments.

Market check

Salary context

This $122,900–$199,500 range sits above 41% of similar postings on FindRole.

Peer median band

$120,800$220,000

Median floor and ceiling across peers.

Typical midpoint (25–75%)

$142,450$195,500

Middle half of comparable postings.

Based on 240 comparable postings.

* 240 is the maximum number of comparable postings sampled.

Employer

About The OCC

The OCC (Options Clearing Corporation) is the world''s largest equity derivatives clearing organization, acting as issuer and guarantor for options and futures contracts to promote stability and market integrity. Industry: Financial Clearing & Derivatives

The OCC currently has 25 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $136,200–$217,100 across 25 roles with salary data.

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