Associate Principal, Security Engineering

The OCC

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Work type
Hybrid
Location
Chicago, IL
Salary
$122,900–$199,500 / yr
Employment
Full-time
Posted
36 days ago
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Below market

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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 39 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $123,100–$181,050 across 28 roles with salary data.

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TL;DR · Associate Principal, Security Engineering

The Associate Principal, Security Engineering - Hashi Vault joins the Security Engineering team to manage privileged access systems and strengthen the organization's cybersecurity posture. This role involves providing 24x7 operational support for privileged management solutions, including CyberArk, HashiCorp Vault, and PKI. Key responsibilities include managing secrets lifecycles, implementing hot fixes, and designing long-term solutions using artificial intelligence for faster detection and remediation. The candidate will enforce security as code principles and maintain infrastructure integrity through patching and version control. Required technical skills include expertise in GoLang, Bash, Python, PowerShell, Ansible, and Terraform. Candidates must possess knowledge of Active Directory, oAuth 2.0, AWS IAM, and k8s. The work focuses on privileged access management methodologies for both on-premises and cloud implementations to ensure confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

What you'll do

  • Provide 24x7 operational support for privileged management solutions including CyberArk, HashiCorp Vault, and PKI.
  • Implement hot fixes, resolve bugs, and perform break-fixes for privileged access systems.
  • Manage the secrets lifecycle and provide end-user support for security tools.
  • Maintain infrastructure integrity through patching, version control, and system upgrades.
  • Serve as a subject matter expert on secrets management and privileged access architecture.
  • Enforce security as code principles throughout the organizational environment.
  • Develop system enhancements to improve platform user experience and automated integrations.
  • Implement AI-based security capabilities for faster detection and remediation of technical problems.

What we're looking for

  • Knowledge of application authentication and authorization systems including Active Directory, oAuth 2.0, OIDC, AWS IAM, k8s, and Kerberos.
  • Working knowledge of the cloud ecosystem and CI/CD deployments using Terraform, Ansible, and Jenkins pipelines.
  • Working knowledge of security architecture design and principles including confidentiality, integrity, and availability.
  • Expertise in providing operational and engineering support for CyberArk, HashiCorp Vault, ADCS, HSMs, or PKI.
  • Expertise in scripting and developing in GoLang, Bash, Python, PowerShell, Ansible, and/or Terraform.
  • Knowledge of privileged access management methodologies and techniques for on-prem and Cloud implementation.
  • Experience in security operations, development, engineering, or architecture.
  • Experience supporting privileged access management and access controls programs.
  • Professional or personal experience using AI coding agents such as OpenAI Codex, Claude Code, or Gemini CLI (preferred).

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