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Associate Principal, Security Engineering

Job in Champaign, Champaign County, Illinois, 61820, USA
Listing for: The Options Clearing Corporation (OCC)
Full Time position
Listed on 2026-11-05
Job specializations:
  • IT/Tech
    Cybersecurity, Systems Engineer
Salary/Wage Range or Industry Benchmark: 123000 - 200000 USD Yearly USD 123000.00 200000.00 YEAR
Job Description & How to Apply Below
  • THIS POSITION IS NOT ELIGIBLE FOR VISA SPONSORSHIP*****
  • THIS POSITION IS NOT ELIGIBLE FOR VISA SPONSORSHIP*****

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. Any resume submitted outside of an active job posting will not be considered for employment.

What

You'll Do

Join our dynamic Security Engineering team as an Associate Principal 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
  • Provide 24x7 operational support for the suite of privileged management solutions (e.g., Cyber Ark, Hashi, PKI), including implementing hot fixes, resolving bugs, troubleshooting issues, performing break-fixes, managing secrets lifecycle, and delivering end-user support.
  • Maintain robust operational integrity of privileged access management infrastructure throughout its lifecycle (e.g., patching, version control, system upgrades, alignment with OCC/Security standards, etc.). Provide organizational subject matter expertise on secrets management and privileged access management architecture, establishing and enforcing security as code principles throughout the environment.
  • Develop and implement system enhancements to improve platform user experience and automated integrations, while designing long-term solutions to address operational issues through innovative technologies including artificial intelligence for faster detection and remediation of functional and technical problems.
Supervisory Responsibilities
  • None
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 design and principles including confidentiality, integrity and availability.
Technical Skills
  • Expertise in providing operational and engineering support for Hashi Corp Vault and one or more of the following:
    Cyber Ark, Active Directory Certificate Services (ADCS), HSMs, and Public Key Infrastructure (PKI).
  • Expertise in scripting languages and developing in one or more of the following languages GoLang, Bash, Python, Power Shell, Ansible, and/or Terraform.
  • Knowledge of privileged access management methodologies and techniques for on-prem and Cloud implementation.
Education and/or Experience
  • Experience in one or more of the following disciplines: 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.
Certificates or Licenses
  • None
About Us

The Options…

Position Requirements
10+ Years work experience
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