Associate Principal, Technology Resilience
OCCAbout the role
*****THIS POSITION IS NOT ELIGIBLE FOR VISA SPONSORSHIP*****
Summary
Directly support the Director, Business & Technology Resiliency in maturing our technology resiliency program through monitoring planning, capabilities, and testing of our disaster recovery team as a second line function. This role would also be accountable for ensuring that DR plans are updated and tested as required by policy and conducting Technology Impact Assessments.
Primary Duties and Responsibilities
Leads Technology Resiliency Function
DR Plan Administration and Management
Holds IT Accountable for updates
Assess testing results
Identifies gaps in RTO/RPO
Ensures plan ownership
Technology Impact Assessment
Development
Coordination
Data Collection
Analysis
Ongoing TIA Support (data gathering and follow up)
Testing OCC recovery from Cyber Events
Ongoing validation of BMR capabilities and ensuring proper systems are in scope
Incorporate cyber threats result in resiliency risk for applications and business processes (link back to BMR capabilities)
Participates and monitors DR exercises
Control Self Testing as assigned
Monitor Capabilities for Operational Recovery Enclave (VDI in the Cloud)?
Monitor risk of provisioned access, credentials, privilege and key availability
Supervisory Duties
N/A
Qualifications
Audit Experience or Experience Conducting Vendor Assessments is required
Strong project/time management, communication, and relationship-building skills are essential
Technology Impact Assessments or Business Impact Assessments
Strong documentation, technical writing and process analysis/improvement skills are essential
Understanding of the financial services sector and the markets is preferred
Strong project/time management, communication, and relationship-building skills are essential
Technical Skills
Experience with Microsoft Office desktop tools (Project, Word, Excel).
Experience with Emergency Notification Systems
Experience with Business Continuity Management Systems
Education and/or Experience
Bachelor’s Degree Required
2 to 5+ Years Relevant Experience is Typical
Certificates and/or Licenses
Professional certification in business continuity, disaster recovery, security, audit, crisis management or related area is required or must be obtained within 12 months (ABCP, CBCP, CISSP, CISA, and similar)
About Us
The Options Clearing Corporation (OCC) is the world's largest equity derivatives clearing organization. Founded in 1973, OCC is dedicated to promoting stability and market integrity by delivering clearing and settlement services for options, futures and securities lending transactions. As a Systemically Important Financial Market Utility (SIFMU), OCC operates under the jurisdiction of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), and the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System. OCC has more than 100 clearing members and provides central counterparty (CCP) clearing and settlement services to 19 exchanges and trading platforms. More information about OCC is available at www.theocc.com.
Benefits
A highly collaborative and supportive environment developed to encourage work-life balance and employee wellness. Some of these components include:
- A hybrid work environment, up to 2 days per week of remote work
- Tuition Reimbursement to support your continued education
- Student Loan Repayment Assistance
- Technology Stipend allowing you to use the device of your choice to connect to our network while working remotely
- Generous PTO and Parental leave
- 401k Employer Match
- Competitive health benefits including medical, dental and vision
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