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Associate Principal, Database Administration

OCC
United StatesRemotefull_timeVerifiedPosted 13 Apr 2026
💰 $152,500/yr($112,000/yr$152,500/yr)

About the role

*****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:

This role will design and maintain databases and database solutions that operate within prescribed resource limits and meet company standards. Participate in and contribute to all phases of systems development projects. Monitor and tune database and database application performance.

Primary Duties and Responsibilities:

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each primary duty satisfactorily.

  • Assists with the design, implementation, and maintaining databases
  • Manage database performance and disk usage
  • Provides support in database access methods
  • Provides consultation support in database analysis, modeling, coding, and production problem resolution.
  • Develops maintenance, backup and recovery procedures and documentation
  • Participates in Disaster Recovery Drills
  • Provides Primary On-Call Support for production problems
  • Understands and supports corporate data standards
  • Recommends and assists with new DBMS and operational standards.
  • Participates in testing and in evaluations of new software and software release upgrades
  • Supports business studies, proposal teams and costing/feasibility studies
  • Prepares system documentation
  • Maintains metadata repositories
  • Other duties as assigned

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.

  • [Required] 3+ years’ experience as an associate DBA
  • [Required] Proficient in DML, DDL, and database utilities for at least two DBMS technologies
  • [Required] Proficient in all access methods of a DBMS as well as the underlying operating system access methods

Technical Skills:

  • [Preferred] 3+ years’ experience with Microsoft SQL Server
  • [Preferred] 1+ year Terraform, Ansible, Jenkins & CI/CD skills or enthusiastic to learn
  • [Preferred] 1+ year PostgreSQL or enthusiastic to learn

Education and/or Experience:

  • [Required] bachelor s degree (or equivalent) in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or Business

  • [Preferred] Related financial industry experiences

Certificates or Licenses:

  • [Preferred] Microsoft Certified: Database Administrator Associate

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

Visit https://www.theocc.com/careers/thriving-together