Principal Platform Engineer

Are you ready to explore a world of possibilities?

Do you want to work on innovative projects, collaborate with a dynamic and encouraging team, and receive investment in your professional development? At DTCC, we are at the forefront of innovation in the financial markets. We're committed to helping our employees grow and succeed. We believe that you have the skills and drive to make a real impact. We foster a thriving internal community and are committed to crafting a workplace that looks like the world that we serve.

Pay and Benefits:

• Competitive compensation, including base pay and annual incentive.
• Comprehensive health and life insurance and well-being benefits, based on location.
• Pension / Retirement benefits
• Paid Time Off and Personal/Family Care, and other leaves of absence when needed to support your physical, financial, and emotional well-being.
• DTCC offers a flexible/hybrid model of 3 days onsite and 2 days remote (onsite Tuesdays, Wednesdays and a third day unique to each team or employee).

The impact you will have in this role:

Being a member of the Systems Engineering family you will be responsible for the entire technical effort to evolve and verify solutions that satisfy client needs. The primary focus is centered on reducing risk and improving the efficiency, performance, stability, security, and quality of all systems and platforms. The Platform Hosting & Engineering role specializes in the development, implementation, and support of all distributed, mainframe, and network hosting services across the firm. Responsible for the installation, configuration, programming, and support of operating systems, complex networks, and distributed environments, deploying solutions to increase overall system reliability across the firm.

Your Primary Responsibilities:

• Supervise the installation and configuration of selected technologies
• Coordinate effective fixing and resolution of active infrastructure and application incidents.
• Engage in Incident and Problem post-mortem reviews, providing appropriate feedback regarding challenges faced, opportunities for improvement, etc.
• Deep dive into application functionality by reviewing logs, monitoring tools, and other documentation.
• Collaborate with various collaborators groups and team members to design and validate required solutions that meet DTCC standards for security, resiliency, and reusability
• Lead immediate support for production issues related to areas of expertise
• Coordinate and support for off-hour / weekend implementations, and Disaster Recovery tests as required
• Author system documentation and supporting documents to ensure transparency of design to minimize future maintenance costs
• Deliver targeted business outcomes by participating in the technical decision-making process
• Analyze changing business requirements to determine impact and optimal solution regarding defining the future state technical architecture
• Follow established DTCC requirements, principles and models that guide technology decisions for the enterprise (best practices)
• Applies knowledge of technology trends and the practical application of existing, new, and emerging technologies to contribute to the decision-making process
• Monitor metrics to ensure system performance meets requirements
• Collaborate with the enterprise architect to define metrics that measure and demonstrate enterprise technology value.
• Direct and facilitates the research, evaluation, and selection of software/hardware technology and product standards, as well as the design of standard configurations.
• Mitigates risk by following established procedures and monitoring controls, spotting key errors and demonstrating strong ethical behavior.

**NOTE: The Primary Responsibilities of this role are not limited to the details above. **

Qualifications:

• Minimum of 8 years of related experience
• Bachelor's degree preferred or equivalent experience.

Talents Needed for Success:

• Knowledge and expertise in operating systems (Red hat, Windows, z/OS), virtualization (VMWARE, OpenShift), CISCO networking, and storage technologies (EMC, NetApp).
• Must possess strong critical thinking and technical troubleshooting skills.
• Succinctly communicate highly technical topics to peers, supervisors, clients, or regulators.
• Serves as a trusted coach or mentor within the organization.
• Communicates openly keeping everyone across the organization informed

The salary range is indicative for roles at the same level within DTCC across all US locations. Actual salary is determined based on the role, location, individual experience, skills, and other considerations. We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.

About Us

With over 50 years of experience, DTCC is the premier post-trade market infrastructure for the global financial services industry. From 20 locations around the world, DTCC, through its subsidiaries, automates, centralizes, and standardizes the processing of financial transactions, mitigating risk, increasing transparency, enhancing performance and driving efficiency for thousands of broker/dealers, custodian banks and asset managers. Industry owned and governed, the firm innovates purposefully, simplifying the complexities of clearing, settlement, asset servicing, transaction processing, trade reporting and data services across asset classes, bringing enhanced resilience and soundness to existing financial markets while advancing the digital asset ecosystem. In 2024, DTCC's subsidiaries processed securities transactions valued at U.S. $3.7 quadrillion and its depository subsidiary provided custody and asset servicing for securities issues from over 150 countries and territories valued at U.S. $99 trillion. DTCC's Global Trade Repository service, through locally registered, licensed, or approved trade repositories, processes more than 25 billion messages annually. To learn more, please visit us at or connect with us on LinkedIn , X , YouTube , Facebook and Instagram .

DTCC proudly supports Flexible Work Arrangements favoring openness and gives people freedom to do their jobs well, by encouraging diverse opinions and emphasizing teamwork. When you join our team, you'll have an opportunity to make meaningful contributions at a company that is recognized as a thought leader in both the financial services and technology industries. A DTCC career is more than a good way to earn a living. It's the chance to make a difference at a company that's truly one of a kind.

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About the Team

Enterprise Product & Platform Engineering transforms the way we deliver infrastructure to our business clients. A key construct of EP&PE will be the evolution of the IT Product Manager, who will partner with the Engineering organization, the Business Aligned Service Delivery organization, the DevSecOps organization as well as our operational support teams to ensure that this organization provides high quality, commercially attractive and timely solutions to support our business strategy.