Associate Director Platform Engineering

Are you ready to make an impact at DTCC?

Do you want to work on innovative projects, collaborate with a dynamic and supportive team, and receive investment in your professional development? At DTCC, we are at the forefront of innovation in the financial markets. We are 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 creating a workplace that looks like the world that we serve.

The Information Technology group delivers secure, reliable technology solutions that enable DTCC to be the trusted infrastructure of the global capital markets. The team delivers high-quality information through activities that include development of essential, building infrastructure capabilities to meet client needs and implementing data standards and governance.

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:

The Containers team is looking for a Kubernetes/OpenShift engineer who designs, implements, and maintains applications using the Kubernetes platform, which plays an important role in DevOps

The Systems Engineering family is 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:

• Create the OpenShift container infrastructure platform for the company
• Coordinate with other infrastructure teams to meet goals
• Enhance delivery systems with Continuous Integration through GitOps processes
• Improve the monitoring and alert system
• Troubleshoot issues and solve problems where needed
• Knowledge of Kubernetes concepts, like pods, services, deployments, and stateful sets.
• Ability to set up monitoring, logging, and alerting for Kubernetes clusters.
• Understanding of Kubernetes security best practices, like RBAC, network, and pod security policies.
• Strong programming skills in one or more languages (e.g. Go, Python, Java)
• Strong problem-solving skills to find and fix complex issues in Kubernetes environments.
• Excellent communication skills for collaboration with development and operations teams.
• Continuous learning mindset to keep up with the quickly changing Kubernetes ecosystem.
• Attention to detail when setting up and managing Kubernetes resources.
• Proactive approach to spotting and fixing potential issues before they affect production systems.
• Collaborate with development teams to containerize applications and deploy them on Kubernetes
• Optimize Kubernetes cluster performance, resource utilization, and cost-effectiveness
• Automate Kubernetes deployment and management processes using infrastructure as code tools
• Knowledge of infrastructure as code tools, such as Helm, Kustomize, or Terraform.
• Proficiency in infrastructure as code tools (Ansible, ArgoCD)
• Experience in deploying applications such as Springboot and python to Kubernetes namespaces by developing Dockerfiles and Helm Charts/Kustomize.
• Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA) or Certified Kubernetes Application Developer (CKAD) certifications
• Familiarity with multi-cloud or hybrid-cloud environments
• Teaching mentality

Qualifications:

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

Talents Needed for Success:

• Highlights the expected benefits of new actions and strategies to help others overcome fears of change.
• Fosters a culture where honesty and transparency are expected.
• Proactively seeks feedback from others on his/her own performance.
• Ensures that regular feedback is given in a constructive and behaviorally oriented manner.
• Supports an environment where individuals are respected for their contributions.

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.