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 Mainframe Security Engineering team manages the RACF (security) databases and their settings and interrelationships, manages cryptography hardware, settings and keys, provides automation for security administration (via utilities and developed code), manages mainframe-resident certificates, works with vendors and DTCC support teams to track and remediate security software defects, provides strategic security administration to advance mainframe security objectives, performs tactical security administration for infrastructure-related objects, attributes and permissions, works with Operations and Technology Risk and area management to prioritize security objectives, provides security assistance and education to mainframe support areas, supports data and processing interactions with non-mainframe security infrastructure, executes changes in support of new security policies on weekends, and tests established controls to ensure security rules are properly functioning.

Your Primary Responsibilities:

• Understand and implement RACF administration in a highly granular SYSPLEX and monoplex environments.
• Perform analysis, design, documentation, testing, implementation and on-going support for the infrastructure mainframe security environment.
• Plan and implement assignments by due dates, without detailed supervision.
• Maintain high quality and consistency for security settings, rules and procedures.
• Provide recommendations for the security settings of mainframe software products and features.
• Provide input and follow-through for continuous improvement to mainframe security.
• Configure zSecure, develop reporting, and enhance automation using REXX, SQL, SAS, and CARLa.
• Participate in team on-call coverage rotation, which includes tactical security administration and provide support on weekends
• Aligns risk and control processes into day-to-day responsibilities to monitor and mitigate risk; advances appropriately
• Participant in disaster recovery tests on weekends.
• Participate in audits and penetration testing

Qualifications:

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

Talents Needed for Success:

• Thorough familiarity with RACF on z/OS, including both administration and technical support (answering inquiries, resolving incidents, debugging problems, etc.)
• In-depth knowledge of one or more of: RACF certificate management, Integrated Cryptographic Service Facility, RACF Remote Sharing Facility, RACF security for CICS, RACF security for MQ, RACF security for WebSphere Application Server, RACF security for IP networks, RACF security for Unix System Services, zSecure, Linux
• Knowledge of IAM (Identity Access Management) software products a plus.
• Knowledge of IP networks; NetAccess z/OS Communications Server knowledge a plus.
• Ability to program in one or more of: Assembler, CARLa, REXX, SAS, SQL
• Ability to work persistently and thoroughly with unfamiliar and complex subject material.
• 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 their 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.