Principal Project Manager (Extended Run)

Overview

On Site
Full Time

Skills

Data center administration
Professional development
Life insurance
Disaster recovery
Test plans
Business software
Status reports
Regulatory reporting
Application development
Identity management
Project management
Attention to detail
Financial services
Service delivery
Strategy
IMPACT
DTCC
Collaboration
Innovation
Finance
Management
Mainframe
Planning
Leadership
Writing
Publishing
EAS
Dashboard
Specification
Automation
Regulatory Compliance
Policies
Software deployment
Testing
Replication
Hosting
Network
Storage
Messaging
Encryption
Microsoft Excel
FOCUS
Agile
Scrum
Kanban
JIRA
SAP BASIS
Trading
Data
Teamwork
Security clearance
EP

Job Details

Description for Internal Candidates
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'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:
Extended Run Resilience Test Environment team is a Team within the wider Enterprise Product and Platform Engineering (EPPE) Function.
About this Opportunity
What You'll Do
  • Managing the MiniDR resilience test environments (both mainframe and distributed) used by many collaborators across the firm
  • Planning and completing the annual regulatory requirement to prove that DTCC core clearing and settlement products can be effectively run in the Disaster Recovery region for an extended period of time (called "Extended Run")
  • Lead all aspects of the Extended Run testing - planning, spec writing, dry runs (also called shakeouts), the audited Extended Run test, and publishing all detailed reports
  • Develop and publish service catalog covering all Resilience Test Environments
  • Meet with Business, Application Development (AD), Enterprise App Support (EAS), and Management to review requirements
  • Publish calendars, dashboards and status reports to ensure all collaborators are kept informed
  • Ensure that functional specs and all runbooks are up to date before any test begins
  • Automating manual tasks associated with the setup, execution, and regulatory reporting of the Extended Run programs
  • Ensure that all collaborators have accurate information about the services offered, and how to request the services
  • Publish up to date calendars showing planned activities in each test environment
  • Host regular meetings with AD and infrastructure service owners in each area to review status and address issues
  • Ensure that all tasks completed by the team have fully documented procedures suitable for review by both internal and external auditors
  • Ensure that the team is fully in compliance with all DTCC policies and standards.
Talent Needed for Success:
Minimum of 7 years of related experience

Bachelor's degree preferred or equivalent experience.
Additional Qualifications
  • 7+ years of IT experience including application development and deployment on a wide range of diverse infrastructure types
  • Must have experience with all aspects of Resilient data center management:
  • Multi-Region configuration, Disaster Recovery testing, and managing replication.
  • Must be able to manage plans involving:
  • Mainframe and distributed hosting, network, storage, messaging, identity management, encryption
  • Must have expertise in Project Management
  • Certification in at least one Project Management discipline
  • Expert MS Office skills. Effective use of Powerpoint and Excel statistical functions
  • Detail oriented, excellent at follow-through on actions, able to prioritize and focus on most urgent tasks
  • Experience using Agile techniques and tools - scrum, Kanban, Jira, etc.

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

DTCC safeguards the financial markets and helps them run efficiently, in times of prosperity and crisis. We are uniquely positioned at the center of global trading activity, processing over 100 million financial transactions every day, pioneering industry-wide, post-trade solutions and maintaining multiple data and operating centers worldwide. From where we stand, we can anticipate the industry's needs and we're working to continually improve the world's most resilient, secure and efficient market infrastructure. Our employees are driven to deliver innovative technologies that improve efficiency, lower cost and bring stability and certainty to the post-trade lifecycle.

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.

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