Principal Platform Engineer

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 creating 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 Platform Engineering team you will be responsible for driving platform strategy, performing design analysis, creating and maintaining documentation, planning, testing, implementation, and support for the Private Cloud infrastructure services environment. Requires experience and product knowledge in the areas of server virtualization, storage, networking, operating systems, and automation.

Your Primary Responsibilities:

• Perform design analysis, documentation, and planning for strategic IT initiatives/solutions
• Provide technical design guidance and support to platform engineering teams
• Engages external vendors when needed to review best practices, architecture and design proposals, and solve complex problems
• Actively engage in strategic goals for Private Cloud engineering, the department, and the organization
• Create and update technical/architectural/strategic documentation in support of the Private Cloud infrastructure
• Provide design and Senior engineering level escalation technical support to platform teams
• Collaborate with other teams to develop automation strategies and deployment processes
• Provide input and follow-through on ways to improve the stability, security, efficiency, and scalability of the environment
• Maintain and enhance platform configurations to meet the demands and requirements of our customers

**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:

• Strong background in server virtualization (primarily VMware) planning and design
• Strong background in storage technologies (block, file, object) planning and design
• Working knowledge of networking (layer 2 and layer 3 connectivity)
• Working knowledge of automation and orchestration at an Enterprise level
• Familiarity with Operating Systems (i.e., Windows, UNIX, LINUX) a plus
• Excellent organizational, communication, and leadership skills
• Highly motivated, self-starter who can support multiple projects and deadlines in a fast-paced work environment
• Analytical, strategic, and problem-solving abilities
• Able to provide adequate guidance and governance to project teams

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.