Principal Platform Engineer (DevOps Automation Engineer)

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 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:

• Design, build, and maintain automated network workflows using Itential
• Develop and support Ansible playbooks and roles for network and infrastructure automation
• Automate common network and security operational tasks, including provisioning, changes, and validation
• Integrate automation workflows with APIs, network devices, cloud platforms, and monitoring tools
• Apply DevOps practices such as version control, CI/CD, and infrastructure as code
• Collaborate with network, security, and platform teams to identify automation opportunities
• Troubleshoot and support automation workflows in production environments
• Document automation solutions and operational processes

Qualifications:

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

Talents Needed for Success:

• 5+ years of experience in DevOps, Network Engineering, or Automation roles
• Hands-on experience with Itential Automation Platform
• Strong experience with Ansible for automation
• Solid understanding of enterprise networking concepts (routing, switching, WAN, security)
• Experience working with APIs, JSON, and YAML
• Experience with Git-based version control systems
• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and DevOps workflows

Preferred Qualifications

• Python scripting experience
• Experience automating network vendors such as Cisco, Juniper, Palo Alto, Arista, or F5
• Experience with cloud networking (AWS, Azure, GCP)
• Familiarity with monitoring and observability tools
• Experience with ITSM tools and change automation

Soft Skills

• Strong communication and documentation skills
• Ability to work effectively across multiple teams
• Problem-solving mindset with a focus on automation and efficiency
• Ability to support production systems with a reliability-first approach

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 www.dtcc.com 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.

Client-provided location(s): Hyderabad, India, Chennai, India

Job ID: DTCC-212505

Employment Type: FULL_TIME

Posted: 2026-01-28T19:27:32