Job DescriptionAre 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:You will lead the team responsible for engineering and supporting the firm's Linux platform.
This is a hands-on leadership role. You'll manage a team of engineers while remaining actively involved in platform design, automation, troubleshooting, and technical decision-making.
You'll be responsible for Linux operating system standards, platform automation, modernization, observability, operating system lifecycle management, and Linux platform engineering across on-premises and cloud environments. You'll work closely with Security, Network Engineering, Cloud Engineering, Risk, Audit, and Application Development teams to ensure the platform remains secure, reliable, scalable, and easy to consume.
Your Primary Responsibilities: - Lead a team of Linux platform engineers responsible for the design, delivery, and support of enterprise Linux services.
- Set technical direction for Linux platform standards, operating system architecture, and engineering practices.
- Act as the escalation point for complex Linux platform issues.
- Make technical decisions that improve platform reliability, automation, and operational efficiency.
- Mentor engineers through technical coaching, design reviews, and engineering best practices.
- Continue the evolution of our automation-first operating model.
- Develop and maintain automation frameworks using Ansible and related technologies.
- Eliminate manual processes through automation and self-service capabilities.
- Ensure configuration consistency through automated validation, drift detection, and remediation.
- Identify opportunities to reduce operational toil and improve engineering efficiency.
- Own Linux image creation, packaging, testing, deployment, and lifecycle management.
- Drive adoption of Infrastructure as Code and immutable infrastructure practices.
- Integrate operating system engineering into CI/CD pipelines.
- Improve the speed, consistency, and reliability of Linux platform deployments.
- Establish standards that support repeatable and automated platform delivery.
- Work closely with Security, Risk, Audit, Network Engineering, Cloud Engineering, and Application Development teams.
- Support audit and regulatory requirements through engineering solutions and automation.
- Ensure Linux platforms integrate securely with identity, authentication, and secrets-management services.
- Participate in major platform modernization and infrastructure initiatives.
- Drive improvements in platform stability, resilience, and recoverability.
- Lead root-cause analysis and corrective actions for significant incidents.
- Ensure Linux services are observable, supportable, and backed by meaningful monitoring and alerting.
- Participate in disaster recovery planning and resiliency testing.
- Help establish operational standards that improve service reliability.
Qualifications: - Minimum of 8 years of related experience
- Bachelor's degree preferred or equivalent experience
Talents Needed for Success: - 8+ years of experience in Linux, infrastructure, or platform engineering.
- Experience leading engineers, technical teams, or major platform initiatives.
- Deep knowledge of Red Hat Enterprise Linux and enterprise Linux technologies.
- Strong automation experience using Ansible.
- Experience with Infrastructure as Code using Terraform or similar technologies.
- Experience building and supporting highly available enterprise platforms.
- Experience integrating infrastructure solutions into CI/CD pipelines.
- Strong troubleshooting and problem-solving skills.
- Ability to coach engineers while remaining technically engaged.
- Strong communication and collaboration skills.
- Linux: (Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL), Satellite, SELinux, systemd)
- Automation: (Ansible, Ansible Automation Platform, Python, Bash, shell scripting)
- Infrastructure as Code: (Terraform, TFLint, Terratest, Checkov)
- Source Control: (GitHub Enterprise, Git, pull requests, code reviews)
- CI/CD: (GitHub Actions, Jenkins, Artifactory)
- Cloud: (AWS, Azure)
- Containers: (OpenShift, Kubernetes)
- Observability: (Splunk, Grafana, Prometheus, Dynatrace)
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 UsWith 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 TeamServes as a dedicated technology resource for advancing DTCC's business opportunities and providing industry thought leadership for leveraging new technology. The goal of this new department is to partner internally with IT, our business and regulatory divisions and externally with clients, regulators, and fintech vendors, to help build new platforms and business models to advance DTCC's mission to support the financial markets.
