Associate Director Systems 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:

We are seeking a highly experienced Principal IBM MQ Systems Engineer with deep
expertise in cloud and OpenShift‑based container platforms. In this role, you
will define the technical direction and architecture of our modernized messaging
platforms, leveraging containerization, automation, and cloud‑native design
principles. You will operate as a hands‑on technical leader, shaping platform
strategy, engineering standards, and operational maturity while partnering
closely with architects, application owners, and infrastructure teams across the
enterprise.
 

Responsibilities:

* Design modern, scalable messaging solutions aligned to business and
resiliency requirements
* Lead the design, deployment, and operation of IBM MQ queue managers with high
availability and disaster recovery
* Deploy and operate IBM MQ and App Connect Enterprise (ACE) on OpenShift
container platforms and cloud environments (AWS/hybrid)
* Design and implement Infrastructure‑as‑Code (IaC) and automation using
Ansible, Chef, and Terraform
* Define platform standards, reference architectures, and operational patterns
for enterprise MQ usage
* Monitor and optimize performance using Prometheus, Grafana, and MeshIQ (APM6)
* Conduct proof‑of‑technology and proof‑of‑concepts to evaluate and adopt
modern messaging capabilities
* Drive an SRE mindset, focusing on reliability, availability, scalability, and
resilience over reactive incident handling
* Mentor and technically guide L2/L3 engineers, promoting best practices in
automation, reliability engineering, and proactive operations

* Author and maintain implementation standards, operating procedures, and
transition artifacts for support teams

 

Qualifications:

* Minimum of 10 years of related experience
* Bachelor's degree preferred or equivalent experience

Talents Needed for Success:

* 10+ years of hands‑on IBM MQ administration and engineering experience
* Deep expertise in queue managers, channels, clustering, and HA/DR
architectures
* Proven ability to drive technical outcomes independently and influence across
teams
* Strong experience with containerized messaging platforms on
OpenShift/Kubernetes in cloud or hybrid environments
* Demonstrated success with Infrastructure‑as‑Code and automation (Ansible,
Chef, Terraform)
* Solid experience in Linux/Unix environments
* Exposure to MQ Native HA and MQ IPT strongly preferred
* Strong scripting skills (Bash) and programming experience (C/C++, Java) is a
plus
* Cloud and container certifications preferred but not required
 

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.

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
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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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IT Architecture and Enterprise Services are responsible for enabling digital
transformation of DTCC. The group manages complexity of the technology landscape
within DTCC and enhances agility, robustness and security of the technology
footprint. It does so by serving as the focal point for all technology
architectural activities in the organization as well as engineering a portfolio
of foundational technology assets to enable our digital transformation.