Associate Director Platform Engineering

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).
• 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.