DTCC

Are you ready to make an impact at DTCC?

Do you want to work on innovative projects, collaborate with a dynamic and encouraging 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 develop a growing 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 well-being.
• DTCC offers a flexible/hybrid model of 3 days onsite and 2 days remote (Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and a day unique to each team or employee).

The impact you will have in this role:

The Lead Platform Engineer is responsible for design analysis, documentation, testing, installation, implementation, optimization, maintenance and support for the z/OS Operating System, Third Party products, the UNIX System Services environment, Mainframe WebSphere Application Server, and WebSphere Liberty. You will collaborate with application developers, middleware support, database administrators, and other IT professionals. Requires experience with z/OS, JES2, USS internals, SMP/E installations, and mainframe vendor product knowledge. Skills in creating and managing web sites using both common and advanced Web programming languages is advantageous.

What You'll Do:

• Perform design analysis, documentation, testing, implementation, and support for the mainframe infrastructure environment
• Install and manage mainframe software deployments in a highly granular SYSPLEX environment
• Experience with installing, and maintaining WASz and Liberty
• Enhance reporting and automation using supported mainframe tools such as JCL, REXX, SAS, SQL, PYTHON and Java/JavaScript
• Complete assignments by due dates, without detailed supervision
• Responsible for Incident, Problem, and Change Management for all assigned products
• Ensure incidents and problems are closed according to domain standards, and all change management requirements are strictly followed
• Mitigates risk by following established procedures and monitoring controls, spotting key errors, and demonstrating strong ethical behavior.
• Participate in team on-call coverage rotation, which includes tactical systems administration and provide weekend support
• Aligns risk and control processes into day-to-day responsibilities to monitor and mitigate risk; escalates appropriately.
• Participate in disaster recovery tests (on weekends)
• Actively engage in strategic goals for mainframe engineering, the department and organization
• Provide input and follow-through for continuous improvement to mainframe systems engineering processes and procedures
• Perform level 1 network troubleshooting for mainframe applications.

Education:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience.

Talents Needed for Success:

• Accountability: Demonstrates reliability by taking necessary actions to continuously meet required deadlines and goals.
• Global Collaboration: Applies global perspective when working within a team by being aware of one’s own style and ensures all relevant parties are involved in key team tasks and decisions.
• Communication: Articulates information clearly and presents information effectively and confidently when working with others.
• Influencing: Convinces others by making a strong case, bringing others along to their viewpoint; maintains strong, trusting relationships, while at the same time is comfortable challenging ideas.
• Innovation and Creativity: Thinks boldly and out of the box, generates new ideas and processes, and confidently pursues challenges as new avenues of opportunity.

Additional Qualification:

• A minimum of 6+ years System Programmers experience in an IBM z/OS environment
• REXX programming experience preferred
• HTML, XML, Java, and Java Script programming experience is preferred
• Experience with Mainframe system automation (BMC AMI Ops) is a plus
• Understanding of VTAM and TCP/IP is a plus.
• Knowledge of Ansible, Splunk, Snowflake, ZOWE, SAS is a plus
• Knowledge of Bitbucket, Jira and DevOps orchestration tools are a plus
• Excellent written and verbal skills.
• The ability to multitask and work in a team environment is a must.
• Excellent customer service skills to be able to develop mutually beneficial relationships with a diverse set of customers.
• Knowledge of Infrastructure as Code (IaC) standards is a plus
• Experience in a 24x7 global environment with knowledge of system high availability (HA), design and industry standard disaster recovery practices.

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 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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