Principal Platform Engineer

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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 Principal Platform Engineer is responsible for design analysis, documentation, testing, implementation and support for the z/OS Operating System, Third Party Products, UNIX System Services environment, and System Automation. Requires experience with z/OS, JES2, USS internals, SMP/E installations, and major vendor product knowledge. Skills in creating and maintaining Web sites using both common and advanced Web programming languages is a plus.

Your Primary Responsibilities:

• Perform design analysis, documentation, testing, implementation and support for the infrastructure mainframe systems environment

• Install and manage mainframe software deployments in a highly granular SYSPLEX environment

• Maintain high quality and consistency of systems software and automation processes

• 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

• 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 and data center rotation exercises (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

• Maintain and enhance hardware configuration via HCD and perform basic HMC functions

• Perform level 1 network troubleshooting for mainframe applications

**NOTE: The Primary Responsibilities of this role are not limited to the details above. **

Talents Needed For Success:

• Minimum 8 years of related experience

• Bachelor's degree (preferred) or equivalent experience

Additional Qualifications:

• A minimum of 5 years System Programmers experience in an IBM z/OS environment

• Knowledge in REXX and Automation programming experience

• Ability to identify and manage IT risk

• COBOL and C/C++ knowledge is highly preferred

• Strong background in mainframe systems automation planning and design

• Working knowledge of performance monitoring tools, especially Mainview

• Working knowledge of z/OS UNIX System Services in z/OS environments

• HTML, Java, Java Script, C, C++ and UNIX shell programming is preferred

• Familiarity operating systems (i.e. Windows, UNIX, LINUX) is preferred

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 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 https://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.