Lead Platform Engineer

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 Global Operations, Client Services & Administration group delivers world-class safety and soundness for the global financial services industry. The team provides DTCC’s portfolio of core securities and superior transaction processing and client services support in an environment that minimizes risk and cost while maximizing efficiency.

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:    
 

Your Primary Responsibilities:

• Implement scalable AWS and Azure network patterns including VPC and VNet architectures, Transit Gateway, Cloud WAN, Direct Connect, ExpressRoute, NAT gateways, IGWs, and multi account network segmentation.
• Build and maintain DNS architectures including Route 53 Resolver, Resolver endpoints, profiles, and integration with enterprise DNS such as InfoBlox and F5 DNS for GSLB.
• Deploy and support NLB based architectures for DNS appliances, load balancers, and hybrid applications.
• Implement network security controls using cloud native and third-party platforms such as Palo Alto Cloud NGFW, Guardicore segmentation, WAFs, and PrivateLink.
• Engineer connectivity solutions between premises data centers and cloud using Direct Connect, VPN, SD WAN, and partner connectivity.
• Support IPAM workflows and CIDR allocation strategies across large multi-region environments.
• Troubleshoot routing, BGP, path selection, firewalls, and connectivity issues across hybrid estates.
• Develop Terraform modules for repeatable network patterns including TGW attachments, Route 53 rules, Resolver endpoints, VPC builds, and account onboarding.
• Build automation workflows using CI/CD pipelines, Git, Bitbucket, and policy guardrails to ensure version-controlled network deployments.
• Participate in building a Cloud Network Engineering Center of Excellence focused on governance, documentation, reference architectures, and pattern reuse.
• Familiarity with NetBrain , SolarWinds and NetScout. 
• Provide Day 2 operational expertise for DNS appliances, cloud firewalls, GSLB, network proxies, monitoring, and hybrid connectivity.
• Act as escalation for enterprise networking teams managing over five thousand network devices across routers, switches, load balancers, monitoring systems, and cloud endpoints.
• Review risk assessments, change requests, and network designs for compliance and reliability.

Qualifications:

• Minimum of 6 years of related experience
• Bachelor's degree preferred or equivalent experience

Talents Needed for Success:

• Five or more years in network engineering with strong experience in AWS or Azure networking.
• Expertise with routing and switching protocols including BGP.
• Experience with VPC design, subnetting, network segmentation, NACLs, and security groups.
• Practical experience with Terraform for infrastructure deployment.
• Strong troubleshooting skills across hybrid environments.
• Familiarity with DNS concepts including recursion, forwarding, authoritative zones, and GSLB.
• AWS Certified Advanced Networking Specialty or equivalent.
• Experience with InfoBlox, F5 GTM DNS, Palo Alto Cloud NGFW, and Guardicore segmentation.
• Experience operating large scale environments with centralized IPAM and routing patterns.
• Experience building CI/CD pipelines for network automation.
• Strong documentation and communication skills for working with architecture and risk stakeholders.
• Systems thinking and pattern-oriented mindset.
• Comfortable driving clarity in ambiguous multi team environments.
• Customer obsessed approach to reliability and service ownership.
• Strong sense of operational excellence and continuous improvement.

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.

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.