Lead Systems 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 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:

The Systems Engineering family is responsible for the entire technical effort to evolve and verify solutions that satisfy client needs. The primary focus is centered on reducing risk and improving the efficiency, performance, stability, security, and quality of all systems and platforms. 

The Systems Engineering role specializes in the analysis, evaluation, design, testing, implementation, support, and debugging of all middleware, mainframe, and distributed platforms, tools, and systems of the firm.

Your Primary Responsibilities:

• Assist the API Platform Team with setup, deployment, configuration, administration, and troubleshooting across the Apigee Private Cloud platform and supporting API infrastructure. 
• Provide technical guidance on API architecture, gateway best practices, and platform usage patterns. 
• Partner with cross‑functional engineering, infrastructure, operations, and security teams to resolve platform issues and support API onboarding. 
• Interpret and prioritize ongoing engineering requests from development teams and translate them into actionable platform tasks or enhancements. 
• Ensure high availability, performance, scalability, stability, and security of the Apigee platform through proactive monitoring and operational best practices. 
• Contribute to architecture diagrams, operational runbooks, platform documentation, and knowledge‑sharing materials. 
• Support lifecycle management, including patching, upgrades, component refreshes, and configuration governance. 
• Execute and deliver multiple concurrent initiatives in an Agile delivery framework while maintaining high quality and reliability standards. 
• Participate in Disaster Recovery (DR) planning, testing, validation, and documentation for Apigee and related components. 
• Follow ITIL-aligned change, incident, and problem management processes to ensure operational consistency. 
• Demonstrate ownership, accountability, and a results‑driven mindset in supporting and advancing the platform.

Qualifications:

• Minimum of 8 years of related experience in API platforms, distributed systems, or infrastructure engineering
• Bachelor's degree preferred or equivalent experience

Talents Needed for Success:

• Experience in API Gateway & Platform Expertise: Apigee Edge/Apigee Hybrid/Apigee Private Cloud, API security (OAuth, mTLS), routing, and API lifecycle management. 
• Experience in Version Control & CI/CD: Git, Bitbucket; Jenkins or similar CI/CD automation tools.
• Experience in Infrastructure & IaC: Linux (RHEL), Chef, Terraform, Ansible, Shell/Python scripting. 
• Experience in Containerization & Orchestration: Docker, Kubernetes, OpenShift. 
• Experience in Cloud Platforms: Experience with AWS, GCP, or Azure for API hosting, networking, and platform integration. 
• Experience in Observability & Operations: Monitoring/logging tools, performance tuning, debugging distributed systems, and participating in DR exercises. 
• Experience in Networking & Middleware: Understanding of proxies, load balancers, TLS/mTLS, and enterprise middleware patterns.

 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.