Systems Engineering Associate

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 and believe 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 reflects the world we serve.

The Information Technology group delivers secure, reliable technology solutions that enable DTCC to serve as trusted infrastructure for the global capital markets. The team delivers high-quality technology solutions by developing essential infrastructure capabilities, addressing 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 and retirement benefits

• Paid Time Off, Personal/Family Care, and other leaves of absence when needed to support physical, financial, and emotional well-being

• DTCC offers a flexible hybrid model of three days onsite and two days remote, with onsite attendance on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and a third day determined by each team or employee

The impact you’ll have in this role

We are seeking a Messaging Systems Engineer to join our team supporting DTCC's enterprise 

IBM MQ messaging environment. This role is ideal for an engineer looking to build deeper expertise in messaging technologies, production support, automation, platform reliability, and modern infrastructure.

You will work alongside experienced messaging engineers and partner with support teams, application owners, infrastructure teams, and other technology groups to maintain reliable and resilient messaging services.

The role provides hands-on opportunities to develop skills across IBM MQ, automation, observability, Linux, containers, cloud technologies, and Site Reliability Engineering practices while contributing to the continued modernization of the messaging platform.

Primary Responsibilities

• Support IBM MQ and related messaging technologies across production and non-production environments.

• Troubleshoot messaging issues and work with senior engineers and partner teams to resolve incidents and service disruptions.

• Assist with problem management and root cause analysis to identify recurring issues and implement sustainable solutions.

• Support MQ operational activities including provisioning, configuration, certificate management, health checks, maintenance, and recovery activities.

• Develop and maintain scripts and automation that reduce manual operational tasks and improve consistency.

• Assist with monitoring, alerting, dashboards, and health indicators used to identify potential messaging platform issues.

• Maintain technical documentation, operational procedures, and runbooks and contribute to knowledge sharing across support teams.

• Participate in incident reviews and reliability improvement activities and help identify opportunities to prevent recurring problems.

• Support platform lifecycle and modernization initiatives, including container, cloud, hybrid infrastructure, and CI/CD technologies.

• Collaborate with application, infrastructure, security, and engineering teams to maintain secure, resilient, and standards-compliant messaging services.

• Develop knowledge of Site Reliability Engineering practices and apply automation and engineering principles to improve platform reliability and reduce operational toil.

• Continuously develop technical expertise across messaging, automation, observability, and modern infrastructure technologies.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of related technology experience, preferably supporting infrastructure, middleware, messaging, or enterprise production environments.

• Experience with or working knowledge of IBM MQ and enterprise messaging concepts.

• Familiarity with IBM MQ administration, including queue managers, queues, channels, connectivity, and basic troubleshooting.

• Experience working with Linux/Unix environments.

• Understanding of basic networking, high availability, system reliability, and troubleshooting concepts.

• Exposure to scripting or infrastructure automation technologies such as Ansible, Python, Shell scripting, Chef, or Terraform.

• Familiarity with monitoring and observability technologies such as Splunk, Grafana, Prometheus, or APM tools.

• Exposure to containers, OpenShift/Kubernetes, cloud technologies, or modern deployment practices is a plus.

• Exposure to IBM App Connect Enterprise (ACE), MQ IPT, Native HA, or similar middleware technologies is a plus.

• Strong analytical and troubleshooting skills with an interest in understanding how complex systems operate.

• Strong communication and collaboration skills with the ability to work effectively across technical teams.

• Demonstrated interest in automation, reliability engineering, and continuous improvement.

• Ability and willingness to learn new technologies and develop deeper expertise in enterprise messaging and infrastructure engineering.

Equal Opportunity and Compensation Statement

The salary range is indicative for roles at the same level within DTCC across all U.S. 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 accommodations to participate in the job application or interview process, perform essential job functions, and receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.

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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To maintain strong alignment between IT and the business, we are bringing together all Solutions-focused teams under a unified technology organization, IT Solutions.  The newly-formed IT Solutions department combines Application Development and Enterprise Application Support functions, allowing us to leverage synergies to support the Solutions business lines.