Associate Director DevSecOps Engineering Manager

DTCC • Jersey City, NJ

3d • Hybrid

About The Position

Being a member of the Technology Research & Innovation team, the Associate Director, DevSecOps Engineering Manager will serve as the spearhead for Web3 Platform development supporting multiple business functions across DTCC. The Associate Director will guide internal engineering teams on best practices across DevSecOps, software architecture, and security architecture, while also advising leadership on strategic decisions to evolve and scale the platform. This role involves overseeing the development of both in-house solutions and the integration of off-the-shelf vendor technologies to support platform capabilities. In this role, you will provide technical leadership across multiple globally distributed engineering organizations, driving platform design, architecture, and execution in collaboration with both internal teams and external stakeholders. You will work closely with business partners and DTCC technology risk assessment teams to ensure alignment between platform capabilities and enterprise objectives. In addition, you will play a critical role in advancing DTCC’s mission by ensuring the Web3 platform is built to support secure, scalable, and production-ready workloads. Your leadership will directly influence the successful delivery and ongoing evolution of Web3 capabilities across DTCC functions.

Requirements

• Proven 10+ years of experience in software engineering, with 2+ years in a leadership role
• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree (preferred) in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field
• Proven experience designing and delivering cloud-native applications on a large scale
• Deep expertise in cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP), containerization (Docker, Kubernetes), and infrastructure-as-code (Terraform, CloudFormation)

Nice To Haves

• Strong experience with technologies such as Messaging systems, managed databases, container orchestrators, or similar.
• Solid understanding of Agile methodologies and enterprise software development.
• Excellent communication, teamwork, and leadership skills.
• Experience in Microsoft Azure and Amazon AWS.
• Familiarity with cloud security, data governance, and compliance frameworks.
• Knowledge of observability tools (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana, Datadog) and API management platforms.

Responsibilities

• Lead and mentor senior engineers across multiple product lines
• Define and implement cloud-first and middleware-integrated technology roadmaps in collaboration with Architecture, Infrastructure, and Product teams
• Promote a culture of innovation, accountability, and continuous improvement
• Cloud & Middleware Engineering
• Drive the design and development of cloud-native applications using AWS, Azure, or GCP
• Lead all aspects of migration of existing systems to different cloud platforms, ensuring scalability, resilience, and security
• Lead integration efforts using technologies such as Kubernetes, Kafka, Cloud Managed Databases, API gateways, and service meshes
• Champion engineering standard methodologies including DevSecOps, microservices architecture, and API-first design
• Automation and Infrastructure as Code (IaC) based delivery
• Ensure systems meet performance, compliance, and regulatory standards
• Evaluate new technologies and guide adoption to improve DTCC’s technology stack.
• Stakeholder Engagement
• Partner with business and technology leaders to translate strategic objectives into actionable engineering plans
• Communicate effectively with senior leadership on progress, risks, and opportunities

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.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager
• Education Level: Associate degree