Associate Director IT Security Engineering (PAM)

DTCC • Coppell, TX

3d • Hybrid

About The Position

As a member of CISO team, The Associate Director, Privileged Access Management
(PAM) leads the engineering and operational strategy for DTCC’s Privileged
Access Management platforms. This role owns the PAM service lifecycle—design,
implementation, and continuous improvement—ensuring secure, compliant, and
efficient management of privileged credentials across hybrid environments. The
leader will drive platform maturity, automation, and governance, partnering with
Application, Cloud, Infrastructure and teams to embed PAM into Zero Trust
architecture.

Requirements

• Minimum of 8 years of related experience
• Bachelor's degree preferred and/or equivalent experience
• 8+ years in security/platform engineering or IAM, with 3+ years leading engineering teams.
• Solid understanding of privileged account lifecycle, credential vaulting, and session management.
• Expertise in automation (Jenkins, Python, Groovy or equivalent) and integration with CI/CD and ITSM tools.
• Familiarity with Windows, Unix/Linux, Active Directory, and hybrid cloud environments.
• Understanding of regulatory compliance and audit processes in financial or highly regulated industries.

Nice To Haves

• Experience implementing and managing Bravura PAM or similar enterprise PAM solutions (e.g. CyberArk).
• Experience with Zero Trust architectures, API-based integrations, and sophisticated PAM features (JIT, ephemeral credentials).
• Familiarity with cloud, Kubernetes, OpenShift platform and PAM integration patterns.
• Knowledge of risk frameworks and evidence automation for audits.

Responsibilities

• Own PAM platform strategy and roadmap: Define architecture for PAM and future roadmap; ensure scalability, HA/DR, and integration with enterprise IAM and security controls.
• Drive platform maturity: Implement sophisticated capabilities (JIT access, session recording, credential vaulting, API integrations) and standardize onboarding of new systems.
• Governance & compliance: Establish policies for privileged account lifecycle, enforce password complexity and rotation, and ensure audit readiness for SOX, PCI, and internal controls.
• Automation & integration: Embed PAM into CI/CD pipelines and workflows; develop scripts and connectors for automated provisioning and session management.
• Operational excellence: Monitor PAM performance, lead incident response for privileged access breaches, and conduct root-cause analysis and remediation.
• Stakeholder engagement: Communicate platform health, roadmap, and risk posture to senior leadership; manage vendor relationships and licensing.
• Team leadership: Build and mentor a high-performing engineering team; set objectives, mentor on PAM standard processes, and foster continuous learning.
• Disaster recovery readiness: Participate in DR exercises and ensure PAM resilience in loss-of-region scenarios.

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).

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 1,001-5,000 employees