Associate Director Platform Engineering

DTCC • Tampa, FL

21h • Hybrid

About The Position

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.

The Containers team is looking for a Kubernetes/OpenShift engineer who designs,
implements, and maintains applications using the Kubernetes platform, which
plays an important role in DevOps

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 Platform Hosting &
Engineering role specializes in the development, implementation, and support of
all distributed, mainframe, and network hosting services across the firm.
Responsible for the installation, configuration, programming, and support of
operating systems, complex networks, and distributed environments, deploying
solutions to increase overall system reliability across the firm.

Enterprise Product & Platform Engineering transforms the way we deliver
infrastructure to our business clients. A key construct of EP&PE will be the evolution of the IT Product Manager, who will partner with the Engineering
organization, the Business Aligned Service Delivery organization, the DevSecOps
organization as well as our operational support teams to ensure that this
organization provides high quality, commercially attractive and timely solutions
to support our business strategy.

Requirements

• Minimum of 8 years of related experience
• Bachelor's degree preferred or equivalent experience
• Knowledge of Kubernetes concepts, like pods, services, deployments, and stateful sets.
• Ability to set up monitoring, logging, and alerting for Kubernetes clusters.
• Understanding of Kubernetes security best practices, like RBAC, network, and pod security policies.
• Strong programming skills in one or more languages (e.g. Go, Python, Java)
• Strong problem-solving skills to find and fix complex issues in Kubernetes environments.
• Excellent communication skills for collaboration with development and operations teams.
• Continuous learning mindset to keep up with the quickly changing Kubernetes ecosystem.
• Attention to detail when setting up and managing Kubernetes resources.
• Proactive approach to spotting and fixing potential issues before they affect production systems.
• Knowledge of infrastructure as code tools, such as Helm, Kustomize, or Terraform.
• Proficiency in infrastructure as code tools (Ansible, ArgoCD)
• Experience in deploying applications such as Springboot and python to Kubernetes namespaces by developing Dockerfiles and Helm Charts/Kustomize.
• Highlights the expected benefits of new actions and strategies to help others overcome fears of change.
• Fosters a culture where honesty and transparency are expected.
• Proactively seeks feedback from others on his/her own performance.
• Ensures that regular feedback is given in a constructive and behaviorally oriented manner.
• Supports an environment where individuals are respected for their contributions.

Nice To Haves

• Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA) or Certified Kubernetes Application Developer (CKAD) certifications
• Familiarity with multi-cloud or hybrid-cloud environments
• Teaching mentality

Responsibilities

• Create the OpenShift container infrastructure platform for the company
• Coordinate with other infrastructure teams to meet goals
• Enhance delivery systems with Continuous Integration through GitOps processes
• Improve the monitoring and alert system
• Troubleshoot issues and solve problems where needed
• Collaborate with development teams to containerize applications and deploy them on Kubernetes
• Optimize Kubernetes cluster performance, resource utilization, and cost-effectiveness
• Automate Kubernetes deployment and management processes using infrastructure as code tools

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