Director, Head of Infrastructure Development & Modernization

DTCC • Jersey City, NJ

4d • Hybrid

About The Position

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. Being a member of IT Enterprise Product & Platform Engineering team, the Head of Infrastructure Development and Modernization is responsible for defining and executing the strategy to modernize enterprise infrastructure across on‑premises and public cloud environments. This role drives large‑scale transformation initiatives to improve platform resilience, scalability, security, and cost efficiency while enabling faster delivery of business and technology outcomes.

Requirements

• Minimum of 10+ years of related experience
• Bachelor's degree preferred and/or equivalent experience
• 10+ years of software engineering experience with track record in technical leadership and managerial roles.
• Experience with public cloud resiliency, testing, AI and automation pattern development, including python, ansible, terraform & chef.
• Deep understanding of hybrid and cloud infrastructure, including compute, storage, networking, and container platforms.
• Proven ability to lead large, complex transformation programs across multiple teams and stakeholders.
• Experience operating in high‑availability, regulated, or mission‑critical environments.
• Strong executive communication skills with the ability to translate technical strategy into business outcomes.

Nice To Haves

• Experience supporting financial services or financial markets technology environments.
• Hands‑on familiarity with container orchestration platforms, automation frameworks, and CI/CD enablement.
• Experience implementing SRE, reliability engineering, or platform operating models.
• Track record of driving cost transparency and optimization in infrastructure platforms.

Responsibilities

• Own the enterprise infrastructure modernization strategy, including containers, operating systems, storage and virtualization
• Define the enterprise software development standards and transformation framework, driving consistency, modernization, and adoption of modern engineering practices across platforms and teams.
• Own the enterprise observability strategy, including logging, metrics, tracing, and alerting to improve system reliability, performance, and operational insight.
• Lead the design, build, and modernization of infrastructure services to support mission‑critical financial market systems.
• Drive adoption of cloud‑native architectures, automation, Infrastructure‑as‑Code, AI and DevOps/SRE practices.
• Manage and mentor architecture and engineering teams fostering growth, knowledge sharing and collaboration.
• Establish and track operational KPIs related to availability, performance, cost optimization, and service reliability.
• Lead and mentor infrastructure engineering and platform teams, fostering a culture of engineering excellence and continuous improvement.
• Ensure infrastructure platforms meet regulatory, risk, and audit requirements applicable to financial markets environments.

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: Director
• Education Level: Associate degree