Lead Systems Engineer

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're 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.

Pay and 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). 

The impact you will have in this role:

Being a member of the Distributed Middleware Services Team you will work as a Lead System Engineer in the Configuration, Maintenance, And Support of various Middleware and MQ Technologies.

DTCC's Architecture & Enterprise group delivers secure, reliable technology solutions that make DTCC the trusted infrastructure of the global capital markets. The IT teams collaborate to ensure delivery of high-quality information through activities that include development of essential applications for DTCC's multiple business lines, building infrastructure capabilities to meet client needs and implementing data standards and governance.

Distributed Middleware Services team delivers infrastructure capabilities that emphasize the collaboration between development and infrastructure to meet business needs. This is done by providing technology services that are highly available, cost-effective, and risk appropriate.

 Your Primary Responsibilities:

• Tomcat, WebSphere Application Server, Liberty, Kafka, IBM BPM, IBM MQ Administration in Linux Environment 
• Installation, Configuration Tomcat, WebSphere Application Server, Liberty, Kafka, IBM BPM, IBM MQ , Tomcat application servers
• Support and Troubleshooting  Tomcat, WebSphere Application Server, WebSphere Portal, IBM BPM, IBM MQ, Tomcat application servers
• Solving issues related to access management solutions like IBM HIPAM etc.
• Load Balancing, High Availability, and Disaster recovery plans and configurations.
• Environment Integrations with other interfaces and 3rd party applications
• Experience in providing support and good troubleshooting experience.
• Knowledge of Tomcat, WebSphere security, access and roles setup and configuration
• Support any New application deployed in all Dev, QA, PSE and PROD environments
• Use of monitoring tools and other 3rd party tools to maintain system health and uptime.
• Expert knowledge of incident, problem and change management (ITIL) processes and ITSM tools.
• Performance analysis, tuning, and optimization.
• Install/Update/coordinate patches for Security vulnerabilities and bug fixes for WAS/IHS/tomcat
• Open cases and knowledge of working with vendors.
• Support 24/7 shift coverage for BAU production support.

**NOTE:  The Primary Responsibilities of this role are not limited to the details above. **

Qualifications:

• Minimum of 6 years of related experience 
• Bachelor's degree preferred or equivalent experience. 

Talents Needed for Success:

• 5+ years' experience in supporting real time production environments.
• Extensive debugging skills and troubleshooting experience.
• Experience with Middleware technologies like IBM MQ, WebSphere, Tomcat, Liberty & Kafka.
• General knowledge of industry principles and familiarity with modern technologies like Amazon cloud, Unix/Linux, virtualization, etc. is good to have but not a requirement.
• Familiar with monitoring and ticketing tools like SNOW, SPLUNK etc.
• Certifications in any one of middleware areas will be a plus.

 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 accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.