Lead IT Security Engineer

Title Vault Engineering and Operations - DevSecOps

Are you ready to explore a world of possibilities?

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 :

Cybersecurity Engineering and Operations provides outstanding and versatile security services to the enterprise.

The Arsenal Squad is passionate about automating, migrating, and enhancing machine-to-machine secrets management for the enterprise to build a more secure platform for the enterprise and its customers.

This position is a subject matter expert (SME) for IAM / Secrets Management and is responsible for analyzing complex issues to centralize, automate, and manage enterprise secrets while simultaneously exploring technological advancements and new functionalities that fall within the zero trust methodologies.

Your Primary Responsibilities :

• Architect, deploy, and sustain a cutting-edge HashiCorp Vault platform that prioritizes reliability and scalability.
• Spearhead daily operations, maintenance, and monitoring of the Vault environment while demonstrating Agile frameworks.
• Assist in mentoring junior engineers in Agile standard processes, elevating team proficiency and cohesiveness.
• Be proficient in authoring and handling Infrastructure as Code (IaC) solutions, automating deployment pipelines to minimize manual interactions.
• Embrace or adapt to a platform-centric approach, emphasizing reusable and scalable solutions.
• Collaborate seamlessly across teams to engineer a system with a platform-first approach, as opposed to a tool-centric one.
• Continually advance your expertise in Vault and cybersecurity standard methodologies to adapt to an ever-changing thread landscape.
• Actively participate in the development, deployment, maintenance, and periodic testing of disaster recovery plans and ensuring rapid response in critical situations.

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

Talents Needed for Success :

• Bachelor's degree or minimum of 6 years of related experience
• Understanding of Zero Trust Architecture.
• Expertise in Dev-Ops, CI / CD, and full lifecycle management.
• Proven leadership capabilities, including the ability to understand nuanced requirements and guide junior engineers toward effective solutions.
• Hands-on experience with HashiCorp Vault or other Privileged Access Management (PAM) tools.
• Understanding of observability and monitoring tools.
• Familiarity with enterprise Identity Access Management. Strong background in addressing security and regulatory requirements.
• Versatile experience with working in a cloud, on-premises, and / or hybrid environment.
• Proficiency with Linux / Unix and a strong understanding of shell scripting.
• Exceptional problem-solving abilities, strong analytical skills, and a willingness to think creatively.
• Kanban is highly desirable, but any Agile experience is acceptable.

Nice to have :

• Terraform experience is preferred but any IaC experience is a plus.
• Hands-on experience working with Splunk, Grafana, and / or Elasticsearch.
• Experience working in a Network Operations Center (NOC) or a similar support capacity.
• AWS or other equivalent certifications
• Familiarity with modern networking technologies
• Analytical, strategic, problem-solving ability.
• Works well as part of team. Self-motivated, tenacious learner
• Curious and agile mindset
• Strong communicator who is a self-starter and highly motivated individual
• Able to support multiple projects and deadlines in a fast-paced work environment.
• Able to provide adequate guidance & governance to project teams during component integration.
• Excellent organizational, communication and leadership skills.
30+ days ago