Director of Airflow Platform Engineering

Location: Jersey City, NJ, United States

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.

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

As Director of Platform Engineering for DTCC’s Enterprise Scheduling Platform Team, you will lead the modernization of critical scheduling and orchestration systems by implementing and managing Apache Airflow in a public cloud environment. This strategic role drives DTCC’s cloud transformation, enabling advanced workflow automation and resiliency across the organization. You will oversee enterprise-scale Airflow adoption in partnership with vendors like AWS/Astronomer, manage and grow a distributed team of 6–10 engineers, and foster an automation-first culture that accelerates modernization goals. With plans to expand the team and platform capabilities over the next few years, this position offers a unique opportunity to shape DTCC’s next-generation orchestration strategy while collaborating with partners.

Your Primary Responsibilities:

• Lead Platform Modernization: Drive the modernization of DTCC’s enterprise scheduling and orchestration platforms in public cloud environments.
• Airflow Implementation: Oversee enterprise-level implementation and adoption of Apache Airflow (via Astronomer or AWS) in a public cloud setting.
• Team Leadership: Manage and grow a global team of 6–10 engineers, fostering a culture of automation-first principles and operational excellence.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner with application development, data teams, and infrastructure groups to accelerate modernization goals and enable advanced orchestration capabilities.
• Strategic Planning & Governance: Define scheduling strategy, ensure resiliency and high availability, and maintain compliance with regulatory and security standards.
• Vendor Management: Engage with external service providers for Airflow implementation and support.
• Customer Engagement: Coordinate across multiple locations and travel twice yearly to Dallas and Jersey City for alignment and team engagement.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 10 years of relevant experience.
• Bachelor’s degree preferred or equivalent professional experience.

Talent Needed for Success

Technical Skills:

• Deep knowledge of cloud infrastructure and platform engineering (AWS, Azure, or GCP).
• Proven experience implementing Airflow or similar orchestration tools at enterprise scale.
• Strong understanding of scheduling platforms and workflow orchestration in hybrid environments.

Strategic & Analytical Skills:

• Experience driving modernization initiatives and lifecycle upgrades.
• Strong problem-solving and decision-making capabilities.

Communication & Collaboration:

• Excellent ability to translate technical concepts into business outcomes.
• Skilled in stakeholder management and vendor coordination.

Additional Skills:

• Familiarity with Astronomer or other managed Airflow service providers.
• Exposure to resiliency planning and high-availability architectures.

The salary range is indicative for roles at the same level within DTCC across all US locations. 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.

About Us

DTCC proudly supports Flexible Work Arrangements favoring openness and gives people freedom to do their jobs well, by encouraging diverse opinions and emphasizing teamwork.  When you join our team, you’ll have an opportunity to make meaningful contributions at a company that is recognized as a thought leader in both the financial services and technology industries. A DTCC career is more than a good way to earn a living. It’s the chance to make a difference at a company that’s truly one of a kind.

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About the Organization

Serves as a dedicated technology resource for advancing DTCC’s business opportunities and providing industry thought leadership for leveraging new technology. The goal of this new department is to partner internally with IT, our business and regulatory divisions and externally with clients, regulators, and fintech vendors, to help build new platforms and business models to advance DTCC’s mission to support the financial markets.