Lead IT Security Engineer; Machine Identity & Secrets Management

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.

• 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).

Being a member of CISO team, as a Lead Engineer for Machine Identity & Secrets Management
, you will own the technical vision, strategy, and execution of DTCC’s enterprise secrets management and machine identity platform, powered by Hashi Corp Vault
.

You will play a critical role in enabling secure‑by‑default application development by delivering a highly automated, scalable, and resilient Vault platform running on Kubernetes. Your work will directly impact how internal engineering teams authenticate, authorize, and securely access sensitive credentials across DTCC’s technology ecosystem.

This role sits at the intersection of security engineering, platform engineering, and Dev Ops
, and is ideal for a hands‑on technical leader who enjoys building internal platforms and setting engineering standards at scale.

• Own the technical strategy and roadmap for DTCC’s Machine Identity and Secrets Management platform, with Hashi Corp Vault as the core service
• Serve as the technical authority for Vault architecture, deployment patterns, and operational standard processes
• Lead the design and implementation of a Kubernetes‑based Vault infrastructure
  , emphasizing high availability, resilience, and disaster recovery
  • Drive automation‑first approaches for:
    • Vault deployment and lifecycle management
    • Secret engines, auth methods, and policy management
    • Application onboarding and self‑service enablement
• Design and standardize secure authentication and authorization patterns for applications, services, and workloads (e.g., Kubernetes auth, cloud IAM integrations)
• Build and maintain Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and CI/CD pipelines to manage Vault environments and configurations
• Partner closely with application teams, platform teams, and security team collaborators to enable secure consumption of secrets at scale
• Establish operational excellence
  , including monitoring, alerting, capacity planning, and incident response for Vault services
• Mentor and guide engineers on the team, setting a higher standard for engineering quality, security, and automation
• Contribute to internal documentation, standards, and architectural decision records

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

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

• Deep hands‑on experience with Hashi Corp Vault
  , including:
  • Auth methods, secret engines, policies, name spaces, and HA configurations
  • Strong experience running production workloads on Kubernetes
    , including security and operational standard methodologies
    • Sophisticated automation and Dev Ops skills
      , including:
    • Infrastructure as Code (Terraform strongly preferred)
    • CI/CD pipelines and…