Director, Middleware Architecture & Strategy

Job Description
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

At DTCC, your work will directly influence the resilience, scalability, and modernization of the infrastructure that powers the global financial markets.

As Director, Middleware Solution Architecture & Design, you will serve as the strategic bridge between Middleware Infrastructure Engineering and Enterprise Technology Architecture (ITA), shaping the future-state architecture of DTCC's middleware ecosystem and driving initiatives that support cloud adoption, application modernization, API enablement, and event-driven architecture.

In this highly visible leadership role, you will partner with senior technology leaders across Architecture, Infrastructure Engineering, Cybersecurity, Application Development, and Business Technology teams to establish architectural direction, guide enterprise-wide technology decisions, and ensure middleware solutions are scalable, secure, resilient, and aligned with DTCC's long-term technology strategy.

This position offers a unique opportunity to solve complex integration and engineering challenges at enterprise scale, influence mission-critical platforms that support trillions of dollars in transactions annually, and accelerate DTCC's transformation into a modern, cloud-enabled technology organization. Working in an environment that values innovation, collaboration, technical excellence, and continuous improvement, you will play a key role in defining the next generation of middleware capabilities that power DTCC's future growth.

Your Primary Responsibilities:

Enterprise Architecture & Strategic Leadership

Serve as the primary liaison between Middleware Infrastructure Engineering and Enterprise Technology Architecture (ITA).
Define and drive middleware architecture strategy, standards, reference architectures, and technology roadmaps.
Provide architectural leadership for modernization, cloud transformation, integration, and digital platform initiatives.
Ensure solutions align with enterprise architecture principles, security requirements, resiliency standards, and regulatory expectations.
Evaluate emerging technologies and establish future-state architecture patterns that improve scalability, agility, and operational efficiency.

Solution Design & Governance

Lead architecture reviews and design governance for enterprise middleware initiatives.
Translate complex business and technical requirements into scalable, secure, and supportable solutions.
Evaluate architectural tradeoffs and recommend approaches that optimize reliability, maintainability, performance, and operational readiness.
Drive standardization, reuse, and adoption of enterprise middleware patterns and best practices.
Ensure architecture decisions are thoroughly vetted, documented, and positioned for long-term success.

Stakeholder Engagement & Influence

Partner with business leaders, architects, engineering teams, cybersecurity, and infrastructure organizations to align priorities and solution direction.
Facilitate architecture reviews and cross-functional design discussions.
Build consensus across diverse stakeholder groups while balancing strategic, operational, and delivery priorities.
Serve as a trusted advisor, bridging architecture strategy and engineering execution.

Modernization & Operational Excellence

Drive cloud transformation, API enablement, integration modernization, and event-driven architecture initiatives.
Identify opportunities to simplify platforms, reduce technical debt, and improve service delivery.
Ensure solutions address observability, resiliency, security, disaster recovery, scalability, and supportability requirements.
Partner with engineering teams to ensure architecture strategies can be effectively implemented and operated in production environments.

Technology Focus Areas

Messaging & Event Streaming

IBM MQ
Apache Kafka / Confluent Kafka
Event-Driven Architectures
Enterprise Messaging Platforms

Integration & Application Services

API Platforms and Integration Services
Enterprise Application Connectivity Services
Security & Identity

IBM DataPower
Ping Identity / Ping Federate
Enterprise Access & Integration Gateways
Middleware Security Services
Data Movement & Connectivity

Managed File Transfer (MFT)
Enterprise Data Exchange Platforms
Secure Connectivity Services
Cloud & Platform Technologies

AWS Cloud Services
Kubernetes, OpenShift, EKS, ECS
Hybrid Cloud Architectures
Infrastructure Automation & DevOps Practices

Qualifications

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
12+ years of experience in enterprise architecture, middleware engineering, infrastructure engineering, systems design, or related disciplines.

Talent Needed for Success

Deep expertise in middleware technologies, messaging systems, integration platforms, APIs, identity services, and distributed architectures.
Proven success leading large-scale architecture and modernization initiatives in complex enterprise environments.
Strong understanding of enterprise integration patterns, messaging architectures, API enablement, authentication technologies, and cloud transformation strategies.
Experience leading architecture governance, design reviews, and executive-level technology discussions.
Exceptional communication, influence, presentation, and stakeholder management skills.
Ability to translate business requirements into scalable, resilient technology solutions.
Proven ability to lead cross-functional initiatives involving Architecture, Engineering, Cybersecurity, Operations, and Business teams.

Preferred

AWS and cloud-native architecture experience.
Kubernetes, OpenShift, EKS, ECS, or container platform expertise.
Experience designing and supporting hybrid cloud environments.
Infrastructure-as-Code, automation, and DevOps practices.
Experience with observability, resiliency engineering, and platform modernization.
Financial Services, Capital Markets, FinTech, or other highly regulated industry experience.

What Success Looks Like

In this role, you will:

Become the trusted architectural advisor connecting Enterprise Architecture, Middleware Infrastructure Engineering, and business stakeholders.
Accelerate modernization and cloud transformation initiatives through scalable, secure, and future-ready middleware architecture solutions.
Improve the speed, quality, and consistency of middleware design decisions across the enterprise.
Establish reusable architecture patterns, standards, and best practices that drive efficiency, scalability, and adoption of strategic middleware capabilities.
Deliver solutions that meet the highest standards for resiliency, security, performance, observability, and operational readiness.
Strengthen the partnership between Enterprise Architecture and Infrastructure Engineering while enabling the next generation of DTCC's middleware ecosystem.
Influence long-term technology direction through thoughtful, well-governed architectural decisions that support DTCC's modernization strategy.
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.