Lead Privileged Access Management Engineer

About This Role

Leading the Privileged Access Management (PAM) platforms at DTCC, you will serve as a technical authority within the CISO organization. This role involves designing, building, and operating highly available and secure PAM services across hybrid environments, ensuring privileged access is controlled, observable, and resilient. It is critical for advancing Zero Trust principles by embedding PAM into infrastructure, cloud, and application workflows.

Responsibilities

• Design and evolve PAM platform architecture with a focus on scalability, resilience (HA/DR), and security-by-design
• Drive platform maturity by implementing sophisticated capabilities (JIT access, session recording, credential vaulting, API integrations) and standardizing onboarding of new systems
• Implement and maintain end-to-end observability for PAM platforms using monitoring, logging, and alerting tools (e.g., Splunk, Prometheus, Grafana, or equivalent)
• Establish policies for privileged account lifecycle, enforce password complexity and rotation, and ensure audit readiness for SOX, PCI, and internal controls
• Embed PAM into CI/CD pipelines and workflows; develop scripts and connectors for automated provisioning and session management
• Monitor PAM performance, lead incident response for privileged access breaches, and conduct root-cause analysis and remediation
• Communicate platform health, roadmap, and risk posture to senior leadership; manage vendor relationships and licensing
• Act as a mentor for other engineers—reviewing designs, code, and operational practices
• Participate in DR exercises and ensure PAM resilience in loss-of-region scenarios

Requirements

• Minimum of 6 years of related experience
• Bachelor's degree and/or equivalent experience
• 6+ years in security/platform engineering or IAM
• Solid understanding of privileged account lifecycle, credential vaulting, and session management
• Expertise in automation (Jenkins, Python, Groovy or equivalent) and integration with CI/CD
• Familiarity with Windows, Unix/Linux, Active Directory, and hybrid cloud environments
• Understanding of regulatory compliance and audit processes in financial or highly regulated industries

Nice to have:

• Experience implementing and managing Bravura PAM or similar enterprise PAM solutions (e.g. CyberArk)
• Experience with Zero Trust architectures, API-based integrations, and sophisticated PAM features (JIT, ephemeral credentials)
• Familiarity with cloud, Kubernetes, OpenShift platform and PAM integration patterns
• Knowledge of risk frameworks and evidence automation for audits

Benefits