Principal Systems Engineer

Ally Financial

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Work type: Hybrid
Location: Charlotte, NCDetroit, MI
Salary: $110,000–$180,000 / yr
Employment: Full-time
Posted: 15 days ago
Freshness: Confirmed live today
Nearby: 99+ roles within 25 mi

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About Ally Financial

Ally Financial is a US-based digital financial services company offering online banking, auto financing, mortgage, and investment products. It is one of the largest all-digital banks in the United States.

Ally Financial currently has 28 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $110,000–$180,000 across 27 roles with salary data.

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TL;DR · Principal Systems Engineer

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The Principal - Systems Engineer joins the team to support Federal Reserve and SEC platforms within a regulated environment. This role involves the administration, configuration, and ongoing support of Nasdaq Axiom (AxiomSL) and Workiva SEC applications used for financial submissions. The engineer will manage environment consistency across QA, UAT, and production tiers, monitor scheduled batch runs, and troubleshoot data pipeline failures. Key responsibilities include implementing configuration changes for regulatory updates like Basel III and LCR, coordinating platform releases, and maintaining data lineage documentation. Required skills include financial reporting fluency, devsecops acumen, and experience with AWS-based ETL pipelines. The candidate must be proficient in SQL, Snowflake, and PostgreSQL to perform data validation and reconciliation while managing complex reporting programs across an intricate data ecosystem.

What does a Systems Engineer earn?

Median $160000 from 251 postings across 41 companies.

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Skills

Nasdaq Axiom (AxiomSL) Workiva SEC AWS Snowflake PostgreSQL SQL ETL DevSecOps Agile Jira Confluence Release Management Data Lineage Version Control Batch Processing

What you'll do

Administer, configure, and provide ongoing support for Nasdaq Axiom (AxiomSL) and Workiva SEC applications.
Manage environment consistency across QA, UAT, and production tiers, including data refreshes and configuration validation.
Monitor and validate scheduled batch runs for Federal Reserve and SEC submissions against upstream sources.
Triage and resolve data pipeline failures across AWS-based ETL workflows to meet regulatory filing deadlines.
Implement platform configuration changes in response to regulatory rule updates like Basel III and LCR.
Coordinate platform releases, vendor patches, and environment updates with minimal disruption to active reporting cycles.
Maintain data lineage and traceability documentation from source systems to final report outputs.
Identify and drive process optimization opportunities to reduce manual effort and recurring failure patterns.

What we're looking for

Minimum of 7+ years of relevant experience.
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Finance, or equivalent.
Experience in systems engineering, application support, or regulatory technology within financial services (preferred).
Prior knowledge with Nasdaq Axiom (AxiomSL) or Workiva SEC platform administration, configuration, or implementation (preferred).
Proficiency in using SQL for data validation, reconciliation, and root cause analysis across large financial datasets (preferred).
Proficiency in working with Snowflake and PostgreSQL for data storage, querying, and integration (preferred).
Familiarity with regulatory reporting frameworks including Basel III, liquidity coverage ratio, 10-K, and 10-Q (preferred).
Experience supporting scheduled batch processing environments and diagnosing pipeline failures (preferred).

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