Principal - Systems Engineer at Ally in Charlotte, NC

Job description

Ally and Your Career Ally Financial only succeeds when its people do - and that’s more than some cliché people put on job postings. We love this stuff! We see our people as, well, people - with interests, families, friends, dreams, and causes that are all important to them. Our focus is on the health and safety of our teammates as well as work-life balance and diversity and inclusion. From generous benefits to a variety of employee resource groups, we strive to build paths that encourage employees to stretch themselves professionally. We want to help you grow, develop, and learn new things. You’re constantly evolving, so shouldn’t your opportunities be, too? Work Schedule : Ally designates roles as (1) fully on-site, (2) hybrid, or (3) fully remote. Hybrid roles are generally expected to be in the office a certain number of days per week as indicated by your manager. Your hiring manager will discuss this role's specific work requirements with you during the hiring process. All work requirements are subject to change at any time based on leader discretion and/or business need. 
 The Opportunity Seeking a Principal – System Engineer to join our team to support the organization’s Federal Reserve and SEC platforms. This is a high visibility role within a regulated environment offering exposure to complex reporting programs across an intricate data ecosystem. The role is responsible for the administration, configuration, and ongoing support of the Nasdaq Axiom (AxiomSL) and Workiva SEC applications used to produce financial submissions to the organization’s governing bodies. The engineer will partner closely with Business, Technology, and Risk teams to maintain platform stability, onboard new reporting requirements, and support data integration across upstream source systems in an Agile environment. Day-to-day responsibilities include troubleshooting data pipeline failures, managing release management activities, and implementing configuration changes in response to regulatory rule updates. The role requires financial reporting fluency, strong devsecops acumen, and pipeline management knowledge, plus prior experience in end-to-end data processing and transformation.

 The Work Itself Manage environment consistency across QA, UAT, and production tiers, including data refreshes and pre-release configuration validation Monitor and validate scheduled batch runs for Federal Reserve and SEC submissions, reconciling output against upstream sources Triage and resolve data pipeline failures across AWS-based ETL workflows feeding AxiomSL and Workiva ahead of regulatory filing deadlines Implement AxiomSL configuration changes in response to regulatory rule updates including Basel III, LCR, and FR Y-series requirements Coordinate platform releases and vendor patches across QA, UAT, and production environments with minimal disruption to active reporting cycles Partner with Business, Risk, and Technology teams in daily Agile ceremonies to prioritize and size incoming regulatory change requests Maintain data lineage and traceability documentation from source systems to final report output in alignment with enterprise governance and audi standards Identify and drive process optimization opportunities across reporting workflows, targeting reductions in manual effort, cycle time, and recurring failure patterns Evaluate platform capabilities and tooling gaps to propose automation or configuration improvements that strengthen data quality controls and reporting reliability Preferred Qualifications 5+ years of experience in a systems engineering, application support, or regulatory technology role within financial services Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Finance, or a related field Prior knowledge with Nasdaq Axiom (AxiomSL) or Workiva SEC platform administration, configuration, or implementation or similar financial software Comfortable using SQL for data validation, reconciliation, and root cause analysis across