Lead Site Reliability Engineer

WHAT MAKES US, US

Join some of the most innovative thinkers in FinTech as we lead the evolution of financial technology. If you are an innovative, curious, collaborative person who embraces challenges and wants to grow, learn and pursue outcomes with our prestigious financial clients, say Hello to SimCorp!

At its foundation, SimCorp is guided by our values — caring, customer success-driven, collaborative, curious, and courageous. Our people-centered organization focuses on skills development, relationship building, and client success. We take pride in cultivating an environment where all team members can grow, feel heard, valued, and empowered.

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WHY THIS ROLE IS IMPORTANT TO US

As a Lead Site Reliability Engineer (SRE), you will take on strategic and technical ownership within a Product Area, providing leadership across cloud infrastructure, service reliability, and platform operations. This role is ideal for a highly experienced engineer ready to guide others, shape our operational standards, and ensure SimCorp’s cloud platform delivers to both newly onboarded and long-standing clients.

You’ll lead reliability-focused design sessions, drive the adoption of SRE principles, and promote automation and observability improvements. In addition, you will coach and mentor team members to grow technical capability across the Product Area while contributing to platform-wide initiatives.

WHAT YOU WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR

• Own the reliability, scalability, and performance of Azure-hosted environments
• Lead operational support and onboarding activities for new and running client platforms
• Provide technical leadership in SRE practices, tooling, and incident response
• Guide the transition of manual processes into automated, scalable solutions
• Lead solutions workshops, engage with vendors, and manage senior stakeholders
• Implement and evolve observability frameworks using SLOs, SLIs, and proactive alerting
• Oversee disaster recovery planning, incident postmortems, and root cause analysis
• Ensure high-quality onboarding delivery through reusable automation pipelines
• Mentor and support the growth of junior and senior engineers in your Product Area
• Collaborate with product owners and architects to shape platform design and future roadmaps
• Provide weekend or on-call support as needed

WHAT WE VALUE

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science or related field
• 5–8+ years in Site Reliability Engineering or Cloud Infrastructure leadership roles
• Extensive expertise in Microsoft Azure, including production-grade design and operation
• Proficiency with IaC tools like Terraform, Bicep, ARM, Ansible
• Deep understanding of cloud-native monitoring and incident management frameworks
• Experience in leading incident response and platform-wide reliability improvements
• Utilize a solid understanding of ITIL practices, such as problem, change, and incident management
• Broad technical knowledge: Kubernetes, Docker, APIs, CI/CD, scripting, SQL
• Experience with SimCorp Dimension or financial services platforms is a plus
• Demonstrated ability to mentor and lead engineers, guide architecture decisions, and manage complexity
• Expertise in aligning long-term goals with practical implementation

BENEFITS

Attractive salary, leadership bonus scheme, and pension are essential for any work agreement. At SimCorp, we go beyond by offering flexible working hours, hybrid work models, and an individualized approach to professional growth—tailored to your leadership path.

NEXT STEP

Please send us your application in English via our career site as soon as possible, we process incoming applications continually. Please note that only applications sent through our system will be processed. At SimCorp, we recognize that bias can unintentionally occur in the recruitment process. To uphold fairness and equal opportunities for all applicants, we kindly ask you to exclude personal data such as photo, age, or any non-professional information from your application. Thank you for aiding us in our endeavor to mitigate biases in our recruitment process.

For any questions you are welcome to contact Paweł Andrzejewski, Talent Acquisition Partner, at pawel.andrzejewski@simcorp.com. If you are interested in being a part of SimCorp but are not sure this role is suitable, submit your CV anyway. SimCorp is on an exciting growth journey, and our Talent Acquisition Team is ready to assist you discover the right role for you. The approximate time to consider your CV is three weeks.

We are eager to continually improve our talent acquisition process and make everyone’s experience positive and valuable. Therefore, during the process we will ask you to provide your feedback, which is highly appreciated.

About Us

SimCorp is a provider of industry-leading integrated investment management solutions for the global buy side. Founded in 1971, with more than 3,000 employees across five continents, SimCorp is a truly global technology leader that empowers more than half of the world’s top 100 financial companies through its integrated platform, services, and partner ecosystem. SimCorp is a subsidiary of Deutsche Börse Group. As of 2024, SimCorp includes Axioma, the leading provider of risk and management and portfolio optimization solutions for the global buy side.