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 [email protected]. 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.
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What We Do
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, we are a truly global technology leader who empowers 40 of the world’s top 100 financial companies through our integrated platform, services, and partner ecosystem.
SimCorp is a subsidiary of Deutsche Boerse Group.
For more information, see www.simcorp.com.
