Senior DevOps Engineer (DevOps )
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
We are looking for a Senior DevOps Engineer to join our SaaS Onboarding & Reliability team at SimCorp. This role is pivotal in ensuring the seamless delivery, integration, and reliability of our cloud-based solutions. As part of a cross-functional agile team, you will combine your expertise in software development and IT operations to enhance deployment pipelines, automate infrastructure, and maintain high service availability.
You will play both DevOps and SRE roles — building and automating our Azure platform while keeping mission-critical client environments reliable and secure. You will contribute to the onboarding of new clients onto our GAIN SaaS offering and play a key part in our strategic migration of live clients from AWS to Azure. You will promote continuous improvement through feedback, monitoring, and collaboration with peers and stakeholders.
WHAT YOU WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR
DevOps & Engineering
Administer and support SimCorp Data Management and Cloud SaaS (GAIN) environments for internal and external clients.
Build and manage cloud environments using Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Ansible, ARM).
Develop and maintain Azure DevOps pipelines to automate builds, deployments, and integrations.
Create and enhance automation scripts (PowerShell, Python, etc.) to improve efficiency and reduce manual effort.
Streamline release and deployment processes for faster, more reliable delivery.
Apply OS, database, and infrastructure patches in line with current standards.
Conduct Proof of Concepts (PoCs) with Cloud Services Architects to evaluate new solutions.
Contribute to the migration of live clients - building and adapting the infrastructure and pipelines required to stand up client environments on Azure.
Monitoring, Reliability & Incident Management (SRE)
Implement monitoring and alerting solutions for Azure services and infrastructure.
Manage incidents, problems, and changes in alignment with SRE and ITIL best practices.
Investigate and resolve complex technical issues, performing root cause analysis and implementing sustainable fixes.
Schedule, optimise, and transition batch jobs to event-driven patterns using enterprise schedulers (e.g. ActiveBatch).
Participate in disaster recovery and business continuity exercises, including annual VAPT.
Provide weekend or on-call support on a rotational basis.
Security & Compliance
Apply secure-by-design and DevSecOps principles across identity, access, networking, and configuration controls.
Ensure compliance with SOC2 and other regulatory requirements by producing operational metrics and reports.
Maintain strong security and high availability across all environments.
Collaboration & Communication
Work closely with development, operations, and Professional Services teams to ensure smooth integration and delivery, including support for product upgrades.
Engage directly with clients to resolve technical issues and improve service quality.
Maintain clear documentation of processes, configurations, and procedures.
Mentor and share knowledge with junior engineers to support team development.
Actively participate in Scrum events — planning, refinement, reviews, and retrospectives.
WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR
7+ years of relevant experience in DevOps & Site Reliability Engineering.
Extensive experience with Azure services, Azure DevOps pipelines, and automation tools.
Practical experience with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Ansible, or similar).
Proficiency in scripting languages such as PowerShell or Python.
Solid understanding of monitoring, alerting, and incident management.
Familiarity with security and compliance frameworks (e.g. SOC2).
Proficient problem-solving skills and the ability to work in agile, cross-functional teams.
Strong communication and client-facing skills.
YOUR QUALIFICATIONS
Bachelor's degree in computer science or engineering.
7+ years' experience managing cloud platform in the financial sector.
Demonstrated experience with Azure DevOps and Azure services, including Active Directory, Microsoft Defender for Cloud, Sentinel, Key Vault, Citrix, Oracle Container & PDB, Functions, Monitoring, Insights, and Billing.
Extensive Windows and Linux server administration skills, along with Oracle administration, PL/SQL, XML, and virtualization (VMware, Citrix).
Proficiency in Azure pipelines, PowerShell, Python, AWS Lambda, and Azure scripting.
Experience with infrastructure creation and application deployment using Terraform and Ansible.
Skilled in developing CI/CD pipelines and associated tooling.
Knowledge of IT systems administration, IT security operations, and financial data management (reference data, portfolio pricing, corporate actions).
Familiarity with monitoring tools such as Azure Monitor, Log Analytics, and Grafana.
ITIL and ITOps experience in an agile environment.
Effective communication, teamwork, presentation, and listening skills.
Skilled analytical and problem-solving abilities, with a proactive and results-driven mindset.
Familiarity with SimCorp Dimension is a strong plus.
WHAT WE VALUE
The expectations of a software engineer's behavioural skills are centred around a collaborative mindset of working in teams. Business knowledge requirements vary across Product Development but are overall within the financial sector. At SimCorp we use several coding languages and technical domains, so the concrete skills here also vary across the organization.
BENEFITS
Attractive salary, bonus scheme, and pension are essential for any work agreement. However, in SimCorp we believe we can offer more. Therefore, in addition to the traditional benefit scheme, we provide a good work-life balance: flexible working hours and a hybrid model. SimCorp follows a global hybrid policy, asking employees to work from the office two days each week while allowing remote work on other days.
SimCorp does offer opportunities for professional development: there is never just one route — we offer an individual approach to professional development to support the direction you want to take.
NEXT STEPS
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 Swati Pal ([email protected]), Talent Acquisition Partner. 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.
WHO WE ARE
For over 50 years, we have worked closely with investment and asset managers to become the world's leading provider of integrated investment management solutions. We are 3,000+ colleagues with a broad range of nationalities, educations, professional experiences, ages, and backgrounds.
SimCorp is an independent subsidiary of the Deutsche Börse Group. Following the recent merger with Axioma, we leverage the combined strength of our brands to provide an industry-leading, full, front-to-back offering for our clients.
SimCorp is an equal opportunity employer and welcomes applicants from all backgrounds, without regard to race, gender, age, disability, or any other protected status under applicable law. We are committed to building a culture where diverse perspectives and expertise are integrated into our everyday work. We believe in the continual growth and development of our employees, so that we can provide best-in-class solutions to our clients.
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Skills Required
- 7+ years of relevant experience in DevOps and Site Reliability Engineering
- Extensive experience with Azure services and Azure DevOps pipelines
- Experience with infrastructure as code using Terraform, Ansible, or similar tools
- Proficiency in PowerShell or Python
- Experience with monitoring, alerting, and incident management
- Familiarity with security and compliance frameworks such as SOC 2
- Bachelor's degree in computer science or engineering
- 7+ years managing cloud platforms in the financial sector
- Experience with Azure Active Directory, Microsoft Defender for Cloud, Sentinel, Key Vault, Citrix, Oracle, Azure Functions, monitoring, and billing
- Windows and Linux server administration experience
- Oracle administration, PL/SQL, XML, and virtualization experience
- Experience with Azure pipelines, PowerShell, Python, AWS Lambda, and Azure scripting
- Experience creating infrastructure and deploying applications with Terraform and Ansible
- Experience developing CI/CD pipelines and associated tooling
- Knowledge of IT systems administration, IT security operations, and financial data management
- Familiarity with Azure Monitor, Log Analytics, and Grafana
- ITIL and IT operations experience in an agile environment
- Strong communication, teamwork, presentation, listening, analytical, and problem-solving skills
- Familiarity with SimCorp Dimension
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.
