Lead Site Reliability Engineer

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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.

WHY THIS ROLE IS IMPORTANT TO US

Lead Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) will be responsible for leading the efforts to maintain and improve the reliability, scalability, and performance of various SimCorp products and services. This individual will work collaboratively with product development teams across several lines of business and other stakeholders as a requirement to fulfill their responsibilities effectively. The candidate will need in-depth expertise and experience in Azure Cloud and associated technologies to address infrastructure challenges, implement automation solutions, and boost overall operational effectiveness.

WHAT YOU WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR

• Lead the development of SRE solutions, including monitoring and alerting, machine learning-based anomaly detection, self-healing mechanisms, and reliability testing strategies.
• Design and implement reliability, scalability, and performance strategies, while leading the development of initiatives for capacity planning, resource management, and automation opportunities across systems and onboarding pipelines.
• Collaborate with product development teams to optimize application performance and infrastructure, applying design-thinking and agile methodologies in cross-functional environments.
• Build tools and automation to eliminate manual TOIL, improve engineering velocity, developer experience, and improve system reliability.
• Define and manage SLOs and error budgets in partnership with Engineering teams.
• Contribute to incidents, problems, and change management processes.
• Execute disaster recovery, configuration management, and platform readiness tasks.
• Manage incident response and root cause analysis, ensuring timely resolution of outages and performance issues, and maintaining high-quality documentation for operational processes and system configurations.
• Collaborate with Agile teams and take part in design discussions with clients, vendors, and stakeholders.
• Drive continuous improvement and adoption of best practices, including change management, observability, and operational excellence, while staying current with technology trends through formal and self-directed learning.
• Mentor and guide junior SREs, promoting a culture of collaboration and knowledge-sharing, and participate in on-call rotations (including weekends) as needed.
• Flexible working in regular & evening shift on rotational basis and providing weekend or On-Call support as needed.

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, education, 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.

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WHAT WE VALUE

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science or a related field, with 5–8+ years in SRE or Cloud Infrastructure leadership.
• Extensive expertise in Microsoft Azure, including production-grade design, operations, and cloud-native reliability practices.
• Must have expertise with Microsoft Azure Cloud.
• Expertise in Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Bicep, ARM and Terraform and comprehensive understanding of monitoring and incident frameworks.
• Solid experience in monitoring and logging tools (Azure Monitor, Application Insights, DataDog, Log Analytics).
• Direct experience leading incident response, platform-wide reliability improvements, and applying ITIL practices (problem, change, incident management).
• Experience working with observability frameworks like Open Telemetry and distributed tracing systems
• Experience in centralizing authentication, managing user identities, and implementing secure access protocols (SAML, OAuth, OIDC)
• Experience setting up synthetic monitoring using Playwright or equivalent.
• Solid Understanding of networking, containerization (Kubernetes, Docker)
• Good understanding of APIs, scripting languages like PowerShell, Bash, Kusto and databases like SQL, Cosmos DB and PostgreSQL
• Established expertise in mentoring engineers, steering architectural decisions, and synchronizing long-term strategies with actionable implementation
• Knowledge of AI/ML-based anomaly detection, log aggregation and analysis tools like Microsoft Azure Anomaly Detector or equivalent.
• Familiarity with SimCorp Dimension & Salesforce User is a plus
• Proficiency in IT service management (ITSM) frameworks like ITIL, focusing on incident, change, and problem management to improve operational efficiency.
• Experience managing both onboarding projects and live production operations
• Collaborative mindset and ability to work in cross-functional teams
• Interest in continuous learning and growth within our Product Area

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BENEFITS

• Flexible working hours and hybrid model - 2 days in the office, 3 days remote
• Modern office (next to Wilanowska metro station) with quiet zones and ergonomic workstations
• Base salary with annual bonus structure
• Holiday allowance upon a 2-week vacation
• Occasional remote work across Poland and international options available (up to 24 days domestic, 20 days international per year - subject to internal policy)
• Employer-paid Medicover Platinum healthcare package (employee-paid family upgrade available)
• Multisport card with 75% employer contribution
• Unum group life insurance (employee-paid upgrade available)
• Medicover travel insurance for private trips and global business travel insurance
• Possibility to join Deutsche Börse Group Share Plan (eligible after 1 year)
• Copyrights program for certain roles
• Possibility to develop your career in an international environment
• Professional training and courses provided by SimCorp
• Polish language classes for foreign employees; German and English classes based on business needs
• Integration events, volunteering initiatives and employee-led clubs