WHAT MAKES US, US
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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
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.
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.
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.
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.
Proficiency in Infrastructure-as-Code tools such as Bicep, Terraform, ARM, Ansible, and comprehensive understanding of monitoring and incident frameworks.
Direct experience leading incident response, platform-wide reliability improvements, and applying ITIL practices (problem, change, incident management).
Broad technical knowledge across Azure DevOps, Kubernetes, Docker, CI/CD, APIs, scripting, SQL, Cosmos DB, and MongoDB Atlas.
Established expertise in mentoring engineers, steering architectural decisions, and synchronizing long-term strategies with actionable implementation
Financial industry experience is a plus.
For Toronto only: The salary range for this position is $97,000 to 120,000
CAD. Base pay may vary based on factors such as years of experience, skills and qualifications. Additionally, employees are eligible for an annual discretionary bonus and benefits including health and dental care, time off and Group RRSP/TFSA.
Benefits
SimCorp offers several benefits that might play a significant factor in considering whether to accept a job offer. Since SimCorp operates in 30+ offices worldwide, the benefits package may vary from country to country.
Simcorp follows a global hybrid policy, asking employees to work from the office two days each week while allowing remote work on other days.
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.
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 in general.
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. We are committed to building a culture where diverse perspectives and expertise are integrated in 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.
SimCorp Canada welcomes and encourages applications from people with disabilities. Accommodations are available upon request for candidates taking part in all aspects of the selection process. Candidates who require accommodation during the recruitment process should contact the People & Culture team at [email protected].
This position is for an existing vacancy.
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