Lead DevOps Engineer (Azure)

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 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.   

WHY THIS ROLE IS IMPORTANT TO US

We’re looking for a highly skilled Lead DevOps Engineer to drive the evolution of our cloud  infrastructure. This is a hands-on leadership role focused on architecting and managing scalable, secure, and reliable platforms using Azure, Kubernetes, Terraform, Helm, and a modern DevOps toolkit. 

As a DevOps lead, you will be responsible for adopting DevOps best practices, and leading automation efforts. You’ll play a key role in the stability, performance, and velocity of our software delivery pipeline. 

WHAT YOU WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR

• Lead DevOps Initiatives: Own and evolve DevOps strategy across cloud infrastructure, CI/CD, security, and observability. 

• Azure Infrastructure Management: Design, provision, build and manage scalable cloud infrastructure using best practices in Azure. 

• Leadership: Mentor engineers, review code/config, drive cross-functional collaboration, and champion DevOps culture. 

• Monitoring & Reliability: Implement monitoring and logging using Azure Monitor, Application Insights, or third-party tools. Drive SRE principles. 

• Pipeline Development: Design, build, and manage robust CI/CD pipelines using Azure DevOps for microservices, APIs, and cloud-native applications. 

• Security & Governance: Enforce security controls (e.g., RBAC, secrets management, network policies) across environments. 

WHAT WE VALUE  

• Deep knowledge on the landscape of market data vendors and trends in these markets. 

• Experience in building modern data piplelines in support of investment risk platforms and/or analytics. 

• Significant market data experience across multiple asset classes. 

• Good knowledge of multi-factor, multi-asset class risk models and their application. 

• Good knowledge of investment risk analytics and their application. 

• Experience in negotiating with market data vendors and contract management is beneficial. 

• Agile-certified product manager or product owner certification is beneficial  

• Knowledge of Python, SQL and other scripting languages is beneficial 

• Effective communication skills, both written and verbal, as you must communicate regularly with stakeholders, product owners, and different departments within the organization 

OUR BENEFITS

Competitive salary, bonus scheme, and pension are essential for any work agreement. However, at SimCorp, we believe we can offer more. Therefore, in addition to the traditional benefit scheme, we provide an excellent work-life balance: flexible work hours, a hybrid workplace model. On top of that, we have IP sprints; where you have 3 weeks per quarter to spend on mastering your skills as well as contributing to the company development. There is never just only one route - we practice 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. 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.