Service Reliability Engineer - Assistant Vice President

Job Description:

Job Title Service Reliability Engineer

Corporate Title Assistant Vice President

Location Cary, NC

Who we are

In short – an essential part of Deutsche Bank’s technology solution, developing applications for key business areas.

Our Technologists drive Cloud, Cyber and business technology strategy while transforming it within a robust, hands‑on engineering culture. Learning is a key element of our people strategy, and we have a variety of options for you to develop professionally. Our approach to the future of work champions flexibility and is rooted in the understanding that there have been dramatic shifts in the ways we work.

Having first established a presence in the Americas in the 19th century, Deutsche Bank opened its US technology center in Cary, North Carolina in 2009.

You will serve as a hands‑on SRE within Post Trade Automation Technology, improving the reliability and scalability of our Fixed Income Settlement systems. You will build the engineering solutions that strengthen our cloud footprint, enhance automation, and modernize both Fabric‑based and legacy components. You will apply SRE principles to optimize performance, reduce operational friction, and deliver the resilient infrastructure our business depends on.

This is a role where your engineering decisions directly shape the stability of critical production platforms.

• A diverse and inclusive environment that embraces change, innovation, and collaboration
• A hybrid working model, allowing for in-office / work from home flexibility, generous vacation, personal and volunteer days
• Employee Resource Groups support an inclusive workplace for everyone and promote community engagement
• Competitive compensation packages including health and wellbeing benefits, retirement savings plans, parental leave, and family building benefits
• Educational resources, matching gift and volunteer programs

• Develop and implement reliability, availability, and observability improvements across Fixed Income Settlement systems
• Define and maintain SLOs/SLIs and use them to guide engineering priorities and service quality
• Build resilience patterns (e.g., auto‑scaling, circuit breakers, retries) into application and infrastructure code
• Automate deployment, monitoring, and operational processes to reduce toil and improve MTTR
• Design and maintain Corporate Insurance (CI)/CD pipelines and automation frameworks supporting Fabric‑based and legacy systems
• Architect and deliver scalable cloud solutions on GCP using Terraform, Kubernetes, and modern cloud‑native practices

• Strong programming/scripting skills in Java, Python, NodeJS/Type Script, or Shell
• Hands‑on experience with GCP and Terraform‑based infrastructure‑as‑code
• Proficiency with CI/CD tools (Git Hub Actions, Git Lab, Ansible, UCD)
• Expertise in Docker, Kubernetes (GKE), and Helm
• Strong understanding of distributed systems, observability, and cloud‑native engineering

• Experience with Azure or AWS
• Background in Fixed Income Securities Settlements or financial systems
• Strong analytical, troubleshooting, and problem‑solving skills
• Effective communicator who collaborates well across engineering and business teams
• Proactive, ownership‑driven mindset with a focus on continuous improvement and mentoring

It is the Bank’s expectation that employees hired into this role will work in the Cary office in accordance with the Bank’s hybrid working model.

Deutsche Bank provides reasonable accommodations to candidates and employees with a substantiated need based on disability and/or religion.

The salary range for this position in Cary is $100,000 to $153,000. Actual salaries may be based on a number of factors including, but not limited to, a candidate’s skill set, experience, education, work location and other qualifications. Posted salary ranges do not include incentive compensation or any other type of remuneration.

At Deutsche Bank, we recognize that our benefit programs have a profound impact on our colleagues. That’s why we are focused on providing benefits and perks that enable our colleagues to live authentically and be their whole selves, at every stage of life. We provide access to physical, emotional, and financial wellness benefits that allow our colleagues to stay financially secure and strike balance between work and home.

Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by law. Click these links to view Deutsche Bank’s Equal Opportunity Policy Statement and the following notices: EEOC Know Your Rights;
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