Principal Site Reliability Engineer - SaaS
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About the Role
SimCorp is hiring a Principal Site Reliability Engineer in Riyadh to ensure availability, reliability, and performance of mission-critical SaaS systems. The role involves leading SRE practices, automating operations, and mentoring junior engineers.
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Responsibilities
- Lead the design, implementation, and management of systems and solutions to improve system reliability and scalability
- Automate operational tasks and processes to improve efficiency, reduce manual intervention, and enhance system performance
- Monitor system performance and availability, proactively identifying and resolving issues before they impact users or services
- Collaborate with development teams to integrate reliability focused practices into the software development lifecycle
- Conduct root cause analysis for incidents and outages, implementing long term fixes and preventive measures
- Develop and maintain infrastructure monitoring, alerting, and logging systems to ensure visibility and proactive management
- Ensure the security, performance, and scalability of cloud based infrastructure
- Provide mentorship and guidance to junior engineers, promoting best practices and knowledge sharing
Requirements
- 5 8 years of experience in site reliability engineering, cloud infrastructure, or related field
- Deep knowledge of SRE principles, practices, and tools
- Hands on experience with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP) and infrastructure as code tools
- Strong ability to automate operational tasks
- Experience building and maintaining robust monitoring, alerting, and logging systems
- Proven ability to respond to incidents rapidly and implement lasting preventive measures
- Ability to work effectively across development, operations, and IT teams
- Commitment to growing junior team members and fostering a culture of engineering excellence
- Data driven approach to performance tuning, capacity planning, and continuous improvement
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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.
Why This Role Is Important to Us
- The Principal Site Reliability Engineer at SimCorp, at the IC6 grade, is responsible for ensuring the availability, reliability, and performance of mission critical systems and services.
- With typically 5 8 years of experience in site reliability engineering, cloud infrastructure, or a related field, this role works independently to design and implement robust solutions, automate processes, and proactively address system issues.
- The Principal Site Reliability Engineer collaborates closely with development, operations, and IT teams to ensure high quality service delivery and operational excellence.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead the design, implementation, and management of systems and solutions to improve system reliability and scalability
- Automate operational tasks and processes to improve efficiency, reduce manual intervention, and enhance system performance
- Monitor system performance and availability, proactively identifying and resolving issues before they impact users or services
- Collaborate with development teams to integrate reliability focused practices into the software development lifecycle
- Conduct root cause analysis for incidents and outages, implementing long term fixes and preventive measures
- Develop and maintain infrastructure monitoring, alerting, and logging systems to ensure visibility and proactive management of systems
- Ensure the security, performance, and scalability of cloud based infrastructure, following best practices for configuration management and deployment
- Provide mentorship and guidance to junior engineers, promoting best practices and knowledge sharing within the team
- Engage with cross functional teams to ensure reliability and performance are prioritized across the organization's systems and services
Type of Work This Role Could Engage With
- Leading efforts to design and implement solutions to enhance the reliability, scalability, and availability of critical systems
- Collaborating with development teams to ensure that systems and services are built with reliability in mind
- Automating monitoring, incident management, and infrastructure provisioning to streamline operations and enhance efficiency
- Analyzing data from system performance metrics to identify trends, bottlenecks, and areas for improvement
- Participating in incident response and on call rotations, ensuring rapid resolution of critical issues
- Building and managing infrastructure as code (IaC) to ensure consistent and scalable system deployment
- Engaging in capacity planning and performance tuning to meet business requirements and optimize system performance
- Continuously evaluating and incorporating emerging technologies, tools, and practices to improve system reliability
What We Value
- Site Reliability Engineering Expertise: deep knowledge of SRE principles, practices, and tools to maintain and improve system reliability
- Cloud Infrastructure Proficiency: hands on experience with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP) and infrastructure as code tools
- Automation & Scripting: strong ability to automate operational tasks, reducing manual toil and improving system efficiency
- Monitoring & Observability: experience building and maintaining robust monitoring, alerting, and logging systems
- Incident Management & Root Cause Analysis: proven ability to respond to incidents rapidly and implement lasting preventive measures
- Collaboration & Communication: ability to work effectively across development, operations, and IT teams to drive reliability outcomes
- Mentorship & Leadership: commitment to growing junior team members and fostering a culture of engineering excellence
- Analytical Mindset: data driven approach to performance tuning, capacity planning, and continuous improvement
Benefits
- SimCorp provides a range of benefits that may influence decisions regarding job offers.
- SimCorp implements a global hybrid work policy, requiring employees to be in the office two days per week and permitting remote work on other days.
- Additional information about location specific benefits is available from the recruiter.
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.
- For any questions you are welcome to contact Azeta GUITI our Lead Talent Acquisition Partner.
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 4,000+ colleagues with a broad range of nationalities, educations, professional experiences, ages, and backgrounds.
- SimCorp is an independent subsidiary of the Deutsche Börse Group.
- SimCorp is an equal opportunity employer and welcome applicants from all backgrounds.
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