CaaS Private Site Reliability Lead Engineer - Vice President

Job Description: Job Title: CaaS Private Site Reliability Engineer Corporate Title: 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. Learn more about us here. Overview As a CaaS Private Site Reliability Engineer, you will lead reliability, resilience, and operational excellence for the CaaS Private platform in US. You will bring production engineering discipline to Kubernetes, observability, automation, and incident management while helping teams improve service health and platform readiness. You will partner across engineering, operations, and application teams to strengthen SLOs, reduce manual intervention, and ensure platform changes are measurable, supportable, and aligned to enterprise reliability standards. What We Offer You 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 What You’ll Do Lead the reliability strategy for the CaaS Private platform in US, including SLO frameworks, operational standards, and incident management maturity Drive resilience improvements across observability, capacity planning, upgrade safety, disaster readiness, and operational automation Own complex production management issues by leading troubleshooting, identifying root causes, and implementing preventive fixes Define and refine service indicators, alert thresholds, dashboard standards, production readiness criteria, escalation paths, and postmortem follow-through Develop automation and self-healing workflows that reduce manual intervention, improve recovery times, and strengthen platform supportability Partner with cross-functional teams to ensure platform changes are measurable, supportable, and aligned with reliability objectives How You’ll Lead Mentor junior and middle engineers while fostering a culture of blameless learning, measurable reliability, and operational excellence Influence platform architecture and roadmap decisions using data from incidents, capacity models, operational trends, and reliability metrics Communicate strategic insights and practical recommendations to engineering, operations, and business stakeholders to guide reliability investments Skills You’ll Need Extensive experience with Kubernetes, Linux, distributed systems reliability, and production platform operations Strong hands-on experience with observability, monitoring, alerting, dashboarding, incident response, and root cause analysis Proven ability to design and implement automation, self-healing workflows, operational checks, maintenance tasks, and runbook improvements Experience defining SLOs, service indicators, alert quality standards, production readiness practices, and escalation models Ability to lead complex reliability improvements independently while partnering across engineering, operations, and application teams Skills That Will Help You Excel soft • Strong communication skills with the ability to explain technical findings to technical and non-technical stakeholders Sound operational judgment with the ability to balance urgency, risk, and long-term platform stability during incidents Growth mindset with a focus on continuous learning, process improvement, and measurable reliability outcomes Experience mentoring engineers and improving operational culture across platform or infrastructure teams Background with automation tools, infrastructure-as-code practices, capacity planning, disaster readiness, or cloud-native platform operations Expectations It is the Bank’s expectation that employees hired into this role will work in the Cary, NC 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 $125,000 to $185,000. 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. Deutsche Bank Benefits 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. Click here to learn more! 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Click these links to view Deutsche Bank’s Equal Opportunity Policy Statement and the following notices: EEOC Know Your Rights; Employee Rights and Responsibilities under the Family and Medical Leave Act; and Employee Polygraph Protection Act. For over 150 years, our dedication to being the Global Hausbank for our clients has been driven by our people – in around 60 countries and across more than 150 nationalities. Their deep understanding, insights, expertise, and passion help our clients navigate an increasingly complex world – be it in our Corporate Bank, our Private Bank, our Investment Bank or our Asset Management (DWS) division. Together we can make a great impact for our clients at home and abroad, securing their lasting success and financial security. More information at: Deutsche Bank Careers (db.com)