RFT & EDS Production Integrity Site Lead

Job Description:

RFT & EDS Production Integrity Site Lead

Purpose Intro

DB Global Technology is Deutsche Bank’s technology centre in Central and Eastern Europe. Since its set-up in 2013, Bucharest Technology Centre (BEX) has constantly proven its capacity to deliver global technology products and services, playing a dynamic role in the Bank’s technology transformation.

We have a robust, hands-on engineering culture dedicated to continuous learning, knowledge-sharing, technical skill development and networking. We are an essential part of the Bank’s technology platform and develop applications for many important business areas.

Role Intro

As RFT&EDS Production Integrity site lead Bucharest you ensure the delivery of IT production services in line with the bank wide ITIL standards to the RFT & EDS stakeholders. Together with the RFT & EDS production integrity leadership team you define and implement the vision and the strategy for the team, transforming the current production organization into a production site reliability (SRE) engineering focused, best-in-class production organization in a 24x7 follow-the-sun model closely aligned with the agile teams (Business / CIO / GSA). The production teams operate in a hybrid model, cloud / on-prem based products and application. You will support the production integrity team’s vision and strategy to increase stability and reliability of the production processes and systems, respectively but also improve efficiency of the production operating model as well as support the bank’s and the production team’s risk and control agenda. You will ramp up and lead the Bucharest team as a new, additional delivery center in the 24x7 follow-the-sun model together with the global production leadership team

Responsibilities

• You will ramp-up and lead the Bucharest RFT & EDS production integrity team (target team size is 60 FTEs).

• Ensure production stability across the RFT & EDS estate during the EMEA time zone as part of the global production operating model & improvement of stability related KPIs for the global team

• Design and implement technical improvements with a focus on automation, AI / ML, monitoring and dashboarding

• Supports the production transformation by establishing a technically sound global production engineering and SRE team and culture in the Bucharest team

• Support the GCP / ExaCC migrations of the CIO RFT & EDS teams and deliver best in-class production management practices in a hybrid model (cloud / on-prem) from day one

• Establish and maintain strong (senior) stakeholder management (business, CIOs, GSA, infrastructure, service partner, etc.) in Bucharest &/ EMEA region and beyond

• Lead and develop a technically sound, diverse production team across all domains in Bucharest

• Pro-actively ensure full compliance with the risk & control agenda (including best practice audit management) of the bank and the overall RFT & EDS production team

• Engage with the key stakeholders in Risk, Treasury and Finance (business, CIOs / GSA) and EDS across all layers and all geographies as required 

• Take end to end accountability and connect people to drive a positive business outcome

Skills

• Proven experience in a senior IT production management / product or engineering lead role with a focus on production stability, reliability and control as well as transformation of organizations, processes and technologies (‘change agent’)

• Experience in leading and developing (virtual) global and diverse teams

• Sound technical engineering background (e.g. Oracle, UNIX, Cloud Technologies, Python, JAVA, SAP, etc.)

• Experience / knowledge of ITIL standards, production engineering / SRE, agile and DevOps concepts

• Proven track record of strong, stakeholder management (internal / external) across all seniority levels

• Strong IT risk & control background to establish / strengthen a pro-active risk & control culture

Well-being & Benefits

Emotionally and mentally balanced:

• Empowering managers who value your ideas and decisions. Show your positive attitude, determination, and open-mindedness.

• A professional, passionate, and fun workplace with flexible Work from Home options.

• A modern office with fun and relaxing areas to boost creativity.

• Continuous learning culture with coaching and support from team experts.

Physically thriving:

• Private healthcare and life insurance with premium benefits for you and discounts for your loved ones.

Socially connected:

• Kids@TheOffice - support for unexpected events requiring you to care for your kids during work hours.

• Enjoy retailer discounts, cultural and CSR activities, employee sport clubs, workshops, and more.

Financially secure:

• Competitive income, performance-based promotions, and a sense of purpose.

• 24 days holiday, loyalty days, and bank holidays (including weekdays for weekend bank holidays).

Culture Outro

We strive for a culture in which we are empowered to excel together every day. This includes acting responsibly, thinking commercially, taking initiative and working collaboratively.

Together we share and celebrate the successes of our people. Together we are Deutsche Bank Group.

We welcome applications from all people and promote a positive, fair and inclusive work environment.