Cloud Engineer - Vice President

Job Title Cloud 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.

Corporate Banking (CB) is a technology centric business, with an increasing move to real-time processing, an increasing appetite from customers for integrated systems and access to supporting data. Joining our team is a unique opportunity to help rebuild the core of some of our most mission critical processing systems from the ground-up. As a Cloud Engineer, you will design, implement, and manage scalable and secure cloud infrastructures on Google Cloud Platform (GCP), ensuring cost efficiency in addition to other responsibilities.

• A diverse and inclusive environment that embraces change, innovation, and collaboration
• A hybrid working model with up to 60% work from home, allowing for in-office / work from home flexibility, generous vacation, personal and volunteer days, a commitment to Corporate Social Responsibility
• Employee Resource Groups support an inclusive workplace for everyone and promote community engagement
• Access to a strong network of Communities of Practice connecting you to colleagues with shared interests and values
• Competitive compensation packages including health and wellbeing benefits, retirement savings plans, parental leave, and family building benefits, educational resources, matching gift and volunteer programs

• Design, implement, and manage scalable and secure cloud infrastructures on Google Cloud Platform (GCP), ensuring cost efficiency
• Plan infrastructure capacity and throughput to accommodate processing of large volumes of data; diagnose and eliminate performance bottlenecks; optimize cloud expenditures by leveraging cost‑saving strategies like committed use discounts, autoscaling, and resource rightsizing
• Utilize Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools like Terraform and Deployment Manager to automate and manage infrastructure deployments
• Establish and enforce security protocols, Identity and Access Management (IAM) policies, and compliance measures to protect data and meet organizational requirements
• Establish maintenance and troubleshooting operating procedures for cloud infrastructure
• Create and maintain continuous integration/continuous deployment (or development) pipelines using tools like Jenkins or Git Hub Actions to enable automated and efficient application deployments

• Stay updated with emerging cloud technologies and best practices within GCP
• Collaborate effectively across various technical and non‑technical teams

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent required
• Cloud‑native application architecture and deployment
• Strong proficiency with administering and maintaining Kubernetes clusters and proficiency with tools like Jenkins, Git Hub, Terraform, Helm and
• Ansible for managing infrastructure and applications
• Strong experience with (IaC) tools, including Terraform and GCP‑native Deployment Manager
• Expertise in security practices, IAM policies, and compliance requirements for cloud environments, as well as developing high‑throughput, high‑capacity applications

• Strong problem‑solving skills and the ability to troubleshoot complex cloud‑based infrastructure and applications
• Google Cloud certifications such as Associate Cloud Engineer, Professional Cloud Architect, or Professional Dev Ops Engineer are highly valued
• Experience with Kafka Messaging Broker, with Structured Query Language (SQL) databases, including GCP Big Query,…