Lead Platform Engineer (f/m/x) – SWIFT Job ID: R0387794 Full/Part-Time: Full-time Regular/Temporary: Regular Listed: 2025-12-09 Location: Berlin Position Overview Deutsche Bank Technology in Berlin DB Technology is a global team of tech specialists, spread across multiple trading hubs and tech centres. We have a strong focus on promoting technical excellence – our engineers work at the forefront of financial services innovation using cutting-edge technologies. Our Berlin location is our most recent addition to our global network of tech centres and growing strongly. We are committed to building a diverse workforce and to creating excellent opportunities for talented engineers and technologists. Our tech teams and business units use agile ways of working to create #GlobalHausbank solutions from our home market. At Deutsche Bank, we are at the forefront of global finance, connecting markets and facilitating the flow of capital worldwide. Our technology platforms are the backbone of our operations, and none are more critical than our global payments infrastructure. We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Lead Platform Engineer (f/m/x) to take ownership of our vital SWIFT Alliance Gateway (SAG) platform, ensuring its stability, security, and performance. This is a unique opportunity to be the technical authority for a business-critical system, represent the bank in key industry forums, and shape the future of our payment processing capabilities. -> You love this job but feel you cannot tick 100% of the boxes? Send us your CV anyway! Your key responsibilities - Ownership of SWIFT Alliance Gateway (SAG), SWIFT Alliance Access (SAA) and SWIFTNet Link (SNL) platforms, ensuring maximum availability, performance, and security. - System Integration: Design, implement, and manage integrations between the SWIFT platform and other internal processing systems, middleware, and applications. - Oversee all aspects of the platform lifecycle, including capacity planning, version upgrades, patching, and disaster recovery planning and testing. - Lead incident and problem management efforts, providing deep technical analysis to rapidly resolve complex issues across the application, database, and operating system layers. - Represent Deutsche Bank in German and European technical forums and SWIFT advisory groups, contributing to industry standards and bringing back key insights to inform our strategy. - Work closely with operations, infrastructure, network, and cybersecurity teams to ensure cohesive and secure end-to-end solutions. Your skills and experiences - Expert-level knowledge of Linux/UNIX including system administration, performance tuning, and shell scripting. - Strong proficiency with Oracle databases, including administration, SQL, performance analysis, and troubleshooting. - Proven experience in a high-availability, 24/7 production environment where stability is paramount. - Experience with high-load systems and performance testing and tuning. - Knowledge of messaging middleware IBM MQ and Kafka. - Solid understanding of networks, firewalls and network protocols (TCP/IP, SSL/TLS). - Familiarity with modern monitoring and observability tools (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana, Splunk). - Understanding of public key infrastructure (PKI), Hardware Security Modules (HSMs), and cryptographic principles. - Experience working within containerized environments (Docker, Kubernetes) is a plus. - Experience administering and supporting the SWIFT Alliance Gateway (SAG), SAA and SWIFTNet Link (SNL) platforms in a large-scale financial institution would be an asset. What we offer We provide you with a comprehensive portfolio of benefits and offerings to support both, your private and professional needs. - Emotionally and mentally balanced: Consultation in difficult life situations and mental health awareness trainings. - Physically thriving: Health check-ups, vaccination drives, and advice on healthy living and nutrition. - Socially connected: PME family service, FitnessCenter Job, flexible working (e.g. parttime, hybrid working, job tandem), and a culture of diversity, equity and inclusion. - Financially secure: Pension plans, banking services, company bicycle, and “Deutschlandticket”. Since our offerings slightly vary across locations, please contact your recruiter with specific questions. This job is available in full and parttime. In case of any recruitment related questions, please get in touch with Luisa Moderzinski. Contact Luisa Moderzinski: +49 (151) 5651 6413 We strive for a corporate culture where we give our best every day including responsible actions, economic thinking, initiative, and purposeful teamwork. We welcome applications from everyone and promote a positive, fair, and inclusive work environment.