Senior Technical Application Consultant - FinTech

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. We take pride in cultivating an environment where all team members can grow, feel heard, valued, and empowered. 

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WHY THIS ROLE IS IMPORTANT FOR US

At SimCorp, we help some of the biggest financial institutions streamline their investments, accounting, and operations. Currently SimCorp is transforming the way we deliver services to our clients.  

We are looking for a highly motivated IT consultant to support our Configuration Deployment Service (CDS) team. You will work in our global SaaS Operation delivery unit consisting of various cross-located teams. The CDS tTeam delivers high quality services towards our clients by supporting different deployment scenarios for our cloud  environments, in which configuration is promoted from source to target environment in a highly automated procedure.  

You will support clients and our service team remotely from our offices and have direct client contact. You will participate in deployment meetings with the client and work closely with the clients and our CDS experts in SimCorp globally to provide effective solutions for our clients

WHAT YOU WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR

• Supporting our CDS team to be efficient and accountable for service delivery across different time zones  

• Engaging in configuration deployments and contributing to service deliveries and client meetings

• Planning and preparation of deployment windows together with the client and the team  

• Creating configuration packages based on client definition and follow up on deployments  

• Documentation and reporting in line with the defined service procedures  

• Collaborating with the Service Owners and client stakeholders  

• Advise on process improvements based on lessons learned from daily operation  

• Play an active part in our global Configuration Deployment Service network  

WHAT WE VALUE

Most importantly, you can see yourself contributing and thriving in the position described above. How you gained the skills needed for doing that is less important. We expect you to be good at several of the following and be able to - and interested in - learning the rest: 

• Master in Computer Science, Natural Science, Economics or similar qualification  

• You have some experience with configuring and deploying components of complex standard software applications in the financial sector or financial services industry

• You have a technical affinity, you are eager to engage and learn new technical content

• You have already worked in a Windows Server environment and may have had first touchpoints with cloud technology  

• You are interested in or have already basic knowledge about processes in the investment industry and an interest to expand this  

• You are Service-minded and have a positive mindset, you are experienced to work in ITIL framework  

• You enjoy working in a fast-paced environment and having a considerable impact on the results and solutions  

• Proficient analytical skills and a solution and result oriented attitude

• You are able to prioritize tasks to ensure that deadlines are met  

• You are fluent in English (oral and written)  

BENEFITS

• Hybrid working model (2 days per week in the Milan office)     

• Health insurance and pension plan connected to labor agreement  

• 13th and 14th-month pay, plus annual performance bonus     

• Ticket restaurant (8,50 EUR per day)  

• Professional training and courses

• Possibility to develop your career in an international environment      

• Integration events and health-related initiatives  

• Up to 20 remote workdays abroad per calendar year    

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 recruitmen