Production Support Specialist – Instant Payments - Vice President

Deutsche Bank

Hybrid Actively hiring
Cary, NC Posted 23 days ago $125,000$125,000 / year

At a glance

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TL;DR

As a Technology Service Senior Specialist at Deutsche Bank’s Corporate Bank Payments team, you will support Instant Payments and Bulk platforms, ensuring the stability and reliability of high-volume real-time payment systems. Your day-to-day responsibilities include resolving complex production issues across application and infrastructure layers, collaborating with L3 CIO and global teams to restore service and improve monitoring automation. You will also participate in Change Advisory Board calls, contribute to reducing production risk, and maintain documentation for resilience exercises. The role requires hands-on experience with distributed systems, Unix, MQ, Kafka, relational databases, and cloud platforms like AWS or Google Cloud. Additionally, you should be proficient in ITIL processes, monitoring tools such as Geneos, AppDynamics, and Grafana, and scripting languages including Shell, Python, or PowerShell. This position demands a strong analytical mindset and the ability to operate effectively under pressure while driving continuous improvement initiatives.

Skills

AWS Google Cloud Unix MQ Kafka PostgreSQL Shell Python PowerShell Geneos AppDynamics Grafana ITIL SRE Ansible CI/CD

What you'll do

  • Provide hands-on technical support for payment applications and resolve production issues.
  • Drive automation opportunities to improve monitoring and platform stability.
  • Participate in Change Advisory Board calls to enhance change quality and reduce risk.
  • Support major incident recovery and ensure effective communication with stakeholders.
  • Maintain documentation, runbooks, and knowledge articles for continuous improvement.

What we're looking for

  • Proven experience in large-scale production support within Financial Services or Payments.
  • Strong understanding of ITIL processes including Incident, Problem, and Change Management.
  • Hands-on experience with distributed systems across Unix, MQ, Kafka, relational databases.
  • Experience using monitoring tools like Shell scripting, Python, PowerShell, AppDynamics, Grafana.
  • Understanding of SRE concepts including service reliability metrics and continuous improvement practices.
  • Exposure to cloud platforms such as AWS or Google Cloud and automation tools like Ansible.
  • Strong analytical skills with the ability to diagnose complex production issues under pressure.

Market check

Salary context

This $125,000–$125,000 range sits above 15% of similar postings on FindRole.

Peer median band

$130,500$202,500

Median floor and ceiling across peers.

Typical midpoint (25–75%)

$142,300$195,260

Middle half of comparable postings.

Based on 240 comparable postings.

* 240 is the maximum number of comparable postings sampled.

Employer

About Deutsche Bank

Deutsche Bank is a German multinational investment bank and financial services company offering corporate banking, investment banking, retail banking, asset management, and transaction banking worldwide. Industry: Investment Banking & Financial Services

Deutsche Bank currently has 37 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $120,000–$153,000 across 37 roles with salary data.

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