Senior Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) - Hybrid

Genesis10 is currently seeking a Senior Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) - Hybrid for an 11+ month contract position with a Global Financial Institution located in Plano, TX.

This individual will be responsible for the reliability, security, scalability, and operational excellence of enterprise identity platforms, cryptographic services, and key management solutions across hybrid and multi-cloud environments. The SRE will champion Site Reliability Engineering principles, including error budgets, SLOs/SLIs, automation, and observability, while serving as a trusted advisor to engineering, security, and architecture teams.

Responsibilities:

• Serve as the SRE and technical SME for Identity Management, KMSaaS, cryptography, and external cloud key management platforms (AWS, Azure, Google Cloud Platform, Thales)
• Partner with engineering teams to design, deploy, and operate highly available, resilient, and secure identity and cryptographic services
• Lead and execute remediation of vulnerabilities, security findings, and audit issues related to identity, encryption, key management, and secrets handling
• Identify and drive the elimination of non-permitted or non-standard technologies, working with stakeholders to migrate to approved platforms
• Define and enforce SLOs, SLIs, error budgets, and reliability metrics for identity and cryptographic services
• Implement and mature observability, including monitoring, alerting, logging, and tracing, across identity and KMS platforms
• Automate operational tasks using Infrastructure as Code (IaC), CI/CD pipelines, and policy as code approaches
• Support incident response, root cause analysis (RCA), and post-incident remediation for identity and cryptographic service disruptions
• Collaborate with security teams to ensure compliance with regulatory, cryptographic, and enterprise security standards
• Provide technical leadership, mentoring, and guidance to engineers and operations staff

Requirements:

• Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) experience supporting mission-critical platforms
• Deep expertise in Identity Management and Access Control (IAM, directory services, authentication, authorization)
• Strong knowledge of cryptography concepts (encryption, key lifecycle management, HSMs, secrets management)
• Hands-on experience with Key Management Services (KMSaaS) across AWS KMS, Azure Key Vault, Google Cloud KMS, and Thales HSM/CipherTrust or equivalent
• Experience operating services in multi-cloud and hybrid environments
• Strong background in Linux/Unix systems, networking, and distributed systems
• Proficiency with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, ARM, CloudFormation, or equivalent)
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines and automation frameworks
• Proven ability to remediate security vulnerabilities and compliance findings in enterprise environments
• Excellent collaboration and communication skills, with the ability to influence engineering and security stakeholders

Desired skills:

• Experience with Thales HSM and CTM Platform
• Deep experience with Azure, AWS and Google Cloud Platform Cryptography
• Familiarity with ITDR (Identity Threat Detection and Response) concepts and tooling
• Knowledge of policy as code and compliance automation
• Experience supporting highly regulated environments (financial services, healthcare, or similar)
• Strong scripting and programming skills (Python, Go, Bash, or similar)
• Experience defining and implementing enterprise technology standards
• Prior leadership or mentorship experience in SRE or platform engineering teams

Pay range: $58.31 - $66.31 per hour

Only candidates available and ready to work directly as Genesis10 employees will be considered for this position.

If you have the described qualifications and are interested in this exciting opportunity, please apply!

Ranked a Top Staffing Firm in the U.S. by Staffing Industry Analysts for six consecutive years, Genesis10 puts thousands of consultants and employees to work across the United States every year in contract, contract-for-hire, and permanent placement roles. With more than 300 active clients, Genesis10 provides access to many of the Fortune 100 firms and a variety of mid-market organizations across the full spectrum of industry verticals.

For contract roles, Genesis10 offers the benefits listed below. If this is a perm-placement opportunity, our recruiter can talk you through the unique benefits offered for that particular client. Benefits of Working with Genesis10:

• Access to hundreds of clients, most who have been working with Genesis10 for 5-20+ years.
• The opportunity to have a career-home in Genesis10; many of our consultants have been working exclusively with Genesis10 for years.
• Access to an experienced, caring recruiting team (more than 7 years of experience, on average.)
• Behavioral Health Platform
• Medical, Dental, Vision
• Health Savings Account
• Voluntary Hospital Indemnity (Critical Illness & Accident)
• Voluntary Term Life Insurance
• 401K
• Sick Pay (for applicable states/municipalities)
• Commuter Benefits (Dallas, NYC, SF, and Illinois)

For multiple years running, Genesis10 has been recognized as a Top Staffing Firm in the U.S., as a Best Company for Work-Life Balance, as a Best Company for Career Growth, for Diversity, and for Leadership, amongst others. To learn more and to view all our available career opportunities, please visit us at our website.

Genesis10 is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Candidates will receive consideration without regard to their race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.