Site Reliability Engineer (SRE)

Genesis10 is currently seeking a Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) for a contract position with a Global Financial Institution located in Pennington, NJ. This is a 12 month contract opportunity.
This position is with a team that owns the reliability and operational health of a large-scale trading platform. The Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) will operate hands-on across the stack to improve platform and application observability, drive reliability improvements, and deliver measurable gains in operational efficiency. This role will work closely with core teams to execute platform modernization, cloud migration, and harden production systems, which is critical to maintaining execution velocity and reducing operational risk.
Responsibilities:

• Actively monitor and support core infrastructure and components
• Execute automation initiatives to improve platform reliability
• Build and enhance internal support tooling
• Resolve infrastructure issues and lead incident response
• Work closely with core teams on platform modernization and migration to the cloud
• Harden production systems to meet reliability and performance objectives

Requirements:

• Strong Python development experience
• Hands-on Django and REST API development
• Strong MySQL/database skills
• Deep Linux administration and troubleshooting experience
• Infrastructure engineering and automation background
• Experience with Ansible and CI/CD pipelines
• Observability and monitoring experience (Dynatrace preferred)
• Experience working in large-scale production environments

Desired skills:

• Azure and/or AWS Cloud experience (AKS / EKS experience strongly preferred)
• Experience with SRE, Reliability Engineering, and DevOps practices
• Knowledge of Infrastructure-as-Code and automation frameworks
• Financial Services / Trading Platform experience
• Experience with Splunk and Grafana
• Anyscale / Ray experience
• Familiarity with OpenTelemetry and modern observability tools

Pay range: $60.00 - $68.00 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.