Senior Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) - Hybrid

USDC•Plano, TX

4h•Hybrid

About The Position

Genesis10 is seeking a Senior Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) for an 11+ month contract with a Global Financial Institution in Plano, TX. This role focuses on the reliability, security, scalability, and operational excellence of enterprise identity platforms, cryptographic services, and key management solutions in hybrid and multi-cloud environments. The SRE will promote SRE principles like error budgets, SLOs/SLIs, automation, and observability, acting as a key advisor to engineering, security, and architecture teams.

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

Nice To Haves

Experience with Thales HSM and CTM Platform
Deep experience with Azure, AWS and GCP 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

Responsibilities

Serve as the SRE and technical SME for Identity Management, KMSaaS, cryptography, and external cloud key management platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP, 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

Benefits

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)