Genesis10 is currently seeking a Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) Lead for a hybrid position (3 days/week onsite) with a Global Financial Institution located in Charlotte, NC, Pennington, NJ and Plano, TX. This is a 12+ month contract opportunity. We are seeking an experienced Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) Lead to drive platform reliability, observability, and operational excellence across the API Services ecosystem. This role combines production engineering and reliability leadership, platform security and vulnerability remediation, and ownership of large-scale, distributed runtime environments.
Responsibilities: - Leading reliability engineering for high-scale API platforms (40K+ runtimes)
- Driving EOL remediation and platform stabilization efforts
- Implementing SRE best practices: SLIs / SLOs / error budgets, incident management and postmortem culture
- Enhancing observability, monitoring, and proactive fault detection
- Building resilient platforms capable of handling AI-driven usage patterns and threat models
- Supporting global production environments with on-call and escalation coverage
Requirements: - Strong experience in Site Reliability Engineering / Production Engineering
- Hands-on expertise with MuleSoft, TIBCO, or similar middleware platforms and large-scale distributed systems and runtime management
- Deep understanding of system reliability, scalability, and high availability design
- Deep understanding of incident management, root cause analysis, and problem management
- Experience with observability tools (e.g., Dynatrace, Splunk, Prometheus, Grafana)
- Experience with CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins, Git, Ansible)
- Strong scripting/automation skills: Shell, Python, PowerShell
- Experience managing Linux/Unix and Windows production environments
- Knowledge of microservices, API platforms, and cloud-based architectures
- Understanding of platform security, vulnerability remediation, and risk mitigation in production systems
- Excellent troubleshooting skills in high-pressure, real-time environments
Desired skills: - Experience implementing SRE frameworks (SLIs, SLOs, error budgets)
- Familiarity with Kubernetes / containerized platforms
- Familiarity with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Ansible)
- Exposure to AI-driven operational monitoring or security tooling
- Exposure to large-scale platform modernization or migration programs
- Middleware certifications (MuleSoft or equivalent)
- Experience in regulated environments (e.g., financial services)
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.
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