Genesis10 is currently seeking a SRE Lead for a contract position with a Global Financial Institution located in Charlotte, NC. This is a 12+ month contract opportunity. This role involves designing and leading reliability engineering for banking and payments. The SRE Lead will establish SRE standards, automation, and best practices to improve resilience, reduce incidents, and scale engineering-led operations. A top performer is a transformation leader who can turn a traditional support organization into a data-driven reliability engineering function.
Responsibilities: - Lead Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) strategy, automation, reliability by design, and observability
- Reduce incidents and improve recovery time
- Prove improvements through SLOs, automation, resilience, and reduced operational toil
- Influence senior executives to change how reliability is measured and funded
Requirements: - 8+ years of relevant experience
- Skilled in resilient engineering, risk control, and scaling operations across complex banking and payments environments
- Must have experience as a transformation leader, not just an SRE engineer
- Successfully led an SRE transformation in a large regulated enterprise
- Implemented SLO/SLI/error-budget frameworks at scale
- Can show tangible reductions in incidents, MTTR, operational toil, and reliability risk
- Experience in US Banking - Payments, Information Security Engineering, and Project Testing/Implementation/Release Management
Desired skills: - Demonstrate flexibility, navigate ambiguity, and quickly establish credibility among technical peers
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
Pay range: $47.52 - $55.52 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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