Senior Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) - Contract Position

Genesis10 is currently seeking a Senior Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) for a 12+ month contract position with a Global Financial Institution located in Charlotte, NC.

Summary:

We are seeking a Senior Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) with a strong background in software engineering and a passion for solving complex problems at scale. This role blends software engineering with operational expertise to deliver stable, scalable, and resilient services, while reducing toil and shifting operations left.

Responsibilities:

• Design and implement automated tooling to eliminate manual toil and optimize operations
• Build and enhance monitoring, alerting and overall observability
• Champion the SRE practice by modeling best practices, mentoring peers, and collaborating with embedded platform SRE teams
• Enhance system availability in a multi-cloud environment by evolving resiliency patterns
• Introduce and scale AIOps, including self-healing and autonomic systems using AI/ML, RPA, and unified communications
• Automate key SRE metrics and IT service operations processes, including customer impact analysis, availability tracking, SLO/SLI adherence, error budgeting, and incident response
• Support critical applications and customer journeys, lead Agile-based remediation efforts, conduct blameless postmortems, and drive root cause analysis to eliminate recurring issues
• Implement and guide through Non-Functional Requirements (NFRs) during modernization and uplift initiatives
• Help define, govern and enforce Permit to Operate

Requirements:

• 5+ years of Systems Engineering or Technology Architecture experience
• 2+ years leading, operating and performing within an SRE team
• Proficiency in Python and/or Java/J2EE
• Experience with REST APIs, microservices, and messaging technologies (Kafka, MQ)
• Strong SQL and database design skills with platforms like Oracle, DB2, SQL, MongoDB, Hadoop, Cloudera, Spark, or Teradata
• Expertise in Linux and container platforms (Kubernetes)
• Experience with cloud platforms: PCF, AWS, GCP, or Azure
• Experience with CI/CD & Automation tools such as Jenkins, GitLab, SonarQube, Artifactory, or Ansible
• Experience with Observability & AIOps tools such as Grafana, Prometheus, ELK/Splunk, AppDynamics, Moogsoft, or similar
• Understanding of AutoSys
• Strong written and verbal communication skills

Desired skills:

• Understanding of key AI terminologies and core AI/ML concepts such as classification, regression, clustering, and anomaly detection
• Awareness of ethical considerations and limitations in AI-driven operations (e.g., bias, explainability)
• Ability to work with structured and unstructured data for model training and evaluation
• Some experience in integrating AI models into automation workflows (e.g., for predictive alerting or self-healing systems)
• Familiarity with JavaScript frameworks (React, Bootstrap)

Pay Range: $51.72 - $59.72 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.