Lead SRE / Technology Operations (DevSecOps)

Job Description Roles & Responsibilities This is a hands-on ownership role for someone who wants direct responsibility for production infrastructure, reliability, security operations and technology controls within a regulated environment. The Role As Lead SRE / Technology Operations, you will own the reliability and operational readiness of the production technology environment. You will be the person responsible when production breaks and for ensuring there is a clear, evidenced process for understanding what happened and preventing recurrence. Key responsibilities include: Own production infrastructure, monitoring, observability and access controls Manage incident response, RCA, runbooks and escalation procedures Own business continuity, backup/restore and disaster recovery testing Manage cloud infrastructure, Kubernetes and Infrastructure as Code Design and maintain IAM/PAM, least-privilege access and periodic access reviews Own CI/CD pipelines and deployment approval controls Coordinate security operations with outsourced CISO, SOC and managed security providers Coordinate penetration testing, vulnerability remediation and retesting Manage secrets, certificates and infrastructure security hardening Maintain operational and technical control evidence required for regulatory and audit purposes Support wallet/custody operational controls and reconciliation processes where applicable This Role Will Suit Someone Who Has Personally owned production infrastructure rather than simply managing a technical team Is comfortable being hands-on when incidents occur Can balance reliability and delivery with security and regulatory requirements Understands that documentation and control evidence are part of operating a regulated platform Can work independently within a small, senior technology function Is comfortable working directly with the CTO, auditors, security partners and external vendors This is not a purely managerial position. We are specifically looking for someone who has remained technically hands-on and has personally owned production incidents, infrastructure and operational controls. Desired Candidate Profile 6+ years of hands-on experience across SRE, DevOps, DevSecOps, platform or infrastructure engineering 2+ years working within fintech, banking, exchange, brokerage or another genuinely regulated/audited environment Strong production experience with AWS or equivalent cloud platforms Hands-on Kubernetes experience Strong Infrastructure as Code experience, particularly Terraform, Ansible or equivalent Solid IAM/PAM and access-control experience Experience building and managing CI/CD pipelines Strong incident management, monitoring and observability experience Practical experience with backup/restore and disaster recovery, including RTO/RPO and failover testing Experience working with an outsourced CISO, SOC or managed security provider Experience managing vulnerabilities, penetration-test remediation and security findings Comfortable owning audit evidence and working within formal control environments Experience with crypto, digital assets, custody, wallet operations, Fireblocks, BitGo, blockchain infrastructure or KYT would be highly advantageous. However, this is not a hard requirement. Strong SRE/DevSecOps professionals coming from regulated banking, fintech, brokerage or other audited environments will also be considered. Personally owned production infrastructure rather than simply managing a technical team Is comfortable being hands-on when incidents occur Can balance reliability and delivery with security and regulatory requirements Understands that documentation and control evidence are part of operating a regulated platform Can work independently within a small, senior technology function Is comfortable working directly with the CTO, auditors, security partners and external vendors Company Industry RecruitmentPlacement FirmExecutive Search Department / Functional Area Engineering Keywords Lead SRE / Technology Operations (DevSecOps) Get real-time job updates only on our App