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Lead SRE / Technology Operations (DevSecOps)

Headstart Recruitment International
Dubai, UAE Listed 1 month ago via Naukrigulf
kubernetes aws terraform ansible ci/cd devops penetration testing soc security

Job Description Roles & Responsibilities We are looking for a hands-on Lead SRE / Technology Operations professional to own production infrastructure, reliability, security operations and operational controls for a licensed platform. This is a highly technical role requiring strong production experience within a regulated or audited environment. Key Responsibilities Own production infrastructure, cloud operations, monitoring, observability and access controls for a licensed platform. Lead incident response, on-call operations, root cause analysis, runbooks, business continuity and disaster recovery testing. Manage backup/restore, failover, RTO/RPO and recovery validation. Work closely with the outsourced CISO, SOC and security providers on vulnerabilities, penetration testing, remediation and security controls. Oversee IAM/PAM, privileged access, secrets management, certificate lifecycle and security hardening. Maintain operational controls around wallets, keys, custody, access reviews and reconciliation integrity. Own audit and regulatory evidence, ensuring controls are properly documented, dated, assigned and signed off. Reliability & Incident Management Hands-on experience with monitoring and observability, including metrics, logs, traces and alerting. Proven experience developing and maintaining on-call processes, runbooks and escalation procedures. Experience managing production incidents from detection and triage through restoration, stakeholder communication, RCA and corrective actions. Practical experience with backup and restore testing, not just configuration. Strong understanding of disaster recovery, RTO/RPO, failover testing and business continuity. Security Operations Experience working as the internal technical counterpart to an outsourced CISO, SOC or managed security provider. Experience managing the vulnerability lifecycle, including vulnerability scanning, penetration testing, remediation, retesting and release gating. Hands-on knowledge of secrets management, certificate management and infrastructure security hardening. Strong understanding of security and change controls within a regulated production environment. Crypto / Wallet Infrastructure – Advantage Experience with wallet operations, hot/warm/cold wallet structures, signer access, key ceremonies, key revocation and access reviews. Exposure to custody platforms such as Fireblocks or BitGo, including withdrawal approval policies and multi-signature controls. Knowledge of deposit/withdrawal pipelines, blockchain nodes/RPC operations and KYT/blockchain analytics tools. Crypto experience is an advantage, not a mandatory requirement. Strong candidates from regulated fintech, banking, exchange or brokerage environments will also be considered. Governance, Controls & Compliance Experience working in environments subject to external audit, regulatory oversight and formal change control. Ability to produce and maintain audit/regulatory evidence, control documentation, sign-offs and operational records. Experience with vendor oversight, SLAs, audit/access rights and material incident escalation. Understanding of reconciliation across ledger, custody and banking feeds, including exception handling. ISO 27001, SOC 2 or regulated audit experience is a strong advantage. C1-level English required, with the ability to communicate effectively with auditors, SOC teams and senior stakeholders. Desired Candidate Profile Technical Requirements SRE / DevOps / Infrastructure 6+ years of hands-on experience in SRE, DevOps, DevSecOps, Platform Engineering or Infrastructure Engineering. Strong production-level experience with AWS or equivalent cloud platforms, including compute, networking, VPC, segmentation and capacity planning. Proven hands-on experience with Kubernetes in production. Strong Infrastructure as Code (IaC) experience using Terraform, Ansible or equivalent. Experience designing and managing IAM/PAM, including least privilege, role separation, privileged access workflows and periodic access reviews. Strong understanding of CI/CD pipelines, deployment automation and approval/change-control gates. Important: This is a Hands-On Role! This position is not a pure management or platform oversight role. The successful candidate must have personally performed the technical work and be comfortable being the person responsible when production issues occur. Candidates should have: Hands-on production ownership rather than primarily supervisory/NOC experience. Proven experience operating within a regulated, audited or controlled environment. A strong understanding of the relationship between technology, security, reliability and regulatory compliance. The discipline to document incidents, controls and evidence as part of normal operational practice. Candidates seeking a pure platform engineering role without operational, security or compliance responsibilities may not be suitable for this position. Employment Type Full-time Company Industry BankingFinancial ServicesBroking Department / Functional Area FinanceTreasury Keywords Infrastructure EngineerLead Infrastructure EngineerLead Security EngineerSite Reliability EngineerSenior Site Reliability Engineer Get real-time job updates only on our App

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  • CompanyHeadstart Recruitment International
  • LocationDubai, UAE
  • CategoryCybersecurity
  • SourceNaukrigulf
  • Listed1 month ago

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