Lead SRE

Lead SRE / Technology Operations (DevSecOps)

Location:
Dubai, UAE — On-site

About the Role
An exciting opportunity is available with a regulated digital-assets and financial technology platform entering an important launch phase. As Lead SRE / Technology Operations (DevSecOps), you will have direct ownership of production infrastructure, reliability, security operations and technology controls. This is a hands‑on leadership role where you will work closely with senior technology leadership, security partners and external stakeholders.

Key Responsibilities

Own production infrastructure, monitoring and access control. Manage AWS/cloud infrastructure, networking, segmentation and capacity planning. Operate and maintain Kubernetes environments in production. Build and maintain infrastructure using Terraform, Ansible or equivalent. Design and maintain IAM/PAM controls, least‑privilege access and periodic access reviews. Own CI/CD pipelines, deployment automation and approval controls. Establish monitoring and observability across metrics, logs and traces. Lead incident response, triage, restoration, RCA and corrective actions. Develop and maintain runbooks, escalation processes and on‑call procedures. Own backup/restore processes and disaster recovery testing. Define and validate RTO/RPO requirements and conduct failover testing. Coordinate security operations with external CISO/SOC partners. Manage vulnerability remediation, penetration testing and security findings. Maintain secrets, certificates and infrastructure hardening standards. Support technology controls, audit requirements and regulatory evidence. Oversee vendor performance, access rights, SLAs and material incident reporting.
Digital Assets / Crypto Exposure
Experience in digital assets is highly desirable, particularly exposure to: Wallet and custody infrastructure Hot, warm and cold wallet environments Fireblocks, BitGo or similar custody platforms Key management and signer access Withdrawal approval and multi‑signature controls Blockchain nodes or RPC infrastructure Deposit and withdrawal pipelines KYT and blockchain analytics tools Crypto experience is a strong advantage but is not mandatory. Strong SRE/DevSecOps professionals from regulated fintech, banking, brokerage or payments environments will also be considered.
Requirements
6+ years of hands‑on experience in SRE, DevOps, DevSecOps, platform or infrastructure engineering. 2+ years of experience in fintech, banking, brokerage, payments, exchanges or another regulated/audited environment. Strong production‑level AWS or equivalent cloud experience. Strong Terraform, Ansible or equivalent IaC experience. Experience with IAM/PAM, privileged access and access reviews. Strong incident management, RCA, disaster recovery and business continuity experience. Experience working with security teams, SOCs, CISOs or managed security providers. Exposure to vulnerability management and penetration testing. Experience supporting audits, regulatory controls or frameworks such as ISO 27001/SOC 2 is highly desirable. Strong written and spoken English, with the ability to communicate with auditors and technical stakeholders.
What We’re Looking For
This role is suited to someone who has personally owned production environments and has been the person responsible when critical systems fail. We are looking for someone comfortable working across: This is not a pure platform engineering position. The successful candidate will have significant operational and control ownership.
Why Join?
Direct reporting to the Group CTO. Senior, lean technology team. Opportunity to own a critical technology function from launch.