AW Connect is supporting a Dubai-based digital asset business preparing for the launch of a regulated platform. The organisation is building a small, senior technology function with key development and specialist security capabilities supported by established external partners.

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

What We're Looking For

• 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

Digital Assets Experience — Advantage, Not Essential

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.

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.

What's on Offer

• AED 30,000–35,000 per month depending on experience

• Dubai, on-site

• Visa and relocation support available

• Direct reporting to the Group CTO

• Genuine decision-making authority

• Opportunity to join during the launch phase of a regulated digital asset platform

Apply with a CV that clearly shows what you personally owned, implemented and operated — rather than only what your wider team was responsible for.