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# Site Reliability Engineer

- **Company:** Peraton Inc
- **Location:** Annapolis Junction, MD, United States
- **Salary:** $176,000.0 - $282,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Amazon Web Services, Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud, Cloud Computing, Cloud Engineering, Information Systems, Continuous Integration, DevOps, Identity and Access Management, Reliability Engineering, Ansible, Software Engineering, Data Logging, System Availability, Reliability of Systems, Kubernetes, Information Technology, Terraform, Docker
- **Published:** July 23, 2026
- **Apply:** https://jobs.localjobnetwork.com/apply/add/86070093/1

## About the Role

* Sixteen (16) years of experience in software development/engineering, including requirements analysis, software development, installation, integration, evaluation, enhancement, maintenance, testing, and problem diagnosis/resolution
 * Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or in a related technical field is highly desired which will be considered equivalent to two (2) years of experience. A Master's degree in a Technical Field will be considered equivalent to four (4) years of experience. NOTE: A degree in Mathematics, Information Systems, Engineering, or similar degree will be considered
 * Active TS/SCI security clearance with a current polygraph is required

One of the following certifications is required:

AWS Certified Developer-Associate
AWS Certified Solutions Architect-Associate
AWS Certified Solutions Architect-Professional
AWS Certified SysOps Administrator-Associate
Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKAD)
Elastic Certified Engineer
Elastic Certified Obervability Engineer

*Possession of a Cloud certification is required and will be verified as part of the interview or offer process.

Desired Qualifications:

 * Experience with Docker, Kubernetes, DevOps, CI/CD, and automation.

## Description

Lead and support the migration of on-premise corporate hardware systems into the WANDS/AWS cloud environment.

 * Design, deploy, and manage AWS infrastructure, including EC2, VPCs, networking, security controls, IAM, and related services.
 * Implement and maintain Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform and Ansible to ensure scalable, repeatable, and auditable deployments.
 * Apply AWS Well-Architected Framework principles across operational excellence, security, reliability, performance efficiency, cost optimization, and sustainability.
 * Perform Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) functions, including automation of operational tasks, system hardening, and resilience engineering.
 * Design and implement monitoring, logging, and alerting solutions to ensure system availability, performance, and rapid incident response.
 * Collaborate with engineering, security, and operations teams to improve system reliability and reduce operational toil.
 * Identify and drive continuous improvements in cloud architecture, reliability, and operational processes.

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