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# Sr. Site Reliability Engineer III (6448)

- **Company:** MetroStar Systems
- **Location:** Washington, DC, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $185,000.0 - $230,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Amazon S3, Systems Engineering, Bash Shell, Configuration Management, Reliability Engineering, Ansible, Software Engineering, Containerization, Kubernetes, Information Technology, Vmware
- **Published:** July 29, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.clearancejobs.com/jobs/9064872/sr-site-reliability-engineer-iii-6448

## About the Role

* Active Top Secret clearance, or higher.
 * Certification meeting DoD 8140 (e.g., Security+ or higher).
 * Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related engineering field is preferred; relevant experience may substitute.
 * 7+ years of experience in software development, systems engineering, or operations roles with responsibility for availability, performance, and reliability of production systems.
 * Demonstrated experience blending software engineering and systems administration practices to support highly available, scalable applications.
 * Experience designing and managing monitoring, alerting, and observability solutions to meet defined Service Level Objectives.
 * Experience leading or participating in incident response, root cause analysis, and continuous improvement activities.
 * Experience with Ansible and Desired State Configuration.
 * Experience with GitLab CI/CD automation and Bash scripting.
 * Experience with Kubernetes, supporting container-native storage and object storage solutions (e.g., MinIO, S3-compatible services, PortWorx).
 * Experience with enterprise load-balancing solutions (e.g., F5 or similar platforms).
 * Ability to contribute immediately with minimal ramp-up in a mission-critical operational environment.

## Description

* Design, deploy, and maintain mission-critical application workloads on virtualized or containerized environments (e.g., VMWare or Kubernetes), ensuring scalability, availability, and compliance with government requirements.
 * Develop and sustain automated CI/CD pipelines, monitoring, and configuration management workflows to support reliable software delivery and operational observability across development, integration, staging, and production environments.
 * Provision, configure, and maintain developer environments and toolchains to support rapid, secure, and efficient development workflows, enabling mission-aligned software delivery.
 * Identify developer friction across the software development lifecycle and implement solutions to reduce that friction and provide developer-first environments.
 * Establish and maintain a high level of customer trust and confidence through deep technical expertise, and use creativity to provide innovative solutions that fit the customer's mission needs.


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