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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Site Reliability Engineer, Senior - **Company:** Navstar Inc. - **Location:** Chantilly, VA, United States - **Experience:** Expert - **Salary:** $180,000.0 - $230,000.0 - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Backup Devices, Configuration Management, Collaborative Software, CompTIA Security+, Information Systems, Databases, Continuous Integration, Disaster Recovery, Monitoring of Systems, Open Source Technology, Reliability Engineering, Software Engineering, Subversion, Delivery Pipeline, Grafana, Git, Kubernetes, Infrastructure Automation Frameworks, Information Technology, Performance Monitor, Puppet, Software Version Control, Jenkins, Microservices - **Published:** August 22, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.clearancejobs.com/jobs/9111493/site-reliability-engineer-senior ## About the Role * To be eligible for this position you must hold an active TS/SCI clearance with Polygraph. * SENIOR (VA): Typically requires a bachelors degree, masters degree or PhD in computer science, information system or related discipline and progressive software development experience as follows; nine or more years of experience with a bachelors degree, seven or more years of experience with a masters degree, or four or more years with a PhD. May substitute equivalent experience in lieu of education. * Experience with deployment technologies, such as Kubernetes (K8s) for container orchestration. * Experience with metrics monitoring and dashboards (Grafana). * Understanding of user access practices and security controls within a system. * Understanding of system administration in various OS environments. * Strong knowledge of configuration management tools. * Strong communication and documentation skills. * Understanding of software development lifecycle best practices. * Must be able to work both independently and in a team environment. * Able to work extended hours as required. Desired Skills and Qualifications: * Understanding of AWS services and cloud management. * Experience executing against database technologies. * Experience with configuration management tools (Puppet). * Continuous integration processes and tools such as Jenkins. * Experience with version control systems (e.g., Git) and collaboration tools. * System monitoring and analysis. * Familiarity with Intelligence Community and DoD mission sets. * CompTIA Security+ certification or willingness to get certified. ## Description Would you like to perform rewarding work while contributing to the success of an established, growing company? Navstar is an award-winning organization that has a proven track record of successfully providing IT services and solutions both as a prime and sub-contractor on mission-focused IT programs. Our employees are integral players in support of mission-critical programs focused on our National Security., * Under general direction, this position is responsible for maintaining development, testing, and production environments. * Builds and deploys automation, monitoring, and analysis solutions. * Manages continuous integration and delivery pipeline to maximize efficiency. * Implements industry best practices for system hardening and configuration management. * Develops and maintains solutions for operational administration, system/data backup, disaster recovery, and security/performance monitoring. * Continuously evaluates existing systems with industry standards, and makes recommendations for improvement. * Builds and maintains tools, solutions and microservices associated with deployment and our operations platform, ensuring that all meet our customer service standards and reduce errors. * Tests system integrity, implemented designs, application developments and other processes related to infrastructure, making improvements as needed. * Manages code deployments, fixes, updates and related processes. * Works with open-source technologies as needed. * Works with CI/ CD tools, and source control such as GIT and SVN. * Offers technical support where needed, developing software for our back-end systems. * Stays current with industry trends and source new ways for our business to improve. ## Related Videos - [Security Pitfalls for Software Engineers](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/726-security-pitfalls-for-software-engineers) - [The Road to MLOps: How Verivox Transitioned to AWS](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1050-the-road-to-mlops-how-verivox-transitioned-to-aws) - [Automate everything via NodeJS and Puppeteer](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/322-automate-everything-via-nodejs-and-puppeteer) - [How a Small Team Shrank a Microsoft Monorepo by 94%](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1236-how-a-small-team-shrank-a-microsoft-monorepo-by-94) - [Navigating the Corporate Jungle: Life as a Developer in a large Company](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/621-navigating-the-corporate-jungle-life-as-a-developer-in-a-large-company) - [Our GitOps approach for deploying an Identity Provider and an API Gateway in a SaaS company](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/776-our-gitops-approach-for-deploying-an-identity-provider-and-an-api-gateway-in-a-saas-company) ## Related Articles - [How We Built a Worry-Free System That Runs for 10+ Years – And What We’d Do Again](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/751-how-we-built-a-worry-free-system-that-runs-for-10-years-and-what-we-d-do-again) - [Highest Paying Tech Companies for Developers](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/220-highest-paying-tech-companies-for-developers) - [Is Software Engineering Over-Saturated?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/418-is-software-engineering-over-saturated) - [Fully Remote Software Engineer Jobs](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/447-fully-remote-software-engineer-jobs) - [What’s the Difference between a Junior, Mid, and Senior Developer?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/238-what-s-the-difference-between-a-junior-mid-and-senior-developer) - [Dev Digest 134 - Where pixels sing?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/477-dev-digest-134-where-pixels-sing)