Senior Site Reliability Engineer

GovCIO
Arlington, VA, United States
23 days ago
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Role details

Contract type
Permanent contract
Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours)
Experience level
Expert
Experience required
3 years minimum
Compensation
$230,000.0
Working hours
Regular working hours
Job source

Tech stack

Amazon Web Services Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud Amazon S3 Build Automation Microsoft Azure Bash Shell Cloud Computing Configuration Management Continuous Integration DevOps Disaster Recovery Distributed Systems
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Domain Name System (DNS) Github Monitoring of Systems Identity and Access Management Virtual Private Networks (VPN) Python (Programming Language) PostgreSQL Linux System Administration Microsoft SQL Server MySQL Performance Tuning Windows PowerShell Reliability Engineering Site Reliability Engineering Practices Ansible Prometheus Software Deployment SQL Databases TCP/IP Backup and Restore Datadog Data Logging Scripting Load Balancing Istio Grafana Multi-Cloud Infrastructure as Code (IaC) Amazon Relational Database Service Containerization Gitlab-ci Kubernetes Github Enterprise Hashicorp Linkerd (Service Mesh) Functional Programming Cloudwatch Terraform New Relic (SaaS) Software Version Control Dynatrace Docker Elk Stack Jenkins Microservices

Job description

Infrastructure & Automation Design, deploy, and manage cloud infrastructure using Infrastructure as Code (IaC) principles Develop and maintain Terraform modules for AWS and Azure environments Create and manage Ansible playbooks for configuration management and application deployment Implement CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions to automate build, test, and deployment processes Implement GitOps workflows for declarative infrastructure and application delivery Build self-service tools and platforms to enable development teams

Reliability & Performance Establish and monitor Service Level Objectives (SLOs) and Service Level Indicators (SLIs) Implement comprehensive monitoring, logging, and alerting solutions Conduct capacity planning and performance tuning Perform root cause analysis and implement preventive measures Design and execute chaos engineering experiments to validate system resilience

Disaster Recovery & Business Continuity Design and implement disaster recovery strategies across multi-cloud environments Develop and maintain backup and restore procedures Create and test business continuity plans Implement automated failover mechanisms Document recovery time objectives (RTO) and recovery point objectives (RPO)

Cloud Operations Manage and optimize AWS services (EC2, S3, RDS, Lambda, ECS, EKS, CloudWatch, etc.) Manage and optimize Azure services (VMs, Storage, SQL Database, AKS, Monitor, etc.) Implement cost optimization strategies and resource tagging Ensure security best practices and compliance requirements Manage identity and access management (IAM) policies

Collaboration & Leadership Participate in on-call rotation and incident response Collaborate with development teams on architecture and design decisions Mentor team members on SRE practices and tools Document systems, processes, and runbooks Drive continuous improvement initiatives

Requirements

Required Education and Experience Bachelor’s Degree with 12+ yrs experience Clearance Level: Active Secret with the ability to obtain and hold DEA suitability

Technical Skills Cloud Platforms: 3+ years of hands-on experience with AWS and Azure Infrastructure as Code: Expert-level proficiency with Terraform Configuration Management: Strong experience with Ansible Scripting: Proficiency in Python, Bash, or PowerShell Containerization: Experience with Docker and Kubernetes Version Control: Strong Git and GitHub workflow knowledge GitOps: Experience implementing GitOps practices and workflows Monitoring Tools: Experience with Prometheus, Grafana, ELK Stack, or similar CI/CD: Hands-on experience with GitHub Actions, Jenkins, GitLab CI, or Azure DevOps

Core Competencies Deep understanding of Microsoft/Linux systems administration Strong networking knowledge (TCP/IP, DNS, load balancing, VPN) Experience with database administration (PostgreSQL, MySQL, SQL Server) Knowledge of security best practices and compliance frameworks Understanding of microservices architecture and distributed systems Experience with disaster recovery planning and execution

Soft Skills Excellent problem-solving and analytical abilities Strong communication skills, both written and verbal Ability to work independently and in team environments Customer-focused mindset with emphasis on reliability Adaptability to rapidly changing technologies and requirements

Preferred Qualifications AWS Certified Solutions Architect or SysOps Administrator Azure Administrator or Solutions Architect certification Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA) HashiCorp Certified: Terraform Associate GitHub Certified or demonstrated expertise with GitHub Enterprise Experience with service mesh technologies (Istio, Linkerd) Knowledge of observability platforms (Datadog, New Relic, Dynatrace) Experience with GitOps tools and practices (ArgoCD, Flux, GitHub Actions for GitOps) Familiarity with compliance frameworks (SOC 2, HIPAA, FedRAMP) Previous experience in a DevOps or Platform Engineering role

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