Systems Engineer/Site Reliability Engineer (SRE)-Senior

As a Site Reliability Engineer, you’ll have the opportunity to work with the AWS GovCloud and Classified Cloud environments. Your responsibilities will include:

• Serve as a senior technical authority for AWS cloud infrastructure, Linux platforms, containers, CI/CD, automation, and Operational and Engineering best practices.

• Architect, implement, maintain, and improve the reliability, availability, performance, and security of AWS-hosted applications and infrastructure.

• Design and support containerized applications using technologies such as Docker, Kubernetes, Amazon ECS, and Amazon EKS.

• Administer and troubleshoot Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) servers and associated services.

• Establish and implement Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and configuration-management standards.

• Develop, maintain, and troubleshoot CI/CD pipelines used to build, test, scan, and deploy applications and infrastructure.

• Design and Implement container orchestration platforms and automated application deployments.

• Automate infrastructure provisioning, configuration, deployment, and operational tasks.

• Implement and maintain monitoring, logging, alerting, and observability solutions.

• Lead troubleshooting of complex production issues spanning applications, containers, operating systems, networks, CI/CD pipelines, and AWS infrastructure.

• Participate in incident response, root-cause analysis, and corrective-action activities.

• Identify repetitive operational tasks and develop automation to reduce manual effort and operational risk.

• Work with development and security teams to integrate security controls and automated security testing into CI/CD pipelines.

• Develop and maintain operational documentation, runbooks, and standard operating procedures.

• Support system patching, vulnerability remediation, configuration management, and security-hardening activities.

The successful candidate thrives in a fast-paced, results-driven environment, has a strong systems administration and cloud engineering foundation with an automation-first mindset and an interest in improving system reliability through monitoring, infrastructure as code, automated testing, and repeatable deployment processes.

This position offers the ability to work a hybrid remote schedule with the requirement to perform on-site support at the Pentagon, Arlington, VA up to 80%., Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related technical field

• 10+ years of experience in systems administration, cloud engineering, DevOps, SRE, or a related technical role.
• Hands-on experience working with AWS services and cloud infrastructure.
• Experience administering Linux, preferably Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL).
• Experience with Docker container technologies.
• Experience supporting or working with a container orchestration platform, such as Kubernetes, Amazon EKS, or Amazon ECS.
• Experience building and managing container images and container registries.
• Experience developing, maintaining, or troubleshooting CI/CD pipelines.
• Working knowledge of Git and source-code management practices.
• Experience with scripting or automation using Python, Bash, and/or similar technologies.
• Understanding of networking fundamentals, including TCP/IP, DNS, HTTP/HTTPS, load balancing, routing, and firewalls/security groups.
• Experience troubleshooting complex technical issues across applications, operating systems, networks, and infrastructure.
• Ability to work collaboratively with development, infrastructure, cybersecurity, and operations teams.
• Must have an active Interim Secret or Secret Clearance
• Must meet DoD 8140 foundational compliance requirements through qualifying degree or certification

Preferred qualifications:

• 12+ years of progressive experience in infrastructure, cloud engineering, DevOps, SRE, or related disciplines.
• Experience supporting AWS environments within the Department of Defense or U.S. Federal Government.
• Advanced experience with AWS services such as EC2, VPC, IAM, S3, CloudWatch, CloudTrail, Route 53, Elastic Load Balancing, ECR, ECS, and EKS.
• Knowledge of PKI Certificate based authentication / Single Sign-On
• Strong experience with Kubernetes administration and troubleshooting.
• Experience with GitLab CI/CD, Jenkins, AWS CodePipeline, or similar CI/CD platforms.
• Advanced Infrastructure as Code experience using Terraform, AWS CloudFormation, AWS CDK, or comparable technologies.
• Experience implementing observability solutions using technologies such as CloudWatch.
• Experience performing root-cause analysis and developing corrective actions following production incidents.
• Knowledge of AWS security best practices, IAM policies and roles, encryption, secrets management, vulnerability management, and least-privilege principles.
• Experience with DevSecOps practices, including automated vulnerability scanning, container scanning, static code analysis, and security gates within CI/CD pipelines.
• Experience supporting systems subject to DISA STIGs, NIST SP 800-53 controls, RMF, or other federal cybersecurity requirements.
• AWS certification such as AWS Certified Solutions Architect, SysOps Administrator, or DevOps Engineer.
• Red Hat, Kubernetes, or related industry certifications.

• 401(k) matching
• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Referral program
• Vision insurance