Senior Site Reliability Engineer – DevOps

Focus

. Own the reliability, deployability, and observability of complex, multi-vendor government platforms in secure environments .

Posted 10/13/2026full-timeRemote • United StatesSenior💰 $135,000 - $175,000 per yearWebsite

Core Competencies

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) and DevOps practices, with a strong focus on cloud infrastructure management, CI/CD pipeline development, and observability implementation. Proficient in Terraform, scripting languages, and compliance standards relevant to government contracts.

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Terraform Module DesignCI/CD Pipeline DevelopmentObservability Tools ExperienceCloud Infrastructure EngineeringSecurity Compliance Familiarity

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Hard Skills

Site Reliability EngineeringCloud Infrastructure ManagementCI/CD Pipeline DevelopmentTerraformScripting LanguagesObservability ImplementationContainer OrchestrationLegacy ModernizationCloud MigrationMetrics and Logging

Soft Skills

Incident Response LeadershipMentoring TeammatesClient Stakeholder Advising

Tools & Technologies

DataDogCloudWatchGrafanaPrometheusGitHub ActionsGitLab CIJenkinsDockerECSKubernetes

Certifications & Qualifications

Legal Authorization to Work in the United StatesGovernment Background Check Eligibility

Industry Keywords

FedRAMPNIST 800-53ATO ProcessesAWS GovCloudGovernment Contracts

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AWSCloudDistributed SystemsDockerGrafanaJenkinsKubernetesPrometheusPythonTerraformTypeScriptGo

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Own the reliability, deployability, and observability of complex, multi-vendor government platforms in secure environments
Design, build, and maintain cloud infrastructure using Terraform, including reusable modules and patterns
Build and improve CI/CD pipelines with automated testing, security scanning, and environment promotion
Define and track SLIs, SLOs, and error budgets for critical services
Implement observability through metrics, logging, tracing, dashboards, and actionable alerts
Lead incident response and blameless postmortems, and drive follow-up work to completion
Participate in an on-call rotation as needed by the engagement
Troubleshoot distributed systems across infrastructure, application, and network layers
Embed security and compliance into infrastructure and delivery, including vulnerability management, patching, secrets management, ATO, and continuous monitoring
Automate operational toil with scripts and tooling
Advise client stakeholders on reliability and infrastructure tradeoffs
Mentor teammates through reviews, pairing, runbooks, and standards
Work with product teams, client stakeholders, and partner organizations to bring SRE and DevOps practices to modernization efforts

Requirements

What you’ll need

5+ years of professional experience in SRE, DevOps, platform, or cloud infrastructure engineering
Significant hands-on production experience with Terraform, including module design, state management, and CI-based plan/apply workflows
Experience building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines, such as GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, or Jenkins
Proficiency in at least one scripting or programming language, such as Python, Go, or TypeScript
Experience with observability tools such as DataDog, CloudWatch, Grafana, or Prometheus, and designing meaningful alerts
Experience with containers and container orchestration, such as Docker, ECS, or Kubernetes
Familiarity with FedRAMP, NIST 800-53, or ATO processes
Experience supporting legacy modernization or cloud migration efforts
Familiarity with AWS GovCloud environments, FedRAMP compliance standards, and DataDog
Legal authorization to work in the United States
Ability to meet other requirements for government contracts
Work authorization that does not require visa sponsorship now or in the future
May be subject to a government background check or security clearance, depending on the contract
Must be based in the continental United States
Recent United States residency may be required; contracts typically require living in the United States for at least 3 of the past 5 years

Benefits

Comp & perks

$0–$50K bonus
Fully remote work
Healthy work-life balance
Encouragement to log off at the end of the day and take time off when needed
Occasional travel, approximately 1–2 times per year
Cutting-edge tooling and practices, including modern cloud development environments and AI-integrated workflows