Senior Cloud Site Reliability Engineer, SRE

Peraton

. Design, develop, and maintain Python-based reliability solutions and SRE utilities in AWS environments .

Posted 10/22/2026full-timeRemote • United StatesSenior💰 $104,000 - $166,000 per yearWebsite

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in Python development for AWS environments, focusing on reliability engineering, automation, and observability. Proficient in Infrastructure as Code with Terraform and CI/CD practices to enhance platform reliability and efficiency.

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Python DevelopmentAWS Services ExpertiseInfrastructure as Code with TerraformCI/CD Pipeline DevelopmentSite Reliability Engineering Principles

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Hard Skills

PythonTerraformCI/CDAWSGrafanaAWS CloudWatchAPIsSRE PrinciplesAutomated TestingVersion Control

Soft Skills

CollaborationIncident ManagementDocumentationProblem SolvingCommunication

Tools & Technologies

AWS EC2AWS VPCAWS S3AWS LambdaAWS IAMAWS CloudFormationAWS EventBridgeAWS Step FunctionsAWS CanaryAgile Frameworks

Industry Keywords

Public Trust ClearanceReliability EngineeringObservabilityToil AutomationSLIsSLOsPostmortem DocumentationITSM ProcessesResilience TestingChaos Engineering

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AWSCloudEC2GrafanaITSMPythonTerraform

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Design, develop, and maintain Python-based reliability solutions and SRE utilities in AWS environments
Build automation scripts, APIs, and utilities to reduce toil and improve platform reliability
Implement observability and monitoring solutions using Grafana and AWS CloudWatch, including custom metrics and dashboards
Build and optimize Terraform Infrastructure as Code for AWS resources and integrate Python-based workflows
Develop CI/CD pipelines and automated testing to ensure code quality, reliability, and rapid delivery
Define SRE standards, best practices, guidelines, and metrics such as SLIs and SLOs
Apply version control, code reviews, test-driven development, and documentation practices
Participate in incident management and on-call rotation
Provide technical support for SRE tools and troubleshoot production issues
Collaborate with teams to reduce incident recurrence through proactive detection and pattern analysis
Stay current with AWS services, SRE methodologies, and cloud-native development technologies
Collaborate with cross-functional teams in Agile and Scaled Agile frameworks
Produce clear, blameless postmortems with actionable items and documented failure scenarios

Requirements

What you’ll need

Must be a U.S. Citizen
Ability to obtain and maintain the required Public Trust level Clearance
Bachelor's Degree and 8 years of experience, or a High School diploma or equivalent and 12 years of experience
5+ years of advanced Python development experience building enterprise-grade, highly available tools, APIs, and utilities for AWS
7+ years of extensive software development experience focused on reliability and platform engineering
3+ years of hands-on experience developing solutions in AWS environments
Deep understanding of AWS services including EC2, VPC, S3, Lambda, IAM, CloudFormation, EventBridge, and Step Functions
Experience with AWS resource cost optimization
3+ years of experience applying SRE principles including observability, toil automation, SLIs/SLOs, and reliability engineering
Expert-level proficiency with Infrastructure as Code using Terraform, including module development and state management
Strong experience with CI/CD pipelines, automated testing frameworks, and DevOps practices
Experience with Grafana, AWS CloudWatch, and AWS Canary
Experience defining, implementing, and managing SLOs/SLIs and error budgets
Familiarity with conducting RCAs and producing postmortem documentation
Working experience in Agile and Scaled Agile environments
Familiarity with ITSM processes, resilience testing, and chaos engineering practices

Benefits

Comp & perks

Potential eligibility for overtime
Potential eligibility for shift differential
Potential eligibility for a discretionary bonus