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Site Reliability Engineer (Cloud Operations)
Con*** · Reston, VA, United States
Reston, VA, United StatesFull timeExp: 4+ yrs100,000-130,000 USD/yearlyHybrid
Remuneration
$100K to $130K; health, dental, vision, and life insurance; 401(k) plan with matching and immediate vesting
Location
Reston, VA, United States
Visa sponsorship
Sponsors visa
Job summary
Support the reliability, availability, and operational performance of 13 containerized production services across two AWS accounts for a mission-critical application modernization program. Responsibilities include monitoring and alerting, incident response and service recovery, container image and dependency patching, and service availability reporting. Collaborate with application development, platform engineering, and DevSecOps teams, using Kubernetes or Amazon ECS and observability practices such as logging, metrics, and alerting.
Benefits
Health insuranceDental insuranceVision insuranceLife insurance401(k) plan with matching and immediate vesting
Qualifications
- At least 4 years of experience in Site Reliability Engineering, operations engineering, or a related role supporting containerized applications.
- Hands-on experience with Kubernetes or Amazon Elastic Container Service (ECS).
- Experience with observability practices, including monitoring, logging, metrics, and alerting.
- Knowledge of incident management, production troubleshooting, incident response, and service recovery.
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, documentation, and communication skills.
- U.S. citizenship.
- Eligibility to obtain and maintain a DoD security clearance.
Responsibilities
- Operate and maintain monitoring, alerting, and operational support processes for 13 containerized services across two AWS accounts.
- Monitor application health, service availability, and operational performance.
- Investigate operational issues, troubleshoot service disruptions, and coordinate resolution with technical teams.
- Maintain incident response procedures, escalation processes, and on-call operations.
- Participate in incident investigations, service recovery, and post-incident reviews.
- Coordinate patch cycles for container images and application dependencies.
- Produce and maintain service availability evidence for monthly operational reporting.
- Support Agile delivery, including two-week sprints and customer demonstrations.
Skills
AWSECSKubernetesOpenTelemetry
Work schedule
Monday through Friday40 hours per weekCore hours of 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. EasternTwo-week sprint cycles
Industry
AerospaceDefenseNational securityFederal government
Security clearance
Active Secret clearance or higher preferredEligibility for a Tier 5 investigation if required for privileged administrationMust be eligible to obtain and maintain a DoD security clearance
Relocation
No