Senior Site Reliability Engineer, (Senior Consultant, Engineering & Technical Services)

Fearless•Baltimore, MD

5d•$120,588 - $170,000•Remote

About The Position

Fearless is seeking Senior Site Reliability Engineers for its Senior Consultant, Engineering & Technical Services career path to support federal and state customers. The role focuses on ensuring mission-critical public services are reliable, scalable, secure, and observable. The Senior SRE collaborates with software, DevOps, security, product, and government teams to set reliability standards, automate infrastructure and operations, improve incident response, and build cloud-native platforms. The position combines advanced technical expertise with the ability to influence engineering practices across teams and adapt to different customer environments. The Senior Consultant aligns technical vision, implementation, and software quality across development, reliability, testing, and operations. The role bridges business objectives with technical execution across software development, infrastructure, security, and testing; ensures scalable, secure, reliable solutions; mentors engineers; fosters collaboration; and aligns stakeholders with product and project goals. The position also contributes to client relationships, project delivery, risk management, and customer outcomes, serving as a trusted advisor in its area of expertise. The position is remote, as indicated by the #LI-Remote designation. Candidates must reside in one of the listed states where Fearless is licensed to hire. Occasional travel to client sites or company meetings may be required. The stated salary range is $120,588–$195,955, with a hiring range of $120,588–$170,000 and a midpoint of $156,764. The position is eligible for a discretionary bonus based on individual and company performance criteria.

Requirements

At least 7 years of experience in site reliability engineering, DevOps, systems engineering, or infrastructure engineering.
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or a related field, or equivalent work experience.
Hands-on experience designing and operating production systems on at least one major cloud platform: AWS, Azure, or GCP.
Strong experience with Infrastructure as Code tools such as Terraform, AWS CDK, or CloudFormation.
Experience with containerization and orchestration technologies, including Docker and Kubernetes.
Proficiency in at least one scripting or programming language, such as Python, Go, or Bash.
Experience building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines with tools such as GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Jenkins, or Azure DevOps.
Experience implementing monitoring, logging, alerting, and observability solutions for distributed systems.
Demonstrated experience leading incident response, root cause analysis, and postmortems.
Strong understanding of networking, Linux systems administration, load balancing, DNS, and cloud security fundamentals.
Experience working in Agile delivery environments with cross-functional teams.
Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to explain complex technical issues to technical and non-technical stakeholders.
Advanced application proficiency in the listed skills and competencies, including analytical thinking, synthetic thinking, adaptability, ownership and accountability, consultative advising, communicating with influence, and managing priorities and client alignment.
Ability to sit for extended periods while working on a computer or during meetings.
Ability to travel occasionally to client sites or company meetings, potentially by driving or flying.
Ability to communicate effectively by phone, email, and in person, including clear speech, listening, and written communication.
Ability to move within an office environment, reach for files, use office equipment, and occasionally lift up to 10 pounds.

Nice To Haves

Experience supporting federal, state, or local government technology programs.
Experience in regulated environments, including FedRAMP, NIST 800-53, FISMA, HIPAA, or similar compliance frameworks, and supporting ATO processes.
Experience with AWS GovCloud, Azure Government, or cloud.gov environments.
Experience with service mesh technologies such as Istio or Linkerd, GitOps tools such as Argo CD or Flux, or policy-as-code tools such as OPA or Sentinel.
Experience with chaos engineering, resilience testing, or performance and load testing tools.
Experience applying AI-enabled tooling or AIOps to improve monitoring, incident detection, or operational automation.
Experience leading cloud migration, platform modernization, or legacy system modernization efforts.
AWS Certified DevOps Engineer – Professional, AWS Solutions Architect, Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA), HashiCorp Terraform Associate, Google Professional Cloud DevOps Engineer, Security+, or equivalent certifications.
Ability to obtain and maintain a Public Trust clearance.

Responsibilities

Define, implement, and track service level indicators (SLIs), service level objectives (SLOs), and error budgets aligned with mission and business priorities.
Design, build, and maintain highly available, fault-tolerant cloud infrastructure on AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud Platform.
Develop and manage Infrastructure as Code using tools such as Terraform, AWS CDK, or CloudFormation.
Build and improve CI/CD pipelines, deployment strategies, and release automation to enable safe, frequent software delivery.
Implement and maintain observability across metrics, logs, and traces using tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, Datadog, Splunk, CloudWatch, or OpenTelemetry.
Lead incident response, on-call practices, and blameless postmortems, and turn lessons learned into lasting improvements.
Manage and operate containerized workloads on Kubernetes or similar orchestration platforms.
Automate operational tasks and reduce toil using Python, Go, Bash, or similar languages.
Perform capacity planning, performance tuning, and load testing for high-traffic public services.
Build disaster recovery, backup, and business continuity strategies and test them regularly.
Partner with security and compliance teams on DevSecOps practices, vulnerability management, secrets management, least-privilege access, and Authority to Operate efforts.
Work with development teams early in the software lifecycle to influence architecture decisions for reliability, scalability, and operability.
Write and maintain runbooks, architecture diagrams, operational procedures, and reliability standards.
Mentor engineers, review code and infrastructure changes, and promote reliability and operational excellence.
Foster collaboration across cross-functional teams and drive conversations.
Coach, mentor, and develop peers, communicating engineering solutions clearly to technical and non-technical audiences.
Build trust with customers and teammates by delivering high-quality services.
Drive accountability and delivery by ensuring project objectives are met on time and aligned with client priorities and Fearless standards.
Monitor team deliverables, identify risks early, coach teammates on mitigation, and keep leadership informed.
Cultivate stakeholder relationships, synthesize client and partner insights, and provide actionable recommendations to Fearless leaders.
Deliver high-quality code and maintainable systems, and implement engineering best practices and innovative solutions.
Align stakeholders with product and project goals that advance customer satisfaction and Fearless objectives, strategy, and mission.
Serve as a trusted advisor in the area of expertise.

Benefits

Flexible, life-friendly schedules.
100% coverage for the medical HSA plan and HSA contributions.
Dental and vision coverage at 100% for the employee and dependents.
Competitive premiums for HMO/PPO and dependent coverage.
401(k) with 4% match and immediate vesting.
Paid parental leave and 12 weeks paid FMLA.
Generous PTO, 11 federal holidays, a birthday holiday, and sick leave.
Up to 15 days for jury duty and bereavement leave.
Education, wellness, and technology allowances.
Referral bonus of $6,000–$12,000 for each successful referral.
Pet insurance and discount plans.
Employee Assistance Program (EAP).
Legal support, life insurance, and disability coverage.
Performance-based bonuses based on shared company success and individual contributions.
A flexible, family-friendly environment and a culture emphasizing support, autonomy, coaching, equity, curiosity, and innovation.