Site Reliability Engineer

Booz Allen Hamilton • McLean, VA

17d • $86,800 - $198,000 • Hybrid

About The Position

As a Site Reliability Engineer (SRE), you will help clients develop robust systems by building resilient infrastructure. You will build in redundancy, implement monitoring tools, and automate wherever possible. The role focuses on reducing toil by scripting routine tasks and automating self-repair, while supporting aviation systems and growing SRE experience. The position is hybrid and based in McLean, Virginia. U.S. citizenship is required due to the nature of the work. Selected applicants will undergo a government investigation and may need to meet eligibility requirements of the U.S. government client.

Requirements

• At least 6 years of experience provisioning and managing infrastructure and applications in cloud environments.
• At least 2 years of experience with monitoring and observability tools such as Grafana, Loki, Alloy, Prometheus, Elasticsearch, or Kibana.
• At least 2 years of experience with Kubernetes containerization.
• Experience with infrastructure-as-code environments, including automated server or network configuration, large-scale software deployments, or monitoring and testing such as CI/CD.
• Experience with automation tools such as Terraform, CloudFormation, or Ansible for system configuration and orchestrating network operations and DevOps pipelines, including scaling, releases, and day-to-day cloud operations.
• Experience documenting an as-is environment, performing gap analysis, and producing artifacts that articulate options and recommendations.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a Public Trust or Suitability/Fitness determination based on client requirements.
• Bachelor's degree.
• U.S. citizenship is required.

Nice To Haves

• Experience as a site reliability engineer in an enterprise environment and supporting enterprise cloud applications or infrastructure.
• Experience with cybersecurity concepts, including threats, vulnerabilities, security operations, patching, boundary defense, auditing, or authentication.
• Experience scripting in Bash, PowerShell, Python, Groovy, or Ruby.
• Experience managing Git-based version control systems, including GitLab or GitHub.
• Experience with open technologies, DevOps, and IaC tools, including Docker, Kubernetes, OpenShift, GitLab, Jenkins, GitHub, Terraform, Ansible, and Git.
• Experience with cloud-native container orchestration technologies, including EKS.
• Experience with system integration using protocols such as JSON, REST, and XML.
• Experience leveraging JSON, YAML, or XML for configuration.
• Experience with building, deployment, release automation, or orchestration.
• AWS Certified Solutions Architect Associate, Certified Solutions Architect Professional, or Certified DevOps Professional certification.

Responsibilities

• Build resilient infrastructure and improve system robustness.
• Build in redundancy and implement monitoring tools.
• Automate tasks, including scripting routine work and automating self-repair.
• Provision and manage infrastructure and applications in cloud environments.
• Use infrastructure-as-code and automation tools to configure systems, deploy software, and support monitoring, testing, CI/CD, and cloud operations.
• Document the current environment, perform gap analysis, and produce artifacts outlining options and recommendations.

Benefits

• Health, life, disability, financial, and retirement benefits.
• Paid leave.
• Professional development.
• Tuition assistance.
• Work-life programs.
• Dependent care.
• Recognition awards for exceptional performance and demonstration of company values.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior