Site Reliability Engineer, Lead
About The Position
As a Lead Site Reliability Engineer (SRE), you will ensure the reliability, performance, scalability, and security of critical production systems and platforms. You will lead the design and implementation of observability, automation, incident response, and operational best practices across cloud and air-gapped environments, working closely with DevOps, infrastructure, and security teams to improve resilience and reduce operational risk. The role drives root cause analysis, capacity planning, reliability standards, and continuous improvement to support highly available, efficient, and scalable services. You will build and support reliable environments that meet the development and maintenance requirements of systems and platforms. You will work with development and operations teams to evaluate system health, stability, and reliability, and design and develop technical tools to debug problems that occur during application deployment within specific platforms and systems. The position supports efforts to strengthen security and safeguard national interests.
Requirements
- 8+ years of experience with monitoring, logging, and observability platforms such as Splunk, Prometheus, Grafana, and the ELK stack.
- 8+ years of experience with Linux systems administration and networking fundamentals within AWS.
- Experience with Python scripting and automation.
- Experience with Infrastructure as Code using Terraform and Terragrunt.
- Knowledge of Kubernetes administration, troubleshooting, and operations.
- TS/SCI clearance.
- High school diploma or GED.
- CompTIA Security+ certification.
Nice To Haves
- Experience with cybersecurity concepts, including threats, vulnerabilities, security operations, patching, boundary defense, auditing, or authentication.
- Experience with RHEL administration.
- Knowledge of NIST 800-53.
- Bachelor's degree in IT, Information Systems, Cybersecurity, Engineering, or another related field.
- SSCP, CCNA-Security, or GSEC certification.
Responsibilities
- Ensure the reliability, performance, scalability, and security of critical production systems and platforms.
- Lead the design and implementation of observability, automation, incident response, and operational best practices across cloud and air-gapped environments.
- Partner with DevOps, infrastructure, and security teams to improve system resilience and reduce operational risk.
- Drive root cause analysis, capacity planning, reliability standards, and continuous improvement initiatives.
- Build and support reliable environments that meet system and platform development and maintenance requirements.
- Work with development and operations teams to evaluate system and platform health, stability, and reliability.
- Design and develop technical tools to debug problems in application deployments and specific platforms and systems.
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.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
Education Level
High school or GED
