Site Reliability Engineer Contract

C-Serv • Reston, VA

6d • Hybrid

About The Position

This role is for a Site Reliability Engineer II in the DC Metro area, with offices in Reston. It is a hybrid position involving 24/7 FedRAMP Operations with a rotational shift. The initial contract is until March 27. This role requires US citizenship and residence on US soil, operating within a FedRAMP Moderate-authorised environment. The position involves real-time monitoring, first-response triage, log-level root cause investigation, CVE remediation, STIG hardening, and deployment execution and troubleshooting. It is an opportunity for those with a couple of years of SRE or cloud support experience to gain experience in FedRAMP and GovCloud work.

Requirements

• 3+ years in SRE, DevOps, systems administration, or cloud support.
• Solid Linux administration (RHEL, Amazon Linux, Ubuntu) and comfort with bash/Python scripting.
• Working knowledge of Kubernetes/EKS, AWS core services, and L4/L7 load balancing troubleshooting.
• Prometheus, Grafana, and ChatOps-via-Slack experience.
• US citizenship and US-soil residency.
• Genuine availability for overnight/weekend rotational shifts.

Responsibilities

• Real-time monitoring and first-response triage across AWS (Commercial/GovCloud) and EKS infrastructure.
• Log-level root cause investigation in Kibana and Elasticsearch.
• CVE remediation and STIG hardening within FedRAMP SLA windows.
• Deployment execution and troubleshooting through GitLab CI/CD, ArgoCD, and Argo Workflows.

Benefits

• A defined engagement from mid-September through end of March, with clear shift expectations up front.
• Competitive W2 hourly rate ($60–$90/hr), with overnight/weekend shift premium built in, DOE.
• A genuine reference point for FedRAMP/GovCloud experience on your CV.
• A real stepping stone toward Senior SRE.
• Real support from a delivery partner that treats contractors like people, not headcount.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed