Site Reliability Engineer

Booz Allen Hamilton•Reston, VA

About The Position

As a Site Reliability Engineer (SRE), you will support and sustain a production Kubernetes-based platform operating within the Intelligence Community. You will perform platform operations, infrastructure maintenance, software upgrades, troubleshooting, incident response, and operational support while helping drive automation and continuous improvement. The platform uses cloud-native technologies on AWS-based infrastructure, including Kubernetes, OpenShift, EKS, Terraform, and Helm. The role supports highly visible mission requirements and helps sustain and modernize national security mission systems.

Requirements

Experience operating and supporting production containerized Kubernetes-based infrastructure, administering Kubernetes environments, and performing troubleshooting and maintenance.
Experience with AWS cloud environments, Red Hat OpenShift, and Amazon EKS.
Experience deploying and managing Infrastructure-as-Code solutions, including Terraform, and deploying and managing containerized applications using Helm.
Experience developing automation and scripting solutions using Bash or Python and supporting software upgrades, patching, operational requests, and incident response activities.
Knowledge of Linux operating systems, networking concepts, and database concepts.
Ability to work independently, demonstrate initiative, and communicate effectively with customers.
TS/SCI clearance with a polygraph.
Bachelor's degree in a Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics (STEM) field.
CompTIA Security+ certification.
AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner or an AWS certification such as Solutions Architect or DevOps Engineer.

Nice To Haves

Experience supporting Intelligence Community or Department of Defense environments.
Experience supporting platform operations and sustainment in production environments.
Experience supporting troubleshooting and outage response for large-scale systems.
Experience implementing automation to streamline deployments, upgrades, and operational processes.
Experience developing monitoring and alerting improvements to proactively identify issues.
Experience supporting Infrastructure-as-Code and cloud-native platform environments.
Knowledge of change management, operational support, and IT service management processes.
Strong customer engagement and communication skills.

Responsibilities

Operate and support production containerized Kubernetes-based infrastructure and administer Kubernetes environments.
Perform infrastructure maintenance, troubleshooting, software upgrades, and patching.
Support operational requests and incident response activities.
Deploy and manage Infrastructure-as-Code solutions using Terraform.
Deploy and manage containerized applications using Helm.
Develop automation and scripting solutions using Bash or Python.
Contribute to automation and continuous improvement of platform operations.
Support mission systems deployed on AWS-based infrastructure.