Automation-Driven Site Reliability Engineer

Peraton; United States; On-site; USD 112,000 - 179,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive benefits

Job summary

Peraton seeks a self-driven Site Reliability Engineer to join our Network and UC engineers in Washington, DC. The role blends software engineering with systems administration to ensure high availability and reliability for mission-critical applications.

You will drive automation, improve observability, and lead incident response efforts across cloud and hybrid environments, collaborating across security, software, and operations teams. TS/SCI clearance is required.

Qualifications

• Active TS/SCI security clearance is required.
• A Bachelor's degree in computer science, information technology, or a similar technical field with 8+ years of relevant experience.
• 7+ years of software engineering, DevOps, or operations experience.
• Cloud certifications (AWS, Azure, or equivalent).
• CISSP or CASP+ certification is preferred.
• DoD 8140/8570 compliant.
• Strong Linux administration experience.
• Experience with cloud-native technologies and automation frameworks.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement automation solutions for infrastructure and application management.
• Drive modernization by engineering infrastructure improvements and automation capabilities.
• Develop and maintain monitoring and observability platforms.
• Define and manage Service Level Objectives (SLOs) and Service Level Indicators (SLIs).
• Support incident response, root cause analysis, and post-incident reviews.
• Implement infrastructure-as-code and configuration management solutions.
• Optimize system performance and reliability.
• Collaborate with software development, operations, and security teams.
• Support cloud and hybrid-cloud environments.

Skills

Security clearance

8+ years experience

Linux administration

DevOps practices

Education

Bachelor's degree in computer science or related field

Tools

Cloud certifications (AWS/Azure)

CISSP or CASP+

DoD 8140/8570 compliant

Kubernetes/Docker/Ansible

Terraform/Python/PowerShell

Job description

Peraton seeks a self-driven Site Reliability Engineer to join our Network and UC engineers in Washington, DC. The role blends software engineering with systems administration to ensure high availability and reliability for mission-critical applications.

You will drive automation, improve observability, and lead incident response efforts across cloud and hybrid environments, collaborating across security, software, and operations teams. TS/SCI clearance is required.