AWS GovCloud SRE

Space Ground System Solutions, Inc.; Alexandria (VA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Fully funded health benefits for family

Funded Health Savings Account (HSA)

20% annual company contribution to retirement savings plan

Job summary

A technology and engineering firm based in Alexandria, Virginia is looking for a Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) to enhance cloud-based infrastructure supporting the National Security Space mission. The ideal candidate will have experience in SRE or DevOps roles and possess strong skills in cloud optimization, system performance analysis, and automation. This position offers comprehensive benefits, including full funding for medical, dental, and retirement savings accounts without employee contributions. Join us to be a key player in evolving security-focused mission-critical systems.

Qualifications

• 3–5+ years in SRE, DevOps, or systems engineering roles.
• Must be a US citizen with eligibility for TS/SCI clearance.
• Proficiency in Linux and Bash scripting.
• 3+ years in SRE/DevOps or systems engineering
• Experience with cloud-enabled, private/hybrid environments
• Proficient in Linux (RHEL) and Bash scripting
• Experience with Terraform, Ansible, Docker, Kubernetes
• Familiarity with monitoring tools (Prometheus, Grafana, CloudWatch) and CI/CD pipelines
• Security-focused with DISA STIG awareness (preferred)

Responsibilities

• Identify cloud infrastructure to meet mission requirements.
• Design and manage application security tools.
• Conduct system security analysis and enhancements.
• Conduct security compliance analysis and cost-efficient optimization
• Implement infrastructure as code (IaC) using Terraform
• Perform root-cause analysis and post-incident reviews
• Develop automation in Python or similar languages
• Improve monitoring and alerting across development and operations
• Support and guide developers on capacity planning and performance metrics
• Build and maintain dockerized services and Kubernetes workloads

Skills

Cloud optimization

System performance analysis

Collaboration with engineers

Automation using Python

Troubleshooting Docker images

Monitoring systems

CI/CD tooling

Security/compliance

Python scripting

Education

B.S. in Computer Science/Engineering

Tools

Terraform

AWS GovCloud

Ansible

Kubernetes

Prometheus

Linux

Job description

Space Ground System Solutions (SGSS), a Parsons Corporation company, has an immediate full‑time opening for a Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) on its IT Support team in Alexandria, Virginia. In this role, you will support the Naval Research Laboratory in advancing the National Security Space mission by contributing to the expansion of cloud‑based infrastructure. The SRE will play a key role in evolving satellite ground system software to operate within hybrid and private cloud environments, enabling greater scalability, resilience, and mission readiness. This position will also be responsible for managing, supporting, and facilitating infrastructure operations for development teams building systems that integrate government‑off‑the‑shelf (GOTS), commercial, and open‑source software. This SRE position requires close collaboration with engineers to ensure reliable, secure, and efficient system performance across mission‑critical environments.

Job Responsibilities

• Identify appropriate cloud based (i.e., AWS GovCloud) infrastructure to meet mission requirements, including the specification, acquisition, configuration, dynamic provisioning and maintenance of servers
• Design, implement, manage, and automate application and infrastructure security tools (containerized scanning and VM tools) along with integrations to CI/CD pipelines, automated workflows, script‑based integrations, etc.
• Specify and configure physical and virtual machines with RedHat Enterprise Linux with a heavy focus on stable and supported operating systems. This includes proactive and consistent maintenance to ensure systems platforms (i.e., Open Stack, Kubernetes, etc.) are up and available 98% of time
• Perform current state analysis of an organization’s system security controls and measures against DISA STIG standards, and provide recommendations for enhancement
• Implement configuration management automation (e.g., Ansible) to maintain configuration
• Assist the development team with requirements verification. The SRE’s holistic view should include, but is not limited to, capacity planning, system‑platform performance metrics, change management, high quality of services, promoting first‑class automation and reasonable cost implementation options
• Assist the organization and technical lead(s) in identifying technical problems, perform root cause analysis and corrective actions follow‑up, develop managerial summaries and technical steps for implementing software updates, fixes, and/or replacements
• Conduct post‑incident reviews. Identify what’s working and what’s not. Develop revised response plans that improve the software development life cycle, revise documentation, implement engineering processes that positively impact IT service delivery and build customer confidence after system maintenance & provisioning
• Fix support escalation issues; serve on the tier 3 support team for integrated product support and proactive response to complex support challenges
• Develop and maintain Infrastructure‑as‑Code (IaC) with security embedded using such technologies as Terraform
• Document, train, and operate a software assurance capability at multiple security levels
• Document tribal knowledge and integrate into practical use – documentation, automation, monitoring and remediation. Support feedback from practical experience to software development, support, IT operations and on‑call process improvement
• Develop workflow in Python or similar scripting languages as needed
• Build software for support team; build and implement services to improve the quality of support team delivery; improve monitoring and alerting internally and at customer sites in integration, test, and ops

Required Skills and Qualifications

• Must be a US citizen
• Must meet eligibility requirements to obtain a TS/SCI clearance within 18 months of hire
• B.S. in Computer Science/Engineering or other relevant field from an accredited university or equivalent combination of formal education
• Minimum 3–5+ years in SRE, DevOps, or systems engineering roles
• Infrastructure capabilities: operating systems, networking, identity management and access control
• 3+ years of experience with designing solutions in cloud‑optimized, private cloud and hybrid environments
• Minimum 3+ years of experience supporting secure, scalable, and elastic applications on distributed architectures
• Expertise with tools like Prometheus, Grafana, Datadog, or AWS CloudWatch
• Understand the infrastructure management process and tools like Terraform and AWS CloudFormation
• Experience with server configuration processes and tools such as Chef, Ansible, or Puppet
• Expert in creating, deploying, maintaining, and troubleshooting Docker or Podman images and orchestration with Kubernetes
• Proficiency with Linux, especially RHEL families, and Bash scripting
• Proficiency in implementing greenfield cloud infrastructure on AWS/Azure/GCP
• Understanding of CI/CD and related concepts
• Expert ability to execute advanced Git actions like rebasing and squashing
• Basic understanding of software development and web application development concepts

Preferred Skills and Qualifications

• Experience serving in security management in a classified IT development program
• Familiarity with specific tools: Gitlab, Ansible, Terraform, OpenStack, AWS GovCloud, RedHat Enterprise Virtualization
• Familiarity with CI/CD and tooling for CM, build, deployment, and code quality around C++ and Python
• AWS Certifications
• DoD 8750 certification at IAT Level II (CompTIA Security+, Cloud+, CASP+) will be required to attain and maintain as part of the job
• Experience with FedRAMP, NIST 800‑53, and managing secure enclaves

Benefits

• All benefits fully funded, for your entire family
  • this includes Medical/Dental/Vision/Group Life/STD/LTD - no employee premiums
• SGSS funded HSA (Health Savings Account) provided
  • with SGSS funding the maximum amount allowed by the IRS
• Retirement Savings Plan (RSP/401k) with a 20% annual company contribution - no employee contribution required

SGSS believes in taking care of their employees by offering the full range of benefits and firm support for career growth. Apply now to work for a company that truly believes YOU are the key to OUR success. Come be the difference.

Applicants selected for this position will be subject to a government security investigation and must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information or applicants who are eligible for security clearances.

SGSS is an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, veteran status or any other protected status.