DevSecOps - Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) / US Gov

Quindar; Denver (CO); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Unlimited PTO

100% health insurance coverage

4% 401(k) matching

Quarterly health & wellness benefits

Job summary

Quindar is seeking a Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) in Denver, Colorado. You will design, automate, and operate cloud systems to support mission-critical workloads for U.S. Government customers. Your role will ensure the reliability, operability, and observability of Quindar’s platform, focusing on automation and stability.

A Bachelor's degree in Computer Science and 3+ years of related experience are required, along with an active U.S. Security Clearance. You will collaborate with various teams to enhance deployment consistency and reliability across environments.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of professional experience as an SRE, DevOps, reliability engineer.
• Active U.S. Security Clearance (Secret or higher required).
• Experience working toward ATO in federal or DoD environments preferred.

Responsibilities

• Design, automate, deploy, and operate reliable cloud systems.
• Ensure reliability and operability of Quindar’s platform in production.
• Build and evolve automated deployment pipelines and secure operations.

Skills

Kubernetes and containerized workloads

AWS EKS, Rancher or similar platforms

GovCloud, IL-enclave, C2E environments

CI/CD systems, deployment automation (GitLab preferred)

Python, Infrastructure-as-Code tools (Terraform)

Observability platforms (Grafana, Datadog)

Distributed systems, APIs, databases, caching

Networking fundamentals (VPCs, VPNs)

Linux/Unix systems

Cloud security best practices

Identity and access management (AWS IAM)

Git fundamentals

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field

Job description

What You’ll Be Doing

Design, automate, deploy, and operate highly reliable cloud systems supporting mission-critical workloads for U.S. Government customers. This role is centered on DevSecOps and site reliability engineering, with a strong emphasis on deployment automation, operational stability, and system resilience across AWS GovCloud and AWS C2E environments.

You will be responsible for the reliability and operability of Quindar’s platform in production, ensuring systems are observable, fault-tolerant, and require minimal manual intervention. Your work will directly impact mission success by improving system uptime, deployment velocity, and operational confidence in constrained and classified environments.

A key focus of this role is building and evolving automated deployment pipelines, hardened runtime environments, and repeatable infrastructure patterns that support secure and scalable operations in regulated environments.

You will also support and improve Quindar deployments to air-gapped networks, driving consistency, reliability, and performance across all environments. As the organization grows, you will help define and implement best practices for availability, latency, incident response, and service-level objectives (SLOs).

This role includes participation in incident response and a 24/7 on-call rotation, with a strong mandate to eliminate toil through automation and continuously improve system reliability.

You will collaborate closely with frontend, backend, and platform engineers to ensure systems meet performance, reliability, and mission assurance requirements.

Technical Skills

• Strong experience with Kubernetes and containerized workloads in production environments
• Hands-on experience operating clusters in AWS EKS, Rancher, or similar platforms
• Experience supporting GovCloud, IL-enclave, or C2E environments
• Deep experience with CI/CD systems and deployment automation (GitLab preferred)
• Proficiency in Python and Infrastructure-as-Code tools (Terraform or similar)
• Experience with observability platforms (Grafana LGTM stack, Datadog, or equivalent)
• Strong understanding of distributed systems, APIs, databases, caching, and event-driven architectures
• Solid networking fundamentals (VPCs, VPNs, load balancers, TLS, service connectivity)
• Experience with Linux/Unix systems
• Familiarity with cloud security best practices, enclave boundaries, and secure system design
• Experience with identity and access management (AWS IAM, Auth0, Keycloak, ICAM patterns)
• Strong Git fundamentals and experience supporting deployments across multiple classification levels

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field
• 3+ years of professional experience as an SRE, DevOps, reliability, infrastructure, or platform engineer
• Active U.S. Security Clearance (Secret or higher required; TS/SCI preferred); U.S. Citizenship required
• Experience working toward ATO/authorization in federal, DoD, or IC environments preferred
• Experience supporting deployments in GovCloud, C2S/C2E, or IL-enclave environments highly desirable

Itar Requirements

• To conform to U.S. Government export regulations, applicant must be a (i) U.S. citizen or national, (ii) U.S. lawful, permanent resident (aka green card holder), (iii) Refugee under 8 U.S.C.1157, or (iv) Asylee under 8 U.S.C.1158, or be eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State. Learn more about the ITAR here.

Why you'll love working at Quindar

• We work in a cutting edge industry and you will get the opportunity to be part of a small team with a large direct impact on the success of our customers’ space missions!
• We take work life balance very seriously. We require employees to take 15 days off but provide unlimited PTO and follow most US federal government holidays.
• Mental health is just as important as physical so we provide quarterly health & wellness benefits.
• Comprehensive health insurance for you and your family with 100% coverage for employees.
• We encourage employees to save for retirement and provide 4% 401(k) matching.
• Annually we have a 4-day company offsite. Previous locations include San Francisco, Nashville, Denver, Santa Fe, New Orleans, San Diego, Bozeman, and New York City.
• Our culture and company is evolving. You will be key in creating the next major or minor version!