External Job Posting Title Site Reliability Engineer

Peraton; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 112,000 - 179,000; Full time

Job summary

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

You will drive automation, observability, and incident response while supporting cloud and hybrid environments. A TS/SCI clearance and 7+ years in related fields are required.

Qualifications

• Active TS/SCI security clearance.
• Bachelor's degree in computer science, information technology, or a related field with 8+ years of experience; 4 additional years can waive degree.
• Minimum 7+ years in software engineering, DevOps, or operations.
• Cloud certifications (AWS, Azure or equivalent).
• CISSP or CASP+ credentials.
• DoD 8140/8570 compliant.
• Strong Linux administration experience.
• Experience with cloud-native technologies and automation frameworks.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement automation for infrastructure and application management.
• Modernize infrastructure with automation and refresh initiatives.
• Develop and maintain monitoring and observability platforms.
• Define and manage SLOs and 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, operations, and security teams.
• Support cloud and hybrid-cloud environments.

Skills

Security clearance

Linux administration

DevOps

Cloud experience

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/IT or equivalent

Tools

Kubernetes

Docker

Terraform

Ansible

Python

PowerShell

Rancher

Helm

Cilium

Ceph

MinIO

S3

Portworx

Terraform

Job description

Responsibilities

Program Overview

Peraton provides a secure, worldwide, high-performance communications network comprised of real-time interactive applications operating over a dedicated IP backbone with secure services for complex national and worldwide executive-level communications. Peraton provides the O&M of the network infrastructure and its components, integration for development of hardware and software solutions, and task support for the delivery of system, network, software, and security solutions.

About The Role

Peraton is seeking a self-driven and resourceful Site Reliability Engineer to join our dynamic of Network and UC engineers in Washington, DC. This position combines software engineering and systems administration disciplines to ensure the availability, performance, scalability, and reliability of mission-critical applications and infrastructure. The SRE will drive automation initiatives, observability improvements, and incident response operations.

Site Reliability Engineer responsibilities:

• Design and implement automation solutions for infrastructure and application management.
• Drive modernization efforts by engineering and implementing infrastructure improvements, automation capabilities, and technology refresh initiatives.
• 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.

Qualifications

Required Qualifications:

• An active/current TS/SCI Security Clearance is required.
• Bachelors degree in computer science, information technology (or similar technical field) and eight (8+) years relevant experience; an additional four years of experience may be considered in lieu of degree.
• Minimum 7+ years of software engineering, DevOps, or operations experience.
• Cloud Certifications (AWS, Azure, or equivalent).
• CISSP or CASP+
• DoD 8140/8570 Compliant.
• Strong Linux administration experience.
• Experience with cloud-native technologies and automation frameworks.

Desired Qualifications and Experience:

• CKA
• RHCSA
• AWS DevOps Engineer
• Azure Administrator (AZ-400)
• CCSP
• Kubernetes, Rancher, Helm, Docker, cilium, Rook, Ceph, MinIO, S3, PortWorz, Load Balancing, Ansible, Desired State Configuration, Terraform, Python, Powershell, Scripting

Peraton Overview

Peraton is a next-generation national security company that drives missions of consequence spanning the globe and extending to the farthest reaches of the galaxy. As the world’s leading mission capability integrator and transformative enterprise IT provider, we deliver trusted, highly differentiated solutions and technologies to protect our nation and allies. Peraton operates at the critical nexus between traditional and nontraditional threats across all domains: land, sea, space, air, and cyberspace. The company serves as a valued partner to essential government agencies and supports every branch of the U.S. armed forces. Each day, our employees do the can’t be done by solving the most daunting challenges facing our customers. Visit peraton.com to learn how we’re keeping people around the world safe and secure.

Target Salary Range

$112,000 - $179,000. This represents the typical salary range for this position. Salary is determined by various factors, including but not limited to, the scope and responsibilities of the position, the individual’s experience, education, knowledge, skills, and competencies, as well as geographic location and business and contract considerations.

• Depending on the position, employees may be eligible for overtime, shift differential, and a discretionary bonus in addition to base pay.

EEO

EEO: Equal opportunity employer, including disability and protected veterans, or other characteristics protected by law.