Public Sector Reliability Engineer: Scale & Secure Systems

Socket.dev; Reston (VA); On-site; USD 147,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Google Public Sector is hiring software engineers to build sovereign cloud platforms for U.S. government and education, handling large-scale distributed systems with security and reliability at the core.

You will own the full lifecycle of air-gapped services, from inception and design through deployment, operation, and refinement, working across teams to ensure scalable, resilient solutions. The role emphasizes leadership, architectural excellence, and the ability to adapt as technologies

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 2 years designing, analyzing, and troubleshooting distributed systems.
• 1 year software development in one or more languages.
• Must have active Top Secret/SCI clearance or willing polygraph.

Responsibilities

• Own the complete life-cycle of Google Public Sector air-gapped services from inception to refinement.
• Provide design consulting, develop software platforms, capacity planning, and launch reviews.
• Maintain live services by measuring availability, latency, and health; scale via automation.
• Scale systems through mechanisms like automation and drive reliability and velocity.
• Practice blameless postmortems and sustainable incident response.

Skills

Bachelor's degree or equivalent pract

Distributed systems design/analysis

Software development in one or more

Active TS/SCI clearance with poly

Education

Bachelor's degree

Master's or PhD in CS or related field

Job description

Google Public Sector is hiring software engineers to build sovereign cloud platforms for U.S. government and education, handling large-scale distributed systems with security and reliability at the core.

You will own the full lifecycle of air-gapped services, from inception and design through deployment, operation, and refinement, working across teams to ensure scalable, resilient solutions. The role emphasizes leadership, architectural excellence, and the ability to adapt as technologies