Remote Cloud SRE: Kubernetes, Terraform & DoD Security

NALEJ; Arlington (VA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

NALEJ is seeking a Cloud Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) to ensure the reliability, security, and scalability of our AWS-hosted infrastructure. You will work across DevSecOps, cloud engineering, and security teams to keep production systems compliant and resilient.

You'll design, deploy, and manage AWS services (EKS, EC2, IAM, VPC, ECR) with Terraform, build CI/CD pipelines, and implement observability with Prometheus and Grafana while supporting on-call rotation and DoD security controls.

Qualifications

• U.S. Citizenship
• Active or Interim DoD Security Clearance
• IAT Level II Certification (Security+, SSCP, or CCNA Security)
• 3+ years experience with AWS and Terraform
• Kubernetes experience (EKS preferred)
• Strong Linux administration and scripting (Bash, Python, Go)
• Networking, VPC, IAM, and security best practices

Responsibilities

• Design, deploy, and manage AWS infrastructure (EKS, EC2, IAM, VPC, ECR) using Terraform.
• Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines.
• Implement monitoring, alerting, and observability using Prometheus and Grafana.
• Enforce DoD compliance policies and infrastructure security controls.
• Troubleshoot and optimize Kubernetes workloads in EKS.
• Automate infrastructure provisioning and manage state with GitOps workflows.
• Participate in on-call support and maintain detailed run books.
• Collaborate with development teams to promote DevSecOps practices.

Skills

Linux administration

Scripting (Bash, Python, Go)

Networking & security practices

DoD security clearance

Tools

AWS

Terraform

Kubernetes (EKS)

Prometheus

Grafana

GitOps

Argo

Job description

NALEJ is seeking a Cloud Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) to ensure the reliability, security, and scalability of our AWS-hosted infrastructure. You will work across DevSecOps, cloud engineering, and security teams to keep production systems compliant and resilient.

You'll design, deploy, and manage AWS services (EKS, EC2, IAM, VPC, ECR) with Terraform, build CI/CD pipelines, and implement observability with Prometheus and Grafana while supporting on-call rotation and DoD security controls.