Senior Site Reliability Engineer

Accenture Federal Services; Arlington (VA); On-site; USD 116,900 - 234,100; Full time

Job summary

Accenture Federal Services is seeking a Site Reliability Engineer based in Arlington, Virginia. This role involves ensuring the reliability, performance, and scalability of systems, tracking performance indicators, and automating operational tasks. Candidates should have a Bachelor’s degree (or equivalent experience), 8 years of managing IT systems, and an active TS/SCI clearance. The position offers a competitive salary range of $116,900–$234,100 USD based on local law requirements.

Qualifications

• 8 years of experience managing reliability and uptime for large IT systems.
• Experience in defining and tracking KPIs and SLOs.
• Active TS/SCI clearance is required.

Responsibilities

• Ensure reliability, performance, and scalability of the Client System.
• Design and implement monitoring and alerting systems.
• Participate in on-call rotations to respond to system incidents.

Skills

Managing reliability

Automation of operations

Performance analysis

Capacity planning

Load testing

Disaster recovery procedures

Education

Bachelor’s degree

DoD 8140 requirements

Job description

Site Reliability Engineer

The Site Reliability Engineer will ensure the reliability, performance, and scalability of the Client System. The engineer will define and track Key Performance Indicators and Service Level Objectives, identify and resolve performance bottlenecks, and perform root cause analysis on incidents to implement preventative measures and enhance system efficiency. This role will design and implement monitoring and alerting systems to provide visibility into system health and performance, develop and maintain runbooks and playbooks for operational procedures, and automate routine operational tasks to improve efficiency and reduce human error. The engineer will conduct capacity planning to ensure the system can handle expected loads, implement load testing to validate system performance under stress, and establish disaster recovery procedures to minimize downtime. They will participate in on‑call rotations to respond to system incidents, collaborate with development teams to improve application reliability and performance, and implement chaos engineering practices to identify weaknesses before they impact users.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree (or 4 years of additional experience)
• 8 years of experience managing reliability, uptime, and automating operations for large IT systems
• Must meet DoD 8140 requirements

Security Clearance

• Active TS/SCI clearance

As required by local law, Accenture Federal Services provides reasonable ranges of compensation for hired roles based on labor costs in the states of California, Colorado, Hawaii, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Jersey, New York, Washington, Vermont, the District of Columbia, and the city of Cleveland. The base pay range for this position in these locations is $116,900–$234,100 USD.

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement

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