Senior Site Reliability Engineer

Jobtailor; San Antonio (TX); On-site; USD 106,000 - 176,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Rx, Dental & Vision Insurance

401(k) Retirement Plan

Tuition Reimbursement

Mobility Stipend

Parental Leave

Job summary

Guidehouse seeks a senior Site Reliability Engineer to lead the implementation of SRE practices across enterprise environments. You will define and manage SLIs, SLOs, error budgets, and reliability metrics while pushing automation of operations and incident response workflows.

The role requires incident investigations, root cause analysis, and the design of observability, monitoring, alerting, and self-healing solutions.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree from an accredited university.
• Minimum of 7+ years of work experience.
• Experience with large-scale cloud platforms and strong AWS operations.
• US citizenship and ability to obtain Public Trust clearance.

Responsibilities

• Lead implementation of Site Reliability Engineering practices across enterprise environments.
• Define and manage SLIs, SLOs, error budgets, and reliability metrics.
• Drive automation of operational processes and incident response workflows.
• Lead incident investigations, root cause analysis, and post-incident reviews.
• Design and implement observability, monitoring, alerting, and self-healing solutions.

Skills

Cloud platforms

AWS

Monitoring

Incident response

SRE practices

Observability

Automation

Infrastructure as Code

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

Job Family :

SAAS/PAAS/Cloud Consulting

Travel Required :

Up to 10%

Clearance Required :

Ability to Obtain Public Trust

What You Will Do

• Lead implementation of Site Reliability Engineering practices across enterprise environments.
• Define and manage SLIs, SLOs, error budgets, and reliability metrics.
• Drive automation of operational processes and incident response workflows.
• Lead incident investigations, root cause analysis, and post-incident reviews.
• Design and implement observability, monitoring, alerting, and self-healing solutions.

What You Will Need:

• Must be able to OBTAIN and MAINTAIN a Federal or DoD "PUBLIC TRUST"; candidates must obtain approved adjudication of their PUBLIC TRUST prior to onboarding with Guidehouse. Candidates with an ACTIVE PUBLIC TRUST or SUITABILITY are preferred.
• US Citizenship is contractually required.
• Bachelor's degree from an accredited university.
• Minimum of SEVEN (7)+ years of overall work experience.
• Experience supporting large-scale cloud platforms.
• Strong AWS operational experience.
• Experience with production operations, monitoring, and incident response.
• Experience with container orchestration, automation, and Infrastructure-as-Code.

What Would Be Nice To Have:

• AWS Professional certification.
• Google SRE or related reliability engineering experience.
• Experience supporting highly available enterprise environments.
• Experience with Chaos Engineering practices.
• Familiarity with geospatial platforms including ArcGIS Enterprise.

The annual salary range for this position is $106,000.00-$176,000.00. Compensation decisions depend on a wide range of factors, including but not limited to skill sets, experience and training, security clearances, licensure and certifications, and other business and organizational needs.

What We Offer:

Guidehouse offers a comprehensive, total rewards package that includes competitive compensation and a flexible benefits package that reflects our commitment to creating a diverse and supportive workplace.

Benefits include:

• Medical, Rx, Dental & Vision Insurance
• Personal and Family Sick Time & Company Paid Holidays
• Position may be eligible for a discretionary variable incentive bonus
• Parental Leave and Adoption Assistance
• 401(k) Retirement Plan
• Basic Life & Supplemental Life
• Health Savings Account, Dental/Vision & Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts
• Short-Term & Long-Term Disability
• Student Loan PayDown
• Tuition Reimbursement, Personal Development & Learning Opportunities
• Skills Development & Certifications
• Employee Referral Program
• Corporate Sponsored Events & Community Outreach
• Emergency Back-Up Childcare Program
• Mobility Stipend

About Guidehouse

Guidehouse is an Equal Opportunity Employer–Protected Veterans, Individuals with Disabilities or any other basis protected by law, ordinance, or regulation.

Guidehouse will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable law or ordinance including the Fair Chance Ordinance of Los Angeles and San Francisco.

If you have visited our website for information about employment opportunities, or to apply for a position, and you require an accommodation, please contact Guidehouse Recruiting at 1-571-633-1711 or via email at [e-mail] . All information you provide will be kept confidential and will be used only to the extent required to provide needed reasonable accommodation.

All communication regarding recruitment for a Guidehouse position will be sent from Guidehouse email domains including @guidehouse.com or [e-mail] . Correspondence received by an applicant from any other domain should be considered unauthorized and will not be honored by Guidehouse. Note that Guidehouse will never charge a fee or require a money transfer at any stage of the recruitment process and does not collect fees from educational institutions for participation in a recruitment event. Never provide your banking information to a third party purporting to need that information to proceed in the hiring process.

If any person or organization demands money related to a job opportunity with Guidehouse, please report the matter to Guidehouse’s Ethics Hotline. If you want to check the validity of correspondence you have received, please contact [e-mail] . Guidehouse is not responsible for losses incurred (monetary or otherwise) from an applicant’s dealings with unauthorized third parties.

Guidehouse does not accept unsolicited resumes through or from search firms or staffing agencies. All unsolicited resumes will be considered the property of Guidehouse and Guidehouse will not be obligated to pay a placement fee.