Senior Site Reliability Engineer - Cloud, Kubernetes & Linux

Momentum Engineering; Maryland; On-site; USD 165,000 - 230,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

11 paid holidays

Minimum 3 weeks PTO

Group medical plan

Dental, vision, life insurance

Job summary

Momentum Engineering seeks a Site Reliability Engineer 3 to support a cloud-based analytics platform built with Java, Kubernetes, Hadoop, and Accumulo. The role emphasizes proactive issue prevention, automation, and on-call support in a mission-focused environment.

The candidate will work with Linux, Docker, Kubernetes, and OpenStack-related technologies, ensuring reliability and scalability of critical systems for national security initiatives.

Qualifications

• Must have active TS/SCI clearance with NSA FSP
• Bachelor’s in CS or related field; advanced degree or 14+ years experience considered equivalent
• DoD 8570 IAT Level I or higher
• Experience troubleshooting Linux environments and incident response
• Certifications: CKAD, AWS... etc (list from ad)

Responsibilities

• Provide Tier 1–3 support for cloud-based infrastructure
• Troubleshoot complex Linux, network, and app issues
• Monitor health, performance, and availability of platform
• Develop automation scripts in Python/Bash
• Maintain docs for procedures and incidents
• Collaborate with engineers and stakeholders
• Participate in on-call duty

Skills

Top Secret/SCI clearance

DoD 8570 IAT Level I

Incident response

Hybrid/mission-critical mindset

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field

Master’s degree may be considered equivalent

14+ years of relevant technical experience

Tools

Kubernetes

Docker

Hadoop

Apache Accumulo

Python

Bash

Prometheus

Grafana

Salt

Ansible

OpenStack

AWS

HDFS

Job description

Momentum Engineering seeks a Site Reliability Engineer 3 to support a cloud-based analytics platform built with Java, Kubernetes, Hadoop, and Accumulo. The role emphasizes proactive issue prevention, automation, and on-call support in a mission-focused environment.

The candidate will work with Linux, Docker, Kubernetes, and OpenStack-related technologies, ensuring reliability and scalability of critical systems for national security initiatives.