Senior Site Reliability Lead — AWS, DevSecOps & Platform

Karsun Solutions, LLC; Colorado; On-site; USD 155,000 - 175,000; Full time

Job summary

Karsun Solutions, LLC in Colorado seeks a seasoned Site Reliability Manager to lead a multi-disciplinary team responsible for application reliability, DevSecOps, and platform lifecycle management on AWS.

The role requires 10+ years in a senior SRE/ops role, strong automation skills, IaC with Terraform/Ansible/ArgoCD, container technologies, Datadog, and the ability to obtain public trust clearance; on-site work in the DMV area preferred, but relocation possible.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field; Master's degree preferred.
• 10+ years of experience in a similar role managing a team of site reliability engineers and delivering in the AWS cloud platform.
• 5+ years of experience supporting operations and maintenance for cloud-native applications in production that are fault-tolerant, self-healing, scalable, and highly available.
• Deep understanding of the AWS cloud computing platform and containerization technologies (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes).
• Strong knowledge of infrastructure as code tools (e.g., Terraform, Ansible, ArgoCD) and CI/CD pipelines.
• Experience with Datadog as the primary logging, monitoring, and observability platform (alongside AWS Cloudwatch).
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams.
• Strong problem-solving and analytical skills, with a keen attention to detail.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a Public Trust clearance.
• Certifications such as AWS Certified DevOps Engineer are a plus.

Responsibilities

• Team Leadership: Lead an 8-20 person service delivery team, mentoring them to foster a culture of learning and innovation.
• Pillar 1: Application Reliability: Take joint ownership of production reliability, standardize observability and error handling using Datadog, develop SLOs and KPIs, and conduct incident post-mortems and root cause analyses.
• Pillar 2: DevSecOps: Define and implement best practices for infrastructure as code, deployment automation, and drive vulnerability management and resolution.
• Pillar 3: Platform Lifecycle Management: Oversee the end-to-end platform lifecycle, design scalable and fault-tolerant architectures, and drive continuous improvement initiatives.

Skills

AWS

Datadog observability

Leadership

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or Engineering

Master's degree preferred

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Terraform

Ansible

ArgoCD

Datadog

Job description

Karsun Solutions, LLC in Colorado seeks a seasoned Site Reliability Manager to lead a multi-disciplinary team responsible for application reliability, DevSecOps, and platform lifecycle management on AWS.

The role requires 10+ years in a senior SRE/ops role, strong automation skills, IaC with Terraform/Ansible/ArgoCD, container technologies, Datadog, and the ability to obtain public trust clearance; on-site work in the DMV area preferred, but relocation possible.