Site Reliability Engineer

Govcio LLC; Arlington (TX); Hybrid; USD 230,000 - 250,000; Full time

Job summary

GovCIO in Arlington, VA is seeking a Site Reliability Engineer for a hybrid or remote role. This position blends software engineering practices with infrastructure operations expertise to improve the reliability, scalability, performance, and availability of mission‑critical systems.

The posted salary range is USD $230,000 to $250,000 per year. The role focuses on designing resilient production environments, implementing monitoring, and collaborating with development teams to boost application

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree with 12 years infrastructure or cloud engineering experience or equivalent.
• 5 to 10 years of engineering experience with Linux and Windows systems.
• Hands-on experience with Kubernetes and container platforms.
• Experience in cloud infrastructure environments.
• Proficiency in Python and Go.
• Knowledge of Terraform and automation tools.
• Familiarity with monitoring platforms and incident management.
• Experience designing and managing CI/CD pipelines.
• Kubernetes certifications preferred.
• AWS or Azure certifications preferred.
• DevOps certifications preferred.
• ITIL certification preferred.
• Active Secret clearance and ability to obtain DEA suitability.

Responsibilities

• We design and support highly available production environments.
• We define, track, and manage SLIs, SLOs, and error budgets.
• We automate operational work and reduce manual intervention.
• We build monitoring, alerting, and observability capabilities.
• We improve system performance, capacity, and resilience.
• We lead incident response efforts and perform root cause analysis.
• We implement disaster recovery and business continuity plans.
• We collaborate with development teams to strengthen application reliability.

Skills

Linux

Windows

Kubernetes

Containers

Python

Go

Terraform

Automation tools

Monitoring

CI/CD

DevOps

Security clearance

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Kubernetes

Terraform

Job description

Requirements

Must have:

• We require a bachelors degree with 12 years of infrastructure or cloud engineering experience, or equivalent practical experience.
• We seek 5 to 10 years of engineering experience with strong expertise in Linux and Windows systems.
• We need hands‑on experience with Kubernetes and container platforms.
• We require experience working in cloud infrastructure environments.
• We need proficiency in scripting languages such as Python and Go.
• We require practical knowledge of Terraform and other automation tools.
• We seek familiarity with monitoring platforms and incident management practices.
• We require experience designing and managing CI/CD pipelines.
• We prefer Kubernetes certifications.
• We prefer AWS or Azure certifications.
• We prefer DevOps certifications.
• ITIL certification is preferred.
• We require an active Secret clearance and the ability to obtain DEA suitability.

Responsibilities

• We design and support highly available production environments.
• We define, track, and manage SLIs, SLOs, and error budgets.
• We automate operational work and reduce manual intervention.
• We build monitoring, alerting, and observability capabilities.
• We improve system performance, capacity, and resilience.
• We lead incident response efforts and perform root cause analysis.
• We implement disaster recovery and business continuity plans.
• We collaborate with development teams to strengthen application reliability.

Company

We are GovCIO, hiring a Site Reliability Engineer for a hybrid or remote role based in Arlington, VA. In this position, we combine software engineering practices with infrastructure operations expertise to improve the reliability, scalability, performance, and availability of mission‑critical systems. The posted salary range is USD $230,000 to $250,000 per year.