Site Reliability Engineer

Booz Allen Hamilton; McLean (VA); On-site; USD 87,000 - 198,000; Full time

Job summary

Booz Allen Hamilton is seeking a Site Reliability Engineer in the McLean, VA area to build resilient infrastructure, automate routines, and reduce toil. You will leverage cloud platforms (AWS), container orchestration (Kubernetes), and monitoring tools to improve system reliability for national security projects. U.S.

citizenship is required for this facility. The role emphasizes automation, IaC, and collaboration with enterprise teams to ensure robust, scalable services and secure, compliant

Qualifications

• 6+ years in a professional IT environment.
• 2+ years provisioning/in managing Cloud infrastructure (AWS).
• 2+ years with monitoring/observability tools (Grafana, Kibana, Prometheus).
• Experience as a site reliability engineer in enterprise Cloud apps/infrastructure.
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, CloudFormation, Ansible).
• Git-based version control experience (GitLab or GitHub).
• Bachelor's degree required.

Skills

6+ years experience

AWS

Grafana

Prometheus

Kibana

Kubernetes

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Terraform

CloudFormation

Ansible

Docker

GitHub / GitLab

Job description

Site Reliability Engineer The Opportunity: Engineering to make a system more resilient and efficient frees up time and money to build more capabilities. Whether you come from a background in network engineering, systems administration, or software development—if you have a passion for making systems better, we need you! As a Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) on our team, you’ll help clients develop more robust systems by building a resilient infrastructure. You’ll build in redundancy, implement monitoring tools, and automate wherever possible. You’ll reduce toil by scripting routine tasks and automating self-repair. This is your chance to further your skills in aviation systems while continuing to grow your SRE experience. Work with us as we help improve our nation’s operations. Due to the nature of work performed within this facility, U.S. citizenship is required. Join us. The world can’t wait.

You Have:

• 6+ years of experience working in a professional information technology (IT) environment
• 2+ years of experience provisioning and managing infrastructure and applications in Cloud environments, including in Amazon Web Services (AWS)
• 2+ years of experience with monitoring and observability tools such as Grafana, Loki, Alloy, Prometheus, Elasticsearch, or Kibana and container orchestration tools such as Kubernetes
• Experience as a site reliability engineer in an enterprise environment and supporting enterprise Cloud applications or infrastructure
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code (IAC) environments, including activities around the automated server or network configurations, large-scale software deployments, or monitoring and testing such as CI/CD
• Experience with automation tools, including Terraform, CloudFormation, or Ansible, automating system configurations, and orchestrating network operations and DevOps pipelines, including scaling, releases, and day-to-day system operations in Cloud environments
• Experience with managing Git-based version control systems, including GitLab or GitHub
• Experience with documenting an as-is state of the environment, performing a gap analysis, and producing artifacts that articulate options and recommendations
• Ability to obtain and maintain a Public Trust or Suitability/Fitness determination based on client requirements
• Bachelor's degree

Nice If You Have:

• Experience with cybersecurity concepts, including threats, vulnerabilities, security operations, patching, boundary defense, auditing, or authentication
• Experience identifying and implementing automation to improve user experience (UX)
• Experience scripting in Bash, PowerShell, Python, Groovy, or Ruby
• Experience with open technologies, DevOps, and IaC tools, including Docker, Kubernetes, OpenShift, Gitlab, Jenkins, GitHub, Terraform, Ansible, and Git
• Experience with cloud native container orchestration technologies, including EKS
• Experience with system integration using a variety of protocols, including JSON, REST, and XML
• Experience leveraging JSON, YAML, or XML for configuration
• Experience with DevOps and Agile methodologies
• Experience with building, deployment, release automation, or orchestration AWS, Certified Solutions Architect Associate, Certified Solutions Architect Professional, or Certified DevOps Professional Certification

Compensation At Booz Allen

At Booz Allen, we celebrate your contributions, provide you with opportunities and choices, and support your total well-being. Our offerings include health, life, disability, financial, and retirement benefits, as well as paid leave, professional development, tuition assistance, work-life programs, and dependent care. Our recognition awards program acknowledges employees for exceptional performance and superior demonstration of our values. Full-time and part-time employees working at least 20 hours a week on a regular basis are eligible to participate in Booz Allen’s benefit programs. Individuals that do not meet the threshold are only eligible for select offerings, not inclusive of health benefits. We encourage you to learn more about our total benefits by visiting the Resource page on our Careers site and reviewing Our Employee Benefits page. Salary at Booz Allen is determined by various factors, including but not limited to location, the individual’s particular combination of education, knowledge, skills, competencies, and experience, as well as contract-specific affordability and organizational requirements. The projected compensation range for this position is $86,800.00 to $198,000.00 (annualized USD). The estimate displayed represents the typical salary range for this position and is just one component of Booz Allen Allen’s total compensation package for employees. This posting will close within 90 days from the Posting Date.

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All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to disability, status as a protected veteran or any other status protected by applicable federal, state, local, or international law.

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All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to disability, status as a protected veteran or any other status protected by applicable federal, state, local, or international law.

About Booz Allen Hamilton

Booz Allen is an advanced technology company delivering outcomes with speed for America’s most critical defense, civil, and national security priorities. We build technology solutions using AI, cyber, and other cutting-edge technologies to advance and protect the nation and its citizens. By focusing on outcomes, we enable our people, clients, and their missions to succeed—accelerating the nation to realize our purpose: Empower People to Change the World®.

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