Site Reliability Engineer

Fortress Information Security, LLC; Patuxent Highland (MD); Hybrid; USD 160,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision plans

401(k) match

Flexible Paid Time Off

Tuition reimbursement

Job summary

Fortress Information Security, LLC is looking for a Site Reliability Engineer for a hybrid role based in Patuxent River, MD. This individual will ensure the reliability and performance of critical systems by transitioning applications to containerized environments and enhancing CI/CD capabilities.

Ideal candidates will have 4-5 years of experience in a SRE/DevOps role and demonstrable skills in Linux administration, AWS services, and deployment technologies. Competitive pay of $160,000 - $180,000 per year is offered.

Qualifications

• 4-5 years hands-on experience in a SRE/DevOps role supporting production systems.
• Production experience supporting Linux-based infrastructure and administering services on AWS and on-premises.
• Demonstrable experience with deployment technologies such as Kubernetes, Ansible, Jenkins, and Terraform.

Responsibilities

• Transition applications from traditional Ansible deployments to containerized deployments in AWS.
• Build upon current CI/CD efforts to support different deployment strategies.
• Support Development/QA/UAT efforts by providing a test environment.

Skills

Linux administration

AWS services

Kubernetes

Ansible

Jenkins

Terraform

Bash scripting

Python scripting

JS scripting

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, or a related discipline

Job description

Site Reliability Engineer

Location: Hybrid - Patuxent River, MD
Employment Type: Full-Time
Pay Range: $160,000 - $180,000 per year

Job Id: 614
# of Openings: 1

The Site Reliability Engineer is responsible for ensuring the reliability, performance, and scalability of critical systems and services. This role focuses on transitioning applications from traditional Ansible deployments to containerized, orchestrated setups across AWS and on-premises environments. The engineer enhances CI/CD capabilities, supporting advanced deployment strategies like Blue/Green and Canary releases, and builds flexible testing environments to support Development, QA, and UAT through the release lifecycle.

Responsibilities

• Transition applications from traditional (non-containerized) Ansible deployments to containerized, orchestrated deployments in AWS and on-premises environments
• Build upon current CI/CD efforts to support different deployment strategies (Blue/Green, Canary, etc.)
• Support Development/QA/UAT efforts by building an environment for anyone in the company to test drive a release anywhere in the development lifecycle
• Improve upon common infrastructure for developers, such as CI/CD pipelines, log/application monitoring, cluster management, and configuration management
• Migrate application secrets and configuration from Ansible Vault to Hashicorp Vault
• Automate infrastructure provisioning during deployment
• Handle code deployments in all environments (cloud, on-premises)
• Implement tools to monitor and alert with respect to service level metrics and objectives
• Provide technical guidance and educate team members and coworkers on development and operations
• Monitor relevant systems for availability and performance
• Be available to support daytime and after business hours release activities

Minimum Qualifications

• 4-5 years hands‑on experience in a SRE/DevOps role supporting production systems
• Production experience supporting Linux‑based infrastructure and administering services on AWS (RDS, VPC, ECR, CloudWatch, Cloud Formation, Lambda, API Gateway) and on‑premises
• Demonstrable experience with deployment technologies such as Kubernetes, Ansible, Jenkins, and Terraform (or similar technologies)
• Excellent documentation skills so anyone on the team can come up‑to‑speed on changes quickly
• Experience implementing rolling upgrades (canary, blue/green, etc.)
• Strong scripting and tooling skillset (Bash, Python, JS, etc.)
• Self‑motivated, resourceful and a persistent problem‑solving aptitude with advanced time management skills
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to independently use and refine prompts to enhance the quality, efficiency, and insight of regular work processes
• Active clearance preferred; ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. security clearance (required)
• Willingness and ability to work onsite in Patuxent River, Maryland (required)

Preferred Skills

• Presentation skills and the ability to communicate with a variety of technical and non‑technical audiences.
• Strong scripting and tooling skillset (Bash, Python, JS, etc.).
• Strong Linux administration skills
• AWS administration skills
• Strong documentation and organizational skills
• Self‑motivated, resourceful and a persistent problem‑solving aptitude

Education

• Bachelor's Degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, or a related discipline required.

Employee Benefits

• Remote and Hybrid working environment
• Competitive pay structure
• Medical, dental, vision plans with employees covered up to 90% with highly progressive options for dependents and families
• Company paid life, short‑ and long‑term disability insurance
• Employee Assistance Program
• 401(k) match
• Flexible Paid Time Off
• Parental Leave
• Access to thousands of Learning & Development courses ranging from mental health and wellbeing, stress, and time management to an array of technical and business‑related courses

Employment Perks

• Professional growth opportunities through succession planning, up‑skilling, and certifications
• Tuition and certification reimbursement
• Employee Referral Programs
• Company Sponsored Events

Fortress is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. All employees and applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, color, disability, gender, national origin, race, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, protected veteran status, or any other classification protected by federal, state, or local law. Fortress Information Security takes part in the E-Verify process for all new hires.

For positions located in the US, the following conditions apply. If you are made a conditional offer of employment, you will have to undergo a drug test. ADA Disclaimer: In developing this job description care was taken to include all competencies needed to successfully perform in this position. However, for Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) purposes, the essential functions of the job may or may not have been described for purposes of ADA reasonable accommodation. All reasonable accommodation requests will be reviewed and evaluated on a case‑by‑case basis.