Site Reliability Engineer

Peraton; United States; On-site; USD 112,000 - 179,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive benefits

Job summary

Peraton seeks a self-driven Site Reliability Engineer to join our Network and UC engineers in Washington, DC. The role blends software engineering with systems administration to ensure high availability and reliability for mission-critical applications.

You will drive automation, improve observability, and lead incident response efforts across cloud and hybrid environments, collaborating across security, software, and operations teams. TS/SCI clearance is required.

Qualifications

• Active TS/SCI security clearance is required.
• A Bachelor's degree in computer science, information technology, or a similar technical field with 8+ years of relevant experience.
• 7+ years of software engineering, DevOps, or operations experience.
• Cloud certifications (AWS, Azure, or equivalent).
• CISSP or CASP+ certification is preferred.
• DoD 8140/8570 compliant.
• Strong Linux administration experience.
• Experience with cloud-native technologies and automation frameworks.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement automation solutions for infrastructure and application management.
• Drive modernization by engineering infrastructure improvements and automation capabilities.
• Develop and maintain monitoring and observability platforms.
• Define and manage Service Level Objectives (SLOs) and Service Level Indicators (SLIs).
• Support incident response, root cause analysis, and post-incident reviews.
• Implement infrastructure-as-code and configuration management solutions.
• Optimize system performance and reliability.
• Collaborate with software development, operations, and security teams.
• Support cloud and hybrid-cloud environments.

Skills

Security clearance

8+ years experience

Linux administration

DevOps practices

Education

Bachelor's degree in computer science or related field

Tools

Cloud certifications (AWS/Azure)

CISSP or CASP+

DoD 8140/8570 compliant

Kubernetes/Docker/Ansible

Terraform/Python/PowerShell

Job description

Responsibilities

Program Overview Peraton provides a secure, worldwide, high-performance communications network comprised of real-time interactive applications operating over a dedicated IP backbone with secure services for complex national and worldwide executive-level communications. Peraton provides the O&M of the network infrastructure and its components, integration for development of hardware and software solutions, and task support for the delivery of system, network, software, and security solutions.

About The Role

Peraton is seeking a self-driven and resourceful Site Reliability Engineer to join our dynamic of Network and UC engineers in Washington, DC. This position combines software engineering and systems administration disciplines to ensure the availability, performance, scalability, and reliability of mission-critical applications and infrastructure. The SRE will drive automation initiatives, observability improvements, and incident response operations.

Site Reliability Engineer responsibilities

• Design and implement automation solutions for infrastructure and application management.
• Drive modernization efforts by engineering and implementing infrastructure improvements, automation capabilities, and technology refresh initiatives.
• Develop and maintain monitoring and observability platforms.
• Define and manage Service Level Objectives (SLOs) and Service Level Indicators (SLIs).
• Support incident response, root cause analysis, and post-incident reviews.
• Implement infrastructure-as-code and configuration management solutions.
• Optimize system performance and reliability.
• Collaborate with software development, operations, and security teams.
• Support cloud and hybrid-cloud environments.

Qualifications

Required Qualifications

• An active/current TS/SCI Security Clearance is required.
• Bachelors degree in computer science, information technology (or similar technical field) and eight (8+) years relevant experience; an additional four years of experience may be considered in lieu of degree.
• Minimum 7+ years of software engineering, DevOps, or operations experience.
• Cloud Certifications (AWS, Azure, or equivalent).
• CISSP or CASP+
• DoD 8140/8570 Compliant.
• Strong Linux administration experience.
• Experience with cloud-native technologies and automation frameworks.

Desired Qualifications and Experience

• CKA
• RHCSA
• AWS DevOps Engineer
• Azure Administrator (AZ-400)
• CCSP
• Kubernetes, Rancher, Helm, Docker, cilium, Rook, Ceph, MinIO, S3, PortWorz, Load Balancing, Ansible, Desired State Configuration, Terraform, Python, Powershell, Scripting

Peraton Overview

Peraton is a next-generation national security company that drives missions of consequence spanning the globe and extending to the farthest reaches of the galaxy. As the world's leading mission capability integrator and transformative enterprise IT provider, we deliver trusted, highly differentiated solutions and technologies to protect our nation and allies. Peraton operates at the critical nexus between traditional and nontraditional threats across all domains: land, sea, space, air, and cyberspace. The company serves as a valued partner to essential government agencies and supports every branch of the U.S. armed forces. Each day, our employees do the can't be done by solving the most daunting challenges facing our customers. Visit peraton.com to learn how we're keeping people around the world safe and secure.

Target Salary Range

$112,000 - $179,000. This represents the typical salary range for this position. Salary is determined by various factors, including but not limited to, the scope and responsibilities of the position, the individual's experience, education, knowledge, skills, and competencies, as well as geographic location and business and contract considerations. Depending on the position, employees may be eligible for overtime, shift differential, and a discretionary bonus in addition to base pay.

EEO

EEO: Equal opportunity employer, including disability and protected veterans, or other characteristics protected by law.

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