Site Reliability Engineer II

Jobtailor; Arlington (VA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Jobtailor is seeking an experienced SRE/DevOps professional to manage real-time monitoring, incident response, and root-cause analysis within AWS and EKS environments. The role emphasizes security compliance in a FedRAMP-authorised platform and requires on-site presence in the Arlington, VA area.

You will triage incidents across GovCloud and Commercial AWS, remediate CVEs, and drive deployments using GitLab CI/CD, ArgoCD, and Argo Workflows.

Qualifications

• 3+ years in SRE, DevOps, systems administration, or cloud support.
• Experience with Linux administration (RHEL, Amazon Linux, Ubuntu).
• Bash/Python scripting proficiency.
• Working knowledge of Kubernetes/EKS and AWS core services.
• Familiarity with L4/L7 load balancing.
• Experience with Prometheus and Grafana.
• Slack-based ChatOps experience.
• US citizenship and residence on US soil.
• Willingness for overnight/weekend rotational shifts.
• FedRAMP suitability in a FedRAMP Moderate environment.

Responsibilities

• Perform real-time monitoring and first-response triage across AWS Commercial/GovCloud and EKS infrastructure.
• Investigate root causes at the log level using Kibana and Elasticsearch.
• Remediate CVEs and perform STIG hardening within FedRAMP SLA windows.
• Execute deployments and troubleshoot through GitLab CI/CD, ArgoCD, and Argo Workflows.
• Distinguish operational blips from breaches and act on incidents in a high-availability FedRAMP-authorised cloud platform.

Skills

SRE/DevOps mindset

Incident response

Problem solving

On-call readiness

Tools

Kubernetes

AWS Core Services

Prometheus

Grafana

GitLab CI/CD

ArgoCD

Argo Workflows

Kibana

Elasticsearch

Slack

Job description

• Perform real-time monitoring and first-response triage across AWS Commercial/GovCloud and EKS infrastructure
• Investigate root causes at the log level using Kibana and Elasticsearch
• Remediate CVEs and perform STIG hardening within FedRAMP SLA windows
• Execute deployments and troubleshoot through GitLab CI/CD, ArgoCD, and Argo Workflows
• Distinguish operational blips from breaches and act on incidents in a high-availability FedRAMP-authorised cloud platform

Requirements

• 3+ years in SRE, DevOps, systems administration, or cloud support
• Solid Linux administration (RHEL, Amazon Linux, Ubuntu)
• Bash/Python scripting
• Working knowledge of Kubernetes/EKS and AWS core services
• L4/L7 load balancing troubleshooting
• Experience with Prometheus and Grafana
• ChatOps-via-Slack experience
• US citizenship and residence on US soil
• Availability for overnight/weekend rotational shifts
• FedRAMP suitability in a FedRAMP Moderate-authorised environment

Core Competencies

Demonstrates expertise in real-time monitoring, incident response, and root cause analysis within AWS and EKS environments, with a strong focus on security compliance and operational excellence in FedRAMP-authorized platforms.

Highest-signal resume keywords

• AWS Infrastructure Management
• Kubernetes/EKS Administration
• Linux Administration
• CI/CD Pipeline Execution
• Root Cause Analysis

Hard Skills

• Linux Administration
• Bash Scripting
• Python Scripting
• Kubernetes
• AWS Core Services
• Prometheus
• Grafana
• GitLab CI/CD
• ArgoCD
• Argo Workflows

Soft Skills

• Incident Response
• Collaboration
• Problem Solving

Certifications & Qualifications

• FedRAMP Suitability

Industry Keywords

• SRE
• DevOps
• Cloud Support
• STIG Hardening
• L4/L7 Load Balancing

Tools & Technologies

• Kibana
• Elasticsearch
• Slack