Site Reliability Engineer II, GovCloud

Medallia; McLean (VA); Hybrid; USD 103,000 - 155,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

401(k)

Job summary

Medallia is seeking a Site Reliability Engineer II to operate and improve our GovCloud platform for US public-sector customers. This hands-on role focuses on reliable, secure, and compliant cloud infrastructure on AWS and Kubernetes, with a mix of on-site collaboration and remote flexibility.

You will work with engineering and security teams, grow toward owning larger systems, and contribute to platform upgrades, observability, and incident response in a regulated environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field or equivalent experience.
• 2+ years in Site Reliability/DevOps or related roles.
• Production experience with cloud platforms (AWS preferred), Terraform, Git, CI/CD, Linux, TLS/certificates, and databases.

Responsibilities

• Build, operate, and improve highly available, secure cloud infrastructure on AWS and Kubernetes.
• Manage VPCs, subnets, routing, security groups, and load balancers.
• Maintain production PostgreSQL, including backups and recovery.
• Respond to incidents and drive fixes to improve reliability.
• Develop infrastructure code with Terraform and deployment workflows with GitOps.

Skills

AWS

Terraform

Git

Kubernetes

Python/Go

Linux

PostgreSQL

CI/CD

Incident management

On-call rotation

Documentation

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience

Tools

Terraform

Git

Kubernetes

PostgreSQL

Job description

Overview

Medallia is the pioneer and market leader in Experience Management. Our award-winning SaaS platform, Medallia Experience Cloud, leads the market in the management of experiences, insights, and actions for candidates, customers, employees, patients, and residents alike.

We believe that every experience is a memory that can last a lifetime. Experiences shape the way people feel about a company. And they greatly influence how likely people are to advocate, contribute, and stay. At Medallia, we are committed to creating a world where organizations are loved by their customers and their employees.

We empower exceptional people to create extraordinary experiences together.

Bring your whole self.

The Role and Team

We are growing our GovCloud team and looking for a Site Reliability Engineer II to help operate and improve Medallia’s US public-sector cloud platform. You will support federal agencies and other regulated customers in a highly available, secure, and compliant environment built on AWS GovCloud and Kubernetes.

This is a hybrid role based near Tysons, Virginia, with regular in-office collaboration and remote flexibility. You will be a hands-on engineer who helps operate and improve production systems, works closely with engineering and security teams, and grows toward owning larger systems while helping keep the platform reliable as we scale.

Candidates based in the Tysons vicinity will be prioritized as this role is Hybrid, 3 days per week onsite.

Responsibilities

• Build, operate, and improve highly available, secure cloud infrastructure on AWS, including networking, access management, Kubernetes clusters, DNS, certificates, and shared platform services.
• Implement, operate and optimize AWS cloud networking, specifically managing VPCs, subnets and routing, security groups/NACLs, VPC endpoints/PrivateLink and load balancing.
• Monitor, maintain and support production PostgreSQL — replication, backups and recovery, routine performance tuning, and upgrades — as part of the platform's data tier.
• Monitor production systems, respond to incidents, and drive fixes that improve reliability and reduce repeat issues.
• Develop and maintain Infrastructure-as-Code (primarily Terraform) and Kubernetes deployment workflows using Git, CI/CD, and GitOps practices.
• Improve observability across metrics, logs, and uptime monitoring; help tune alerts and operational runbooks.
• Partner with software engineering, security, and release management teams to deploy changes safely and resolve production issues.
• Contribute to platform upgrades, security patching, and compliance-driven maintenance in a regulated cloud environment.
• Participate in an on-call rotation for production support.
• Use AI-assisted tooling responsibly, with attention to security, privacy, and customer data boundaries.
• Learn the platform and grow your scope with mentorship from senior engineers.

Qualifications

• Must reside in the United States and be legally authorized to work in the US without sponsorship.
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience in Computer Science or a related field.
• 2+ years of experience in Site Reliability Engineering, platform engineering, DevOps, or related production infrastructure roles (or equivalent hands‑on production experience).
• Production experience with:
  • Core services (IAM, compute, object storage, encryption/key management) and cloud networking on AWS (strongly preferred), Google Cloud (CGP), Azure, or a similar public cloud platform
  • Terraform or comparable infrastructure‑as‑code tools
  • Git and CI/CD pipelines
  • Linux and foundational systems concepts (networking, DNS, TLS/certificates)
  • PostgreSQL or another relational database — basic operations (queries, backups)
• Familiarity with Kubernetes concepts, container orchestration, and microservices management
• Programming and Automation: Proficiency in Python and/or Go experience to build automation scripts, operational tooling, and infrastructure services.
• Incident & Change Management: Experience troubleshooting production incidents, conducting root‑cause analysis(RCA), and following change management processes.
• Experience participating in a production on‑call rotation.
• Experience troubleshooting complex technical issues and writing clear documentation, runbooks and incident post‑mortems.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience operating in FedRAMP, AWS GovCloud, or other regulated or compliance‑heavy cloud environments.
• Familiarity with security and compliance practices such as FIPS and vulnerability management.
• Experience with observability and logging platforms in enterprise production environments.
• Deep operational expertise with PostgreSQL (HA/replication, tuning, backup and recovery); familiarity with Redis and Kafka.
• Experience supporting federal agencies or public‑sector customers.
• Experience with tools such as Jenkins, Argo CD, and GitHub Enterprise.
• Strong collaboration skills and willingness to learn in a compliance‑driven environment.

Medallia is committed to equal pay and transparency. The annual base salary range for this position is $103,000 - $155,000. Please note that the salary range information provided is a general guideline and combines all of the distinct labor markets within the US. It is uncommon for an individual to be hired at or near the top of the range for their role and compensation decisions are dependent on a variety of factors. Medallia considers factors such as (but not limited to) scope and responsibilities of the position, candidate’s work experience, candidate’s work location, education/training, key skills, internal peer equity, external market data, as well as, market and business considerations when making compensation decisions.

• medical
• dental
• vision
• 401(k)
• short‑term disability
• long‑term disability
• life insurance
• AD&D insurance
• statutory leaves
• paid parental leave
• paid holidays

Benefits and eligibility may vary by location and role.

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