Site Reliability Engineer, Lead

Precision Solutions; Chantilly (VA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Precision Solutions, Inc. in Chantilly, VA seeks a Lead Site Reliability Engineer to ensure reliability, performance, and security of critical production systems, on-site.

You will lead observability, automation, incident response, and operational best practices across cloud and air-gapped environments. As a senior leader, you will drive root cause analysis, capacity planning, reliability standards, and continuous improvement, partnering with DevOps, infrastructure, and security teams to

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience with monitoring, logging, and observability platforms (Prometheus, Grafana, ELK).
• 8+ years Linux systems administration and networking fundamentals within AWS.
• Experience with Python scripting and automation.
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code using Terraform and Terragrunt.
• Knowledge of Kubernetes administration, troubleshooting, and operations.
• TS/SCI clearance with a polygraph.
• Bachelor's degree and 8+ years of experience in Site Reliability Engineering, DevOps Engineering, or Platform Engineering, or 12+ years of experience in Site Reliability Engineering, DevOps Engineering, or Platform Engineering in lieu of a degree.
• Ability to obtain a Security+ CE, SSCP, CCNA-Security, or GSEC Certification within 6 months of start date

Responsibilities

• Lead design and implementation of observability, automation, incident response, and operational best practices across cloud and air-gapped environments.
• Partner with DevOps, infrastructure, and security teams to improve system resilience and reduce operational risk.
• Drive root cause analysis, capacity planning, reliability standards, and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Design and develop technical tools to debug problems that occur in the deployment of applications across platforms.

Skills

Monitoring & observability

Linux administration

Python scripting

Terraform/Terragrunt

Kubernetes administration

AWS networking fundamentals

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

OpenTelemetry

AWS CloudWatch

AWS EKS

Rancher

Jenkins

Git

Docker

Kubernetes

Nessus

JIRA

Confluence

Job description

Overview

Site Reliability Engineer, Lead

Onsite | Chantilly, VA

TS/SCI clearance with a polygraph required

Summary

As a Lead Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) on our team, you'll be responsible for ensuring the reliability, performance, scalability, and security of critical production systems and platforms. This role leads the design and implementation of observability, automation, incident response, and operational best practices across cloud and air-gapped environments, while partnering closely with DevOps, infrastructure, and security teams to improve system resilience and reduce operational risk. The Lead SRE also drives root cause analysis, capacity planning, reliability standards, and continuous improvement initiatives to support highly available, efficient, and scalable services. This is your chance to further your skills in cloud infrastructure and technologies while continuing to grow your SRE experience. You'll build and support a reliable site for the environment in order to meet the development and maintenance requirements of systems and platforms. Work with the development and operation teams to evaluate the health, stability and reliability of systems and platforms. Design and develop technical tools to debug problems that occur in the deployment of applications, within specific platforms and systems.

Requirements

• 8+ years of experience with monitoring, logging, and observability platforms, such as Prometheus, Grafana, and ELK stack
• 8+ years of experience with Linux systems administration and networking fundamentals within AWS
• Experience with Python scripting and automation
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code using Terraform and Terragrunt
• Knowledge of Kubernetes administration, troubleshooting, and operations.
• TS/SCI clearance with a polygraph
• Bachelor's degree and 8+ years of experience in Site Reliability Engineering, DevOps Engineering, or Platform Engineering, or 12+ years of experience in Site Reliability Engineering, DevOps Engineering, or Platform Engineering in lieu of a degree
• Ability to obtain a Security+ CE, SSCP, CCNA-Security, or GSEC Certification within 6 months of start date

Preferred Requirements

• Experience with deploying and managing OpenTelemetry.
• Experience with AWS CloudWatch, AWS EKS, and related AWS services
• Experience managing Kubernetes environments through Rancher
• Experience implementing SRE practices such as SLOs, SLIs, error budgets, and incident management
• Experience with Jenkins, Git, Docker, Kubernetes, Nessus, JIRA, and Confluence
• Knowledge of distributed systems, microservices architectures, and containerized workloads
• Knowledge of NIST 800-53 and NIST-190
• Master's degree in a relevant field
• Security+ CE, SSCP, CCNA-Security, or GSEC Certification

Education/Certification Requirements

• Bachelor's degree

Clearance Requirements

• Applicants selected will be subject to a security investigation and may need to meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information; an active TS/SCI clearance with a polygraph required

About Us

Northern Virginia-based Precision Solutions is an expert in staffing solutions for companies of any size that open the door to new opportunities and seek outstanding talent. We pride ourselves on being versatile enough to tailor our relationships to the needs of each individual client, being agile in the fast-paced marketplace, and being precise in meeting the needs of any company.