Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) -TS/SCI

Varada Consulting; Washington (District of Columbia); Hybrid; USD 84,000 - 132,000; Full time

Job summary

Varada Consulting is hiring a Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) to enhance system reliability, scalability, and performance. The ideal candidate will automate infrastructure management and integrate security practices within a collaborative, cross-functional team. This full-time role offers a sign-on bonus and competitive benefits in a hybrid work environment.

Benefits

Sign-on Bonus

Relocation Assistance

100% employer paid healthcare premium

Matching 401k

Unlimited education/training

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in Site Reliability Engineering.
• Strong experience with CI/CD automation and container orchestration.
• Active Top Secret clearance/SCI required.

Responsibilities

• Implement Infrastructure as Code solutions for automation.
• Manage CI/CD pipelines and monitor system performance.
• Collaborate with teams to ensure security in DevOps.

Skills

Infrastructure as Code

Containerization

Troubleshooting

Collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Azure DevOps

Job description

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Site Reliability Engineer

Job Location: Washington, DC; Hybrid

This position is eligible for a $5,000 Sign-on Bonus and Relocation Assistance, if applicable.

Overview

Varada Consulting, LLC is seeking a full-time highly skilled and experienced Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) to join our team. As an SRE, you will be responsible for ensuring the reliability, scalability, and performance of our systems and applications through automation, monitoring, and infrastructure improvements. You will work closely with development, operations, and security teams to implement best practices for building and maintaining highly available and secure systems.

Job Duties

• Implement and maintain Infrastructure as Code (IaC) solutions to automate provisioning, configuration, and management of infrastructure components.
• Utilize containerization technologies such as Docker and Kubernetes (K8) to deploy and manage microservices-based applications.
• Employ container orchestration tools like Rancher, OpenShift, etc., to automate deployment, scaling, and management of containerized applications.
• Collaborate with development and security teams to integrate security practices into the DevOps pipeline and ensure compliance with security standards and policies.
• Manage Source Code repositories and CI/CD pipelines using tools such as Team Foundation Server/Azure DevOps, Bitbucket, and GitHub to automate build, test, and deployment processes.
• Apply Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) principles to design, build, and operate highly scalable and reliable systems that meet the needs of our customers.
• Monitor system performance, availability, and reliability using monitoring and alerting tools, and proactively identify and address issues before they impact users.
• Participate in on-call rotations, respond to incidents, troubleshoot issues, and implement permanent fixes to prevent recurrence.
• Continuously improve system reliability, scalability, and performance through capacity planning, performance tuning, and infrastructure optimizations.
  
  

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
• Minimum of 8 years of experience as a Site Reliability Engineer or similar role.
• Strong experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC), containerization, K8, and CI/CD Automation.
• Proficiency in container orchestration tools such as Rancher, OpenShift, etc.
• Experience working in a DevSecOps environment and integrating security practices into the development and operations processes.
• Hands-on experience with Source Code repositories and CI/CD pipeline solutions like Team Foundation Server/Azure DevOps, Bitbucket, and GitHub.
• Excellent problem-solving skills and ability to troubleshoot complex issues in distributed systems.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to work effectively in a cross-functional team environment.
  
  

Desired

• Experience with Prometheus, Grafana or other monitoring tools.
• Certification in relevant technologies (e.g., Kubernetes, AWS, Azure) is a plus.
• Experience in scripting and programming languages such as PowerShell, Python, Bash, or Go for automation and tooling.
  
  

Clearance Requirements

• Active Top Secret clearance/SCI with the ability to obtain and maintain Presidential Support Duty (PSD) approval (Yankee White) prior to employment
  
  

Join an Award – Winning Team! Voted as Most Innovative and Fastest Growing Company, Varada Consulting offers highly customized IT capabilities in the federal civilian and DoD market space in support of the mission objectives of the federal government. Varada provides competitive compensation and benefits packages, including 100% employer paid healthcare premium, matching 401k, and unlimited education/training.

Varada Consulting, LLC is an Equal Employment Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or veteran status.

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Engineering and Information Technology

• Industries

  IT Services and IT Consulting

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