Site Reliability Engineer (Systems Manager)

Maximus; Colorado Springs (CO); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Maximus is seeking a Systems Manager to provide expertise to a federal client in support of mission-critical systems. This on-site role in Colorado Springs, CO requires an active Secret clearance and focuses on designing, implementing, and managing scalable, highly available systems to ensure reliability and performance.

You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to maintain application reliability, monitor performance, plan capacity, and lead backup/disaster recovery efforts in a 24x7

Qualifications

• Active Secret clearance required.
• U.S. citizens only due to contract requirements.
• 15+ years of IT platforms, environments, and infrastructure experience.
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code tools: Terraform, Chef, Ansible.
• Familiar with Jenkins and GitLab.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to design, implement, and maintain highly available, fault-tolerant systems.
• Monitor system performance and proactively prevent incidents using monitoring tools.
• Conduct capacity planning and performance testing across technologies.
• Implement and maintain backup and disaster recovery solutions to ensure data integrity.

Skills

Active Secret clearance

Extensive IT experience

On-call readiness

Tools

Terraform

Chef

Ansible

Jenkins

GitLab

Job description

Site Reliability Engineer (Systems Manager)

General information

Date

Tuesday, October 27, 2026

City

State

CO

Country

United States

Working time

Full-time

Description & Requirements

Maximus is seeking a Systems Manager to provide expertise to a federal client in support of their mission critical systems in defense of our Homeland.

The Systems Manager will ensure the availability, reliability, and performance of critical systems and applications, utilizing a diverse set of relevant technologies, for a federal client's operations. As a crucial member of our team, the Systems Manager will play a pivotal role in designing, implementing, and managing scalable and highly available systems.

This is an on-site position based in Colorado Springs, CO requiring an active Secret clearance.

Maximus TCS (Technology and Consulting Services) Internal Job Profile Code: TCS137, T5, Band 8

Job-Specific Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to design, implement, and maintain highly available, fault-tolerant systems, leveraging a range of technologies.
• Monitor and analyze system performance, utilizing a diverse set of monitoring and alerting tools, and take proactive actions to prevent and resolve incidents.
• Conduct system capacity planning and scaling, utilizing performance testing and optimization techniques across various technologies.
• Implement and maintain robust backup and disaster recovery solutions, leveraging relevant technologies, to ensure data integrity and system availability.
• Collaborate with development teams to ensure application reliability, performance, and scalability in production environments.
• Stay updated with industry best practices and emerging trends in site reliability engineering and incorporate relevant technologies. Motivate the team to adhere to IT best practices and deliver outstanding customer service and satisfaction.
• Assist in creating and maintaining a training program to increase business, customer service, and technical knowledge.
• Participate in the organization’s change management process.
• Maintain detailed records of incidents, including reporting, classification, and resolution steps for daily and weekly metric reporting.
• Gather and present PMR metric reporting to management, contract leadership, and government stakeholders.
• Use monitoring tools to proactively identify and address potential issues and generate reports on incident trends.
• Collaborate with the Operations Support Center Lead to ensure continuity of daily operations.
• Other duties as assigned.

Job-Specific Minimum Requirements

• Active Secret clearance is required.
• Due to contract requirements, only U.S. citizens can be considered.
• 15+ years of relevant experience supporting IT platforms, environments, and infrastructure is required.
• Experience in some or all the following: Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools (Terraform, Chef, Ansible), Jenkins, GitLab
• Candidates must reside within a commutable distance for daily onsite work and on-call requirements.
• This contract supports systems that require 24x7x365 uptime. Candidates must be willing and able to meet recall requirements, including participation in a rotational on-call schedule.

TCS137, T5, Band 8

EEO Statement

Maximus is an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, disability, veteran status, genetic information and other legally protected characteristics.

Pay Transparency

Maximus compensation is based on various factors including but not limited to job location, a candidate's education, training, experience, expected quality and quantity of work, required travel (if any), external market and internal value analysis including seniority and merit systems, as well as internal pay alignment. Annual salary is just one component of Maximus's total compensation package. Other rewards may include short- and long-term incentives as well as program-specific awards. Additionally, Maximus provides a variety of benefits to employees, including health insurance coverage, life and disability insurance, a retirement savings plan, paid holidays and paid time off. Compensation ranges may differ based on contract value but will be commensurate with job duties and relevant work experience. An applicant's salary history will not be used in determining compensation. Maximus will comply with regulatory minimum wage rates and exempt salary thresholds in all instances.

Accommodations

Maximus provides reasonable accommodations to individuals requiring assistance during any phase of the employment process due to a disability, medical condition, or physical or mental impairment. If you require assistance at any stage of the employment process—including accessing job postings, completing assessments, or participating in interviews,—please contact People Operations at [e-mail] .