Site Reliability Engineer (TS/SCI w/FSP) - 177519

Piper Companies; Fort Meade (MD); On-site; USD 80,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

PTO (Paid Time Off)

Paid holidays

Sick leave

On-site parking

Job summary

Piper Companies seeks an experienced SRE to support mission-critical infrastructure for a government services and technology organization. You will manage Kubernetes clusters, Rancher deployments, and Linux systems to ensure reliability and scalability in secure environments.

The role is a long-term contract, onsite five days a week, and requires an active TS/SCI with a Full Scope Poly. Competitive compensation with comprehensive benefits is offered to qualified candidates.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of enterprise infrastructure experience
• Hands-on Kubernetes administration in production
• Experience with Rancher for cluster management
• Advanced Linux administration and troubleshooting
• Automation and IaC tooling experience
• Familiarity with monitoring/logging stacks (Prometheus, Grafana, ELK)
• Active TS/SCI with Full Scope Poly clearance

Responsibilities

• Administer and optimize Kubernetes clusters in production environments
• Manage Rancher deployments and cluster lifecycles
• Troubleshoot infrastructure, platform, and app issues on Linux systems
• Implement monitoring, logging, and alerting for reliability
• Automate operations using scripting and IaC
• Collaborate with DevOps, security, and engineering teams
• Contribute to incident response and root-cause analysis

Skills

Kubernetes

Rancher

Linux

Automation

Scripting

Infrastructure as Code

Monitoring

Prometheus

Grafana

ELK Stack

Incident Response

CI/CD

Tools

Terraform

Ansible

Docker

Job description

Piper Companies is seeking an SRE (Site Reliability Engineer) to support mission-critical infrastructure for a leading government services and technology organization. The SRE (Site Reliability Engineer) will be responsible for maintaining and optimizing highly available Kubernetes environments, Rancher platforms, and Linux-based systems while ensuring scalability, reliability, and operational excellence across secure enterprise environments. The SRE role is a long term contract opportunity, requires you to work onsite 5 days per week and requires an active TS/SCI with a FS Poly.

Responsibilities of the SRE (Site Reliability Engineer):

• Administer, maintain, and optimize Kubernetes clusters in complex production environments.
• Manage and support Rancher deployments, including cluster provisioning, configuration, and lifecycle management.
• Troubleshoot and resolve infrastructure, platform, and application-related issues across Linux systems.
• Implement monitoring, logging, and alerting solutions to improve system reliability and performance.
• Automate operational tasks using scripting and infrastructure-as-code methodologies.
• Collaborate with engineering, DevOps, and security teams to support continuous deployment and operational efficiency.
• Participate in incident response, root cause analysis, and system performance tuning initiatives.

Requirements of the SRE (Site Reliability Engineer):

• 5+ years of experience supporting enterprise infrastructure, cloud, or platform engineering environments.
• Hands-on experience administering Kubernetes clusters in production environments.
• Strong experience with Rancher for container orchestration and cluster management.
• Advanced Linux administration and troubleshooting experience.
• Experience with automation, scripting, and infrastructure-as-code tools.
• Knowledge of monitoring and logging platforms such as Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, or similar technologies.
• Active TS/SCI with FSP clearance.

Compensation for the SRE (Site Reliability Engineer):

Salary range: $80,000 - $200,000

• Full Comprehensive Benefits: Health, Vision, Dental, PTO, Paid Holiday and Sick Leave if Required by Law.

Keywords: Site Reliability Engineer, SRE, Kubernetes, Rancher, Linux, TS/SCI, PSP, Platform Engineering, Containerization, Docker, DevOps, Infrastructure as Code, Terraform, Ansible, Automation, Cloud Infrastructure, Monitoring, Grafana, Prometheus, ELK Stack, Incident Response, System Administration, Cluster Management, Reliability Engineering, Production Support, Continuous Integration, Continuous Deployment

This job opens for applications on 10/30/2026. Applications for this job will be accepted for at least 30 days from the posting date.