K8 platform engineer

Seneca Resources Company, LLC; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 185,000 - 230,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Performance bonuses

Company-paid training/certifications

Referral bonuses

Relocation assistance

Job summary

Seneca Resources Company, LLC is seeking a Senior Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) III in Washington, DC to join a high-performing engineering team delivering mission-critical solutions.

This full-time role requires active Top Secret clearance and excellent skills in Kubernetes and incident response. Not a hybrid role, the engineer will ensure application reliability in a classified environment, contributing to national priorities.

Competitive salary of $185K to $230K plus bonuses, training, and relocation assistance offered.

Qualifications

• Active Top Secret clearance required.
• 7+ years in systems engineering or operations.
• Experience with Kubernetes in production.

Responsibilities

• Design and maintain application workloads on Kubernetes.
• Build automated CI/CD pipelines.
• Own incident response and root cause analysis.

Skills

Top Secret clearance

Kubernetes

Ansible

GitLab CI/CD automation

Bash scripting

Enterprise load-balancing (F5)

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Kubernetes

Monitoring solutions

Job description

Position Title: Senior Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) III

Location: Washington, DC (Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling | 100% Onsite)

Clearance Requirements: Active Top Secret required; SCI eligibility required (sponsorship available within 1-2 weeks of hire)

Position Status: Full Time, Direct Hire

Pay Rate: $185,000 - $230,000 base salary + performance bonuses + company-paid training/certifications + referral bonuses | Relocation assistance available

Position Description

Join a collaborative, high-performing engineering team delivering mission-critical infrastructure and reliability solutions at the highest levels of the federal government. This is a systems-leaning SRE role focused on stability, automation, incident response, and platform observability — supporting a large, multi-customer federal organization where your work directly impacts national priorities.

You’ll work alongside Platform Engineers, DevSecOps engineers, PostgreSQL DBAs, and Software Developers in a fast-paced classified environment. One interview. End of June hiring target.

What You’ll Do

• Design, deploy, and maintain mission-critical application workloads on Kubernetes and virtualized environments, ensuring scalability, availability, and compliance with government requirements.
• Build and sustain automated CI/CD pipelines, monitoring, alerting, and configuration management workflows across development, integration, staging, and production environments.
• Provision and maintain developer environments and toolchains to enable rapid, secure, and efficient software delivery.
• Identify and eliminate friction across the software development lifecycle — building developer-first platform experiences.
• Own incident response, root cause analysis, and continuous improvement activities across a large, multi-customer organization.
• Communicate clearly and confidently with senior stakeholders and high-visibility government customers.

Required Skills and Experience

• Active Top Secret clearance (required at time of hire; SCI sponsorship available).
• DoD 8140 certification — Security+ or higher (required).
• 7+ years of experience in systems engineering, SRE, or operations with direct ownership of production availability, performance, and reliability.
• Kubernetes experience — production ownership required, including container-native and object storage solutions (MinIO, PortWorx, S3-compatible services).
• Experience with Ansible, Desired State Configuration, GitLab CI/CD automation, and Bash scripting.
• Experience with enterprise load-balancing solutions (F5 or equivalent).
• Experience designing and managing monitoring, alerting, and observability solutions aligned to defined SLOs.
• Experience leading or participating in incident response, root cause analysis, and continuous improvement.
• Ability to contribute immediately with minimal ramp-up in a mission-critical classified environment.
• On-call rotation participation required — flexibility essential.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related engineering field preferred; relevant experience may substitute.

This position is designated as essential personnel supporting continuity of operations and may require availability during government shutdowns, emergencies, or other critical situations. Candidates must be fully comfortable with 100% onsite requirements at JBAB. This is not a hybrid role.

Equal Opportunity Employer

Seneca Resources is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer, committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace where all qualified individuals are encouraged to apply.