SRE Systems Engineer (TS/SCI Clearance)

Salesforce; Herndon (VA); On-site; USD 117,200 - 176,700; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k)

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

Paid parental leave

Job summary

Centaur Labs is seeking a Site Reliability Engineer in Herndon, VA to ensure the availability of Salesforce cloud services. The ideal candidate will have strong qualifications in incident management, extensive experience in automation, and familiarity with cloud infrastructure.

Responsibilities include monitoring critical services, automating resolution processes, and contributing to team development. Candidates must also be U.S. citizens due to security clearance requirements. This role offers competitive compensation and comprehensive benefits.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a relevant technical field or equivalent work experience.
• Experience in enterprise-scale internet service engineering or support.
• Strong expertise in TCP/IP networking technologies.

Responsibilities

• Monitor customer-facing services and respond to critical incidents.
• Automate detection and resolution of recurring production issues.
• Contribute to resiliency and self-healing initiatives.

Skills

Command Line Interface (CLI) knowledge of Unix variants

TCP/IP networking technologies

Incident management experience

Scripting in Python or Go

Provisioning AWS infrastructure

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent

Tools

AWS

Kubernetes

Configuration management tools (Chef, Puppet)

Pipeline tools (Jenkins, Bamboo, Spinnaker)

Job description

To get the best candidate experience, please consider applying for a maximum of 3 roles within 12 months to ensure you are not duplicating efforts.

Job Category

Software Engineering

Job Details

About Salesforce

Salesforce is the #1 AI CRM, where humans with agents drive customer success together. Here, ambition meets action. Tech meets trust. And innovation isn’t a buzzword — it’s a way of life. The world of work as we know it is changing and we're looking for Trailblazers who are passionate about bettering business and the world through AI, driving innovation, and keeping Salesforce's core values at the heart of it all.

Ready to level-up your career at the company leading workforce transformation in the agentic era? You’re in the right place! Agentforce is the future of AI, and you are the future of Salesforce.

Must be a U.S. citizen (U.S. born or naturalized) living on U.S. soil who does not hold dual citizenship with the ability to meet customer and government screening standards applicable to this role.

PLEASE NOTE: Qualification for this job is contingent upon acceptable results from a background investigation as well as your having and maintaining the specific level of U.S. government background investigation and clearance required for this role.

Overview of the Role

Join our Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) team, where you'll work alongside Infrastructure and Research & Development (R&D) partners to keep Salesforce cloud services available for customers around the clock. In this role, you'll detect and resolve incidents fast, drive automation, and help build the resilient systems that millions of customers depend on every day.

This role is based in Herndon, VA.

Responsibilities

• Monitor customer-facing services and respond to Severity 0 (Sev0) and Severity 1 (Sev1) incidents, leading technical reviews and contributing to Root Cause Analyses (RCAs) handed off to the Global Solutions team.
• Automate the detection and resolution of recurring production issues to reduce engineering and operations toil.
• Contribute to compliance, resiliency, and self-healing initiatives including destructive testing and game day exercises.
• Partner with and mentor team members to stay current on industry technology and drive team development.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related technical field, or equivalent work experience.
• Experience in enterprise-scale internet service engineering or support, with strong Command Line Interface (CLI) knowledge of Unix variants including Red Hat Enterprise Linux.
• Expertise in Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) networking technologies and protocols.
• Demonstrated experience with incident management and a solid understanding of IT Infrastructure Library (ITIL) service operations in a 24/7 environment.
• Proficiency writing scripts in Python, Go, or similar languages, with experience provisioning and operating Amazon Web Services (AWS) infrastructure.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with configuration management tools such as Chef or Puppet, and pipeline tools such as Jenkins, Bamboo, or Spinnaker.
• Hands-on experience supporting and managing Kubernetes-based applications and services.
• Certifications in Linux+, Red Hat, or AWS.
• Familiarity with Agile processes and DevOps practices.

This candidate must be a U.S. citizen (U.S. born or naturalized) who does not hold dual citizenship and agrees to complete a U.S. federal government Minimum Background Investigation (MBI) for a Moderate Public Trust position. This position requires a USA TS/SCI with Polygraph security access level.

Unleash Your Potential

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Accommodations

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In the United States, compensation offered will be determined by factors such as location, job level, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Certain roles may be eligible for incentive compensation, equity, and benefits. Salesforce offers a variety of benefits to help you live well including: time off programs, medical, dental, vision, mental health support, paid parental leave, life and disability insurance, 401(k), and an employee stock purchasing program. More details about company benefits can be found at https://www.salesforcebenefits.com. At Salesforce, we believe in equitable compensation practices that reflect the dynamic nature of labor markets across various regions. The typical base salary range for this position is $117,200 - $176,700 annually. The range represents base salary only, and does not include company bonus, incentive for sales roles, equity or benefits, as applicable.