Staff Site Reliability Engineer, Government

Talanto; Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 13,000 - 17,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

RSUs

ESPP

Flexible time off

Paid holidays and sick time

Parental leave

Medical, dental, vision

Job summary

Talanto is seeking an experienced Staff Site Reliability Engineer for a U.S. Government-focused role. You will own the reliability of government environments and coordinate compliant deployments, working with security, compliance, and product teams to enforce best practices in cloud infrastructure, release processes, and observability.

Applicants must be U.S. citizens and able to work in the United States. The base salary range is $156,000—$200,000 USD, with a comprehensive benefits package and

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in SRE, DevOps, or Infrastructure Engineering for SaaS products, with 4+ years running operations at a large scale.
• 2+ years of production experience with a container orchestration system (Kubernetes preferred) and Continuous Delivery.
• Strong understanding of compliance frameworks relevant to government deployments (e.g., FedRAMP, DoD, NIST 800 53, NIST 800 137).
• Multi cloud experience in AWS/GCP (expertise within AWS preferred).
• Demonstrated experience with at least one main programming language (Python, Go, Ruby, etc.) and proficiency in bash scripting to improve operational workflows.
• Familiarity with GitOps frameworks, IaC tooling (Terraform or Pulumi), and deployment strategies (blue green, rolling deploys, canary deploys).
• Experience with industry standard observability stacks (Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, OpenTelemetry, etc.) and incident management processes.
• Proven background implementing and supporting FedRAMP, security, risk management, and compliance processes for software releases.
• Experience working directly with government agencies or in highly regulated industries.
• Familiarity with testing strategies and automation in large-scale environments.

Responsibilities

• Drive continuous software delivery, resolve incidents, run post mortems, and create automation strategies for deployment, self-testing, and alerting.
• Lead and execute incident management for production issues, ensuring rapid recovery, root cause analysis, and preventative follow-up actions.
• Improve and optimize the observability strategy by collaborating with application engineering teams to design monitoring solutions that enhance alerting capabilities and reduce noise.
• Define, implement, and monitor SLOs, SLIs, and SLAs in collaboration with product and engineering teams to align with business objectives.
• Design, develop, and maintain software solutions that address operational, compliance, and pipeline challenges.
• Own and coordinate all government environment releases, driving process improvements to enhance the release pipeline's efficiency, reliability, and visibility.
• Understand product architecture and service dependencies to manage risk and implement effective testing strategies.
• Partner cross-functionally with engineering, product, SecOps, compliance, and leadership teams to align priorities, define testing strategies, and resolve challenges.
• Ensure all infrastructure and deployments meet FedRAMP, government regulations, and industry standards, while maintaining required release documentation and risk assessments.

Skills

Kubernetes

Python

Go

Bash scripting

GitOps

Terraform

Pulumi

Prometheus

Grafana

OpenTelemetry

AWS/GCP

Incident management

Tools

Terraform

Pulumi

AWS

GCP

Job description

Staff Site Reliability Engineer, Government

13,000 – 16,666 $

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Our Purpose

At , we are driven by a clear purpose: to give the advantage to those who secure our future. As AI reshapes how organizations build, operate, and innovate, the responsibility to protect them becomes more critical than ever. When you join , your work helps protect global enterprises, critical infrastructure, and the technologies shaping tomorrow. If you are motivated by meaningful challenges and want your impact to be real, measurable, and global, you will find purpose here.

About Us

is a company at the intersection of AI and security, pioneering a new operating model for cybersecurity. Our AI-native platform unifies protection across endpoint, cloud, identity, data, and AI systems to deliver autonomous detection and response with clarity and speed. By combining real-time analytics, intelligent automation, and a unified data foundation, we reduce noise, simplify complexity, and empower security teams to focus on what truly matters.

Our teams are builders, problem-solvers, and innovators committed to shaping the future of security. If you are excited to solve hard problems alongside talented, mission-driven people, we invite you to help us build a safer future for humanity.

What Are We Looking For?

We’re looking for people who are relentlessly curious and committed to continuous learning. AI is reshaping every function across our business, and we enable every team member, regardless of role or level, to build fluency in AI tools and concepts. Those who thrive here actively seek out new solutions, experiment thoughtfully, and apply what they learn to drive better, faster, smarter outcomes.

As a Staff Site Reliability Engineer, you will join our Government SRE team and own both the technical reliability of government environments and the coordination of compliant, efficient deployments into them. This team is at the critical intersection of the unique compliance requirements of a regulated environment and the need to establish a consistent software experience for users and developers in commercial environments. You will work closely with cross-functional teams, including security, compliance, operations, validation, and engineering, to lead best practices for cloud infrastructure, continuous delivery, and government release processes.

Due to Federal Government contract requirements, U.S. Citizenship and a work location in the United States is required. FedRAMP staff may be subject to customer or third-party background checks up to and including Secret Clearance if required by their role at .

What Will You Do?

Primary responsibilities include:

• Drive continuous software delivery, resolve incidents, run post mortems, and create automation strategies for deployment, self-testing, and alerting.
• Lead and execute incident management for production issues, ensuring rapid recovery, root cause analysis, and preventative follow-up actions.
• Improve and optimize the observability strategy by collaborating with application engineering teams to design monitoring solutions that enhance alerting capabilities and reduce noise.
• Define, implement, and monitor SLOs, SLIs, and SLAs in collaboration with product and engineering teams to align with business objectives.
• Design, develop, and maintain software solutions that address operational, compliance, and pipeline challenges.
• Own and coordinate all government environment releases, driving process improvements to enhance the release pipeline's efficiency, reliability, and visibility.
  Understand product architecture and service dependencies to manage risk and implement effective testing strategies.
• Partner cross-functionally with engineering, product, SecOps, compliance, and leadership teams to align priorities, define testing strategies, and resolve challenges.
• Ensure all infrastructure and deployments meet FedRAMP, government regulations, and industry standards, while maintaining required release documentation and risk assessments.

What Skills and Knowledge Will You Bring?

Ideal candidates will have:

• 8+ years of experience in SRE, DevOps, or Infrastructure Engineering for SaaS products, with 4+ years running operations at a large scale.
• 2+ years of production experience with a container orchestration system (Kubernetes preferred) and Continuous Delivery.
• Strong understanding of compliance frameworks relevant to government deployments (e.g., FedRAMP, DoD, NIST 800 53, NIST 800 137).
• Multi cloud experience in AWS/GCP (expertise within AWS preferred).
• Demonstrated experience with at least one main programming language (Python, Go, Ruby, etc.) and proficiency in bash scripting to improve operational workflows.
• Familiarity with GitOps frameworks, IaC tooling (Terraform or Pulumi), and deployment strategies (blue green, rolling deploys, canary deploys).
• Experience with industry standard observability stacks (Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, OpenTelemetry, etc.) and incident management processes.
• Proven background implementing and supporting FedRAMP, security, risk management, and compliance processes for software releases.
• Experience working directly with government agencies or in highly regulated industries.
• Familiarity with testing strategies and automation in large-scale environments.

AI is redefining how the world operates and rewriting the rules of security in real time, and was built for this moment. From day one, we architected an AI-native platform designed to operate at machine speed, not as an add-on to legacy systems but as the foundation itself. If you want to build where innovation and impact move together, this is that place.

We invest in our Sentinels with comprehensive, competitive benefits designed to support you and your family:

Equity & Rewards

• Restricted Stock Units (RSUs)
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP)
• Flexible time off
• Paid company holidays and paid sick time
• Gender-neutral parental leave

Insurance & Financial Security

• Medical, dental, and vision coverage
• 401(k) retirement plan with company match
• Life and disability insurance
• Health and dependent care FSA
• Voluntary benefits (hospital, accident, critical illness)
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• ARAG pre-paid legal
• Global business travel medical insurance
• Home office allowance

Wellness & Lifestyle

• Wellness coach
• Wellness/gym reimbursement
• Fertility coverage

This U.S. role has a base pay range that will vary based on the location of the candidate. For some locations, a different pay range may apply. If so, this range will be provided to you during the recruiting process.

Base Salary Range

$156,000—$200,000 USD

is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affidine Action employer. We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics.