Lead Site Reliability Engineer (47889)
| Estimated Pay info | Based on similar jobs in your market$48 per hour |
|---|---|
| Hours | Full-time |
| Location | Chantilly, VA Chantilly, Virginia open_in_new |
About this job
Job Description
Lead Site Reliability Engineer (SRE)
Program: Clairvoyant
Location: Chantilly, VA – 100% onsite, 5 days/week in SCIF
Clearance: TS/SCI + Poly
Contract: Newly awarded April 2026; 7-year sole-source contract
Qualifications
- 8+ years of experience with monitoring, logging, and observability platforms, such as Prometheus, Grafana, and ELK stack
- 8+ years of experience with Linux systems administration and networking fundamentals within AWS
Experience with Python scripting and automation
Experience with Infrastructure as Code using Terraform and Terragrunt
Knowledge of Kubernetes administration, troubleshooting, and operations.
TS/SCI clearance with a polygraph
- Bachelor's degree and 8+ years of experience in Site Reliability Engineering, DevOps Engineering, or Platform Engineering, or 12+ years of experience in Site Reliability Engineering, DevOps Engineering, or Platform Engineering in lieu of a degree
- Ability to obtain a Security+ CE, SSCP, CCNA-Security, or GSEC Certification within 6 months of start date
Nice to Have Skills
Experience with deploying and managing OpenTelemetry.
Experience with AWS CloudWatch, AWS EKS, and related AWS services
Experience managing Kubernetes environments through Rancher
- Experience implementing SRE practices such as SLOs, SLIs, error budgets, and incident management
Experience with Jenkins, Git, Docker, Kubernetes, Nessus, JIRA, and Confluence
Knowledge of distributed systems, microservices architectures, and containerized workloads
Knowledge of NIST 800-53 and NIST-190
Master's degree in a relevant field
Security+ CE, SSCP, CCNA-Security, or GSEC Certification