Site Reliability Engineer (SRE)

Location: Washington, DC
Company Stage of Funding: Public Company (NYSE Listed)
Office Type: Hybrid in Washington, DC
Salary: $125,000 - $185,000 + Competitive Equity

Company Description

Our client is a publicly traded technology leader (NYSE listed) that builds powerful software platforms helping the world's most important institutions use their data to solve critical problems. From disaster relief to healthcare innovation to national security, their solutions empower organizations to transform massive datasets into actionable insights. Founded in 2003, they've grown into a global organization with a strong presence in the government and commercial sectors.

What You Will Do

• Maintain availability of cloud & physical Linux servers that power mission-critical platforms in air-gapped production environments
• Design, deploy, and operate infrastructure supporting specialized customer & product requirements via modern orchestration & monitoring platforms
• Collaborate closely with product teams on requirements & SLOs for deploying software into secure environments
• Identify, troubleshoot, and solve complex network & systems issues
• Create scripts to automate routine operational tasks
• Serve as the environment expert, helping partner teams build & configure their software to operate reliably
• Join the "Forward Deployed Infrastructure Engineering" team, a global group of approximately 70 engineers ensuring seamless operations and fleet support across all environments from on-premises to cloud

Ideal Candidate Background

• 5+ years of experience with Linux system administration (RHEL or equivalent preferred)
• Experience with Linux system/admin across fleets of servers using configuration management tools (e.g., Puppet, Ansible)
• Experience with containerization and managing containerized applications in a Kubernetes environment
• Experience with cloud-based hosting platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP) and/or hardware-based environments
• Comfort managing large-scale production systems with configuration management, load balancing, monitoring & alerting infrastructure, and container orchestration
• Familiarity with monitoring systems using tools like Prometheus and writing health checks
• Strong troubleshooting skills for complex systems issues using stack traces and observability tools
• Active security clearance (Top Secret preferred)
• Experience working in air-gapped/confidential environments

Preferred Qualifications

• DOD 8570 IAT Level II or greater certifications (CISSP, Sec+)
• Unix/Linux Computing Environment certifications (Linux+, RHCE)
• Proficiency with scripting in Python or Go
• Experience supporting mission-critical applications
• Desire to take on system administration responsibilities alongside deployment tasks

Compensation and Benefits

• Competitive base salary range: $125,000 - $185,000
• Attractive equity package
• Comprehensive health benefits
• Professional development opportunities
• Meaningful work with significant impact in critical sectors

Important Notes

• Multiple openings (2 positions available)
• Active security clearance required
• This role requires comfort with ongoing system administration responsibilities, not just deployment design
• Visa sponsorship is not available for this position
• Hiring timeline: Immediate