Site Reliability Engineer, Lead
Precision Solutions2 days ago
Chantilly, VA, USAStaff+
Responsibilities
- Lead the design and implementation of observability, automation, incident response, and operational best practices.
- Ensure the reliability, performance, scalability, and security of critical production systems and platforms.
- Build and support reliable systems across cloud and air-gapped environments.
- Evaluate the health, stability, and reliability of systems and platforms with development and operations teams.
- Design and develop technical tools to debug application deployment problems.
- Drive root cause analysis, capacity planning, reliability standards, and continuous improvement.
- Implement and manage infrastructure as code, Kubernetes environments, and SRE practices such as SLOs, SLIs, error budgets, and incident management.
Requirements
- 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, Terraform, and Terragrunt.
- Knowledge of Kubernetes administration, troubleshooting, and operations.
- Bachelor’s degree and 8+ years of experience in Site Reliability Engineering, DevOps Engineering, or Platform Engineering, or 12+ years of relevant experience in lieu of a degree.
- Active TS/SCI clearance with a polygraph.
- Ability to obtain Security+ CE, SSCP, CCNA-Security, or GSEC certification within six months of starting.
- Preferred experience with OpenTelemetry, AWS CloudWatch, AWS EKS, Rancher, Jenkins, Git, Docker, Kubernetes, Nessus, JIRA, and Confluence.
- Preferred knowledge of distributed systems, microservices architectures, containerized workloads, NIST 800-53, and NIST-190.
- Master’s degree in a relevant field and listed security certifications are preferred.
Benefits
- Onsite role in Chantilly, Virginia.
- Active TS/SCI clearance with polygraph is required, and applicants may undergo a security investigation for classified-access eligibility.
- Candidates without an approved listed certification must obtain one within six months of starting.
Categories
Site Reliability
About Precision Solutions
Precision Solutions provides IT services, managed services, and staff augmentation for government and defense-related clients, including Fortune 100 defense contractors. The company delivers support ranging from audiovisual/VTC systems engineering (e.g., Crestron programming) to technical support and recruiting for cleared roles. Founded in 2012 and headquartered in Leesburg, Virginia, it operates as a privately held government contractor serving federal and specialized commercial markets.