About the role

What will you do at GovCIO?

GovCIO is hiring a Site Reliability Engineer with an active Secret clearance to ensure reliability, scalability, performance, and availability of mission-critical systems by combining software engineering practices with infrastructure operations expertise. This role is based in Arlington, VA, as a hybrid/remote position.

Responsibilities

Design and maintain highly available production systems.
Define and manage SLIs, SLOs, and error budgets.
Automate operational tasks and eliminate manual processes.
Develop monitoring, alerting, and observability solutions.
Improve system performance, capacity, and resilience.
Lead incident response and root cause analysis.
Implement disaster recovery and continuity strategies.
Partner with development teams to improve application reliability.

Qualifications

Bachelor's with 12+ years of infrastructure/cloud engineering experience (or commensurate experience)
Required Skills and Experience:
5–10+ years of engineering experience, with a strong background in Linux and Windows systems
Expertise in Kubernetes and container platforms
Experience working with cloud infrastructure environments
Proficiency in scripting languages such as Python and Go
Hands-on knowledge of Terraform and automation tools
Familiarity with monitoring platforms and incident management practices
Experience designing and managing CI/CD pipelines
Preferred Skills and Experience:
Kubernetes certifications
AWS/Azure certifications
DevOps certifications
ITIL preferred
Clearance Required: Must have an active Secret clearance and be able to attain DEA suitability.
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Posted Salary Range
USD $230,000.00 - USD $250,000.00 /Yr.

Which skills does this role require?

LinuxWindowsCloud infrastructurePythonGoTerraformAutomationMonitoringObservabilityIncident managementCI/CD pipelinesSite reliability engineeringDisaster recoveryInfrastructure operationsSite Reliability EngineerCI/CDInfrastructure engineeringScalabilityReliabilityPerformanceAvailabilityContainer platforms

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