Senior Site Reliability Engineer

Requirements:

• Active Interim Secret or Secret clearance.
• Bachelors degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related technical field.
• At least 10 years of experience in systems administration, cloud engineering, DevOps, site reliability engineering, or a related technical role; 12+ years is preferred.
• Hands-on experience with AWS services and cloud infrastructure, preferably in DoD or federal environments.
• Linux administration experience, preferably with Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL).
• Experience with Docker, container image and registry management, and orchestration platforms such as Kubernetes, Amazon EKS, or Amazon ECS.
• Experience developing, maintaining, or troubleshooting CI/CD pipelines and working with Git and source-code management practices.
• Scripting or automation experience with Python, Bash, or similar technologies.
• Understanding of networking fundamentals, including TCP/IP, DNS, HTTP/HTTPS, load balancing, routing, and firewalls or security groups.
• Ability to troubleshoot complex issues across applications, operating systems, networks, and infrastructure, and collaborate across technical teams.
• Must meet DoD 8140 foundational compliance requirements through a qualifying degree or certification.
• Preferred: Advanced AWS experience, Kubernetes administration, infrastructure as code with Terraform, CloudFormation, AWS CDK, or comparable tools, and observability experience.
• Preferred: Knowledge of PKI certificate-based authentication, single sign-on, AWS security practices, DevSecOps, vulnerability management, and federal cybersecurity frameworks such as DISA STIGs, NIST SP 800-53, or RMF.
• Preferred: AWS, Red Hat, Kubernetes, or related industry certifications.

Responsibilities:

• Lead technical efforts to ensure the reliability, availability, performance, and security of applications and infrastructure in AWS GovCloud and classified cloud environments.
• Design and maintain AWS infrastructure, RHEL systems, container platforms, and automated CI/CD deployments using infrastructure as code and configuration management.
• Implement monitoring, logging, alerting, and operational automation.
• Lead troubleshooting, incident response, root-cause analysis, and corrective actions.
• Work with development and security teams on vulnerability remediation, system hardening, and security controls.
• Maintain operational documentation and procedures.
• Collaborate with application development, cloud infrastructure, cybersecurity, and operations teams to improve deployments, containerized workloads, CI/CD pipelines, and orchestration.

Technologies:

• AWS
• Bash
• CI/CD
• Cloud
• DevSecOps
• DevOps
• Docker
• Git
• HTTP
• Support
• Kubernetes
• Linux
• Load Balancing
• Python
• RHEL
• Security
• TCP/IP
• Terraform
• Architect
• CloudWatch
• EC2
• GitLab
• IAM
• Jenkins
• Web

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We are hiring a Senior Site Reliability Engineer for a full-time, immediate-start role supporting applications and infrastructure in AWS cloud environments. The position offers a hybrid schedule, with on-site support at the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia, required up to 80% of the time; the listed work location is the Pentagon area. The work week is 8 hours per day, and compensation starts at $170,000 per year. We offer full benefits, including 401(k) matching, health, dental, vision, and life insurance, a health savings account, paid time off, professional development assistance, a referral program, relocation assistance, a retirement plan, and tuition reimbursement. We are Loyola Enterprises Inc., a certified Service-Disabled Veteran and Minority-Owned Small Disadvantaged Business.

last updated 44 week of 2026