Site Reliability Engineer (Cleared)

$100,000 to $120,000 USD (with up to 10% bonus potential) + Paid Relocation

Denver Metro Area, Colorado

Security Clearance: Active TS/SCI Clearance is REQUIRED.

Hybrid Remote (2-3 days on site) OR 9/80 work week available Role Summary and Position Objectives

This critical role applies software engineering principles to operations to build and run large-scale, fault-tolerant systems. You will be responsible for the continuous availability, scalability, and performance of mission-critical platforms used to support national security.

This position involves working with highly sensitive and classified information, requiring an Active Top Secret/SCI Security Clearance. A relocation package is available for this position.

Core Responsibilities

As a Senior SRE, you will drive the architecture and implementation of reliable and efficient infrastructure by:

System Reliability & Resiliency: Ensuring the survivability and $24/7$ uptime of mission-critical systems through robust design, proactive monitoring, and disaster recovery planning.
Automation and Toil Reduction: Designing, developing, and deploying automation tools and scripts to eliminate repetitive manual tasks (toil) across system administration, deployment, and configuration.
Infrastructure as Code (IaC): Developing and maintaining infrastructure using declarative tools (e.g., Terraform, Ansible) to ensure consistency, repeatability, and version control across all environments.
Configuration Management: Implementing and enforcing best practices for configuration using Policy as Code and Configuration as Code methodologies across large Linux environments.
Monitoring and Observability: Implementing advanced monitoring, logging, and alerting solutions to detect and resolve system issues based on symptoms, not just outages, and define key Service Level Indicators (SLIs).
Incident Management: Serving as a technical leader during production incidents, conducting root cause analysis (RCA), and implementing preventative measures to drive continuous improvement.
Collaboration: Working closely with Software Development, Cyber Security, and Mission Operations teams across the entire Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC) to ensure services are designed for scalability and reliability.

What Sets You Apart

Clearance & Experience: An Active TS/SCI Clearance combined with $5+$ years of experience in a mission-critical SRE, DevOps, or highly-available Systems Engineering role.
Technical Depth: Expert-level administration and troubleshooting of Linux systems and strong proficiency in scripting languages (e.g., Python, Bash).
Leadership: Demonstrated success providing technical leadership, mentoring junior team members, and championing new ideas and SRE/DevOps best practices.
Communication: Strong presentation, documentation, and communication skills, with proven experience in negotiating technical solutions to meet challenging customer requirements.
Proactive Mindset: A commitment to ongoing learning and applying technology trends to solve operational challenges, always seeking win-win solutions.

Our Commitment to You

Work/Life Balance: Flexible schedules, including the option for a 9/80 work schedule (every other Friday off).
Career Growth: An exciting career path with continuous learning, development, and advanced training opportunities.
Benefits: Competitive benefits, including $401k$ matching, flex time off, paid parental leave, comprehensive healthcare, health & wellness programs, and more.

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