Site Reliability Engineer (SRE), Senior - Topsecret
At a glance
Senior Site Reliability role at Parsons. Remote, United States · full-time · $103,500–$181,100 base.
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What you'll do
- Build and upkeep infrastructure designed to scale while keeping systems dependable
- Set up monitoring and alerts to track system health and performance
- Work with developers to refine system architecture and deployment workflows
- Automate recurring work, investigate difficult outages, and document systems and procedures
What you bring
- A degree or equivalent additional work experience, plus at least five years in DevOps or a related role
- A current Security+ credential and an active Top Secret clearance
- Hands-on ability with Linux or Unix, cloud platforms, automation, monitoring, and CI/CD pipelines
- Experience handling incidents, tuning performance, planning capacity, and applying security practices
Who this fits
This senior role suits an experienced reliability engineer who can work across development and operations teams. The position is remote and open to applicants anywhere in the United States, and requires an active Top Secret clearance.
From the employer
At Parsons, you can imagine a career where you thrive, work with exceptional people, and be yourself. Guided by our leadership vision of valuing people, embracing agility, and fostering growth, we cultivate an innovative culture that empowers you to achieve your full potential. Unleash your talent and redefine what’s possible.
Job Description:
The Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) 4 will play a crucial role in ensuring the reliability, scalability, and performance of our systems. This position involves working closely with development and operations teams to build and maintain robust infrastructure, automate processes, and enhance system reliability. You will work closely with our partners as well as data engineers, analysts, and other stakeholders to ensure that our data-driven strategies are effective and aligned with our organizational goals.
What You'll Be Doing:
- Design, implement, and maintain scalable and reliable infrastructure solutions
- Develop and manage monitoring and alerting systems to ensure system health and performance
- Collaborate with development teams to improve system architecture and deployment processes
- Automate repetitive tasks to improve efficiency and reduce human error
- Troubleshoot and resolve complex system issues, ensuring minimal downtime
- Document processes, systems, and configurations to ensure knowledge sharing and continuity
What Required Skills You'll Bring:
- Bachelor's degree or additional years of experience in lieu of degree is considered
- Current Security+ certification
- A minimum of 5 years of experience in a DevOps or related role
- Proficient in Linux/Unix systems administration, cloud computing (AWS, Azure, GCP), automation (Python, Go, Bash, Ansible, Terraform), monitoring and alerting (Prometheus, Grafana, Datadog), and CI/CD pipelines
- Experience with incident management, performance tuning, capacity planning, and security best practices
- Strong problem-solving skills and attention to detail
- Must possess excellent communication and a willingness to continuously learn and adapt to the ever-evolving technology landscape and collaboration skills, with the ability to work effectively in a team environment
- Active Top Secret security clearance required .
What Desired Skills You'll Bring:
- Knowledge of database management and optimization
- Previous experience in a DevOps or Agile environment
Security Clearance Requirement:
An active Top Secret security clearance is required for this position.This position is part of our Federal Solutions team.The Federal Solutions segment delivers resources to our US government customers that ensure the success of missions around the globe. Our intelligent employees drive the state of the art as they provide services and solutions in the areas of defense, security, intelligence, infrastructure, and environmental. We promote a culture of excellence and close-knit teams that take pride in delivering, protecting, and sustaining our nation's most critical assets, from Earth to cyberspace. Throughout the company, our people are anticipating what’s next to deliver the solutions our customers need now.Salary Range: $103,500.00 - $181,100.00We value our employees and want our employees to take care of their overall wellbeing, which is why we offer best-in-class benefits such as medical, dental, vision, paid time off, 401(k), life insurance, flexible work schedules, and holidays to fit your busy lifestyle!This position will be posted for a minimum of 3 days and will continue to be posted for an average of 30 days until a qualified applicant is selected or the position has been cancelled.Parsons is an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, veteran status or any other protected status.We truly invest and care about our employee’s wellbeing and provide endless growth opportunities as the sky is the limit, so aim for the stars! Imagine next and join the Parsons quest—APPLY TODAY!Parsons is aware of fraudulent recruitment practices. To learn more about recruitment fraud and how to report it, please refer to https://www.parsons.com/fraudulent-recruitment/.