Senior Site Reliability Engineer

Job Description: Senior Site Reliability Engineer (SRE)

Clearance: Must have an active Interim Secret or Secret Clearance.

Requirement

Immediate hire, Full time, Full benefits

Work week: 8 hrs/day,

Work Location: This position offers the ability to work a hybrid remote schedule with the requirement to perform on-site support at the Pentagon, Arlington, VA up to 80%.

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related technical field.

Salary: $170K+

Job Summary:

We are seeking a Senior Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) to support and improve the reliability, availability, security, and performance of applications and infrastructure hosted within an Amazon Web Services (AWS) cloud environment.

The SRE will work closely with application development, cloud infrastructure, cybersecurity, and operations teams to automate deployments, maintain containerized workloads, support Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) systems, and improve CI/CD pipelines and orchestration capabilities.

Job Responsibilities

• Serve as the senior technical lead for 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.
• Collaborate with development and security teams on vulnerability remediation, system hardening, and security controls, while maintaining operational documentation and procedures.

Basic Qualifications

We seek individuals who bring the following qualifications and skills to our team:.

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related technical field.
• 10+ years of experience in systems administration, cloud engineering, DevOps, SRE, or a related technical role.
• Hands-on experience working with AWS services and cloud infrastructure.
• Experience administering Linux, preferably Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL).
• Experience with Docker container technologies.
• Experience supporting or working with a container orchestration platform, such as Kubernetes, Amazon EKS, or Amazon ECS.
• Experience building and managing container images and container registries.
• Experience developing, maintaining, or troubleshooting CI/CD pipelines.
• Working knowledge of Git and source-code management practices.
• Experience with scripting or automation using Python, Bash, and/or similar technologies.
• Understanding of networking fundamentals, including TCP/IP, DNS, HTTP/HTTPS, load balancing, routing, and firewalls/security groups.
• Experience troubleshooting complex technical issues across applications, operating systems, networks, and infrastructure.
• Ability to work collaboratively with development, infrastructure, cybersecurity, and operations teams.
• Must meet DoD 8140 foundational compliance requirements through qualifying degree or certification.

Preferred Qualifications:

• 12+ years of progressive experience in infrastructure, cloud engineering, DevOps, SRE, or related disciplines.
• Experience supporting AWS environments within the Department of Defense or U.S. Federal Government.
• Advanced experience with AWS services such as EC2, VPC, IAM, S3, CloudWatch, CloudTrail, Route 53, Elastic Load Balancing, ECR, ECS, and EKS.
• Knowledge of PKI Certificate based authentication / Single Sign-On.
• Strong experience with Kubernetes administration and troubleshooting.
• Experience with GitLab CI/CD, Jenkins, AWS CodePipeline, or similar CI/CD platforms.
• Advanced Infrastructure as Code experience using Terraform, AWS CloudFormation, AWS CDK, or comparable technologies.
• Experience implementing observability solutions using technologies such as CloudWatch.
• Experience performing root-cause analysis and developing corrective actions following production incidents.
• Knowledge of AWS security best practices, IAM policies and roles, encryption, secrets management, vulnerability management, and least-privilege principles.
• Experience with DevSecOps practices, including automated vulnerability scanning, container scanning, static code analysis, and security gates within CI/CD pipelines.
• Experience supporting systems subject to DISA STIGs, NIST SP 800-53 controls, RMF, or other federal cybersecurity requirements.
• AWS certification such as AWS Certified Solutions Architect, SysOps Administrator, or DevOps Engineer.
• Red Hat, Kubernetes, or related industry certifications.

Please contact me to discuss the position and with an agreement on your compensation am prepared to send you an offer letter.

I look forward to working with you.

Sincerely,

Benito Loyola

CAPT USN (ret.)

President

Loyola Enterprises Inc.

2984 S. Lynnhaven Road, Suite 101

Virginia Beach, VA. 23452

Office 757-498-6118 x101

Cell 757-718-0699

Fax 757-498-6110

Loyola is a certified Service Disabled Veteran and Minority Owned Small Disadvantaged Business

SDVOSB, VOSB, MOSB and SDB

Pay: From $170,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• 401(k) matching
• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Health savings account
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Professional development assistance
• Referral program
• Relocation assistance
• Retirement plan
• Tuition reimbursement
• Vision insurance

Application Question(s):

• Do you have knowledge of PKI Certificate based authentication / Single Sign-On.
• Do you have experience with GitLab CI/CD, Jenkins, AWS CodePipeline, or similar CI/CD platforms.
• Do you have Advanced Infrastructure as Code experience using Terraform, AWS CloudFormation, AWS CDK, or comparable technologies.
• Do you have experience with DevSecOps practices, including automated vulnerability scanning, container scanning, static code analysis, and security gates within CI/CD pipelines.
• Do you have an AWS certification such as AWS Certified Solutions Architect, SysOps Administrator, or DevOps Engineer.
• Do you have Red Hat, Kubernetes, or related industry certifications.
• Do you have 10+ years of experience in systems administration, cloud engineering, DevOps, SRE, or a related technical role.
• Do you have experience in infrastructure, cloud engineering, DevOps, SRE, or related disciplines
• Do you have experience with AWS services such as EC2, VPC, IAM, S3, CloudWatch, CloudTrail, Route 53, Elastic Load Balancing, ECR, ECS, and EKS.

Education:

• Bachelor's (Required)

Location:

• Pentagon, DC (Required)

Security clearance:

• Secret (Required)

Work Location: Hybrid remote in Pentagon, DC