DevSecOps - Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) / US Gov

Quindar · Arvada, CO · 3 mo ago

HybridEngineering$160k–$200k/yrFull-time

Highly reliable cloud systems supporting mission-critical workloads for U.S. Government customers
DevSecOps and site reliability engineering
Deployment automation, operational stability, and system resilience across AWS GovCloud and AWS C2E environments
Reliability and operability of Quindar’s platform in production
Ensure systems are observable, fault-tolerant, and require minimal manual intervention
Direct impact on mission success by improving system uptime, deployment velocity, and operational confidence in constrained and classified environments
Building and evolving automated deployment pipelines, hardened runtime environments, and repeatable infrastructure patterns
Support and improve Quindar deployments to air-gapped networks
Define and implement best practices for availability, latency, incident response, and service-level objectives (SLOs)
Participation in incident response and 24/7 on-call rotation
Eliminate toil through automation and continuously improve system reliability
Collaborate closely with frontend, backend, and platform engineers

Strong experience with Kubernetes and containerized workloads in production environments
Hands-on experience operating clusters in AWS EKS, Rancher, or similar platforms
Experience supporting GovCloud, IL-enclave, or C2E environments
Deep experience with CI/CD systems and deployment automation (GitLab preferred)
Proficiency in Python and Infrastructure-as-Code tools (Terraform or similar)
Experience with observability platforms (Grafana LGTM stack, Datadog, or equivalent)
Strong understanding of distributed systems, APIs, databases, caching, and event-driven architectures
Solid networking fundamentals (VPCs, VPNs, load balancers, TLS, service connectivity)
Experience with Linux/Unix systems
Familiarity with cloud security best practices, enclave boundaries, and secure system design
Experience with identity and access management (AWS IAM, Auth0, Keycloak, ICAM patterns)
Strong Git fundamentals and experience supporting deployments across multiple classification levels

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field
3+ years of professional experience as an SRE, DevOps, reliability, infrastructure, or platform engineer
Active U.S. Security Clearance (Secret or higher required; TS/SCI preferred); U.S. Citizenship required
Experience working toward ATO/authorization in federal, DoD, or IC environments preferred
Experience supporting deployments in GovCloud, C2S/C2E, or IL-enclave environments highly desirable
ITAR REQUIREMENTS: To conform to U.S. Government export regulations, applicant must be a (i) U.S. citizen or national, (ii) U.S. lawful, permanent resident (aka green card holder), (iii) Refugee under 8 U.S.C. 1157, or (iv) Asylee under 8 U.S.C. 1158, or be eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State.

$160K - $200K

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