Mid-Senior Site Reliability Engineer Kubernetes Platform

Roles & Responsibilities

• Own and operate components of the Kubernetes platform, including deployment, upgrades, and maintenance
• Contribute to the design and implementation of scalable and reliable platform features
• Build and improve automation, tooling, and CI/CD workflows to reduce operational overhead
• Monitor system health and respond to issues; participate in on-call rotations and incident response
• Contribute to defining and tracking SLIs, SLOs, and error budgets
• Support FedRAMP High / IL5 compliance efforts, including system hardening, documentation, and audit readiness
• Collaborate with senior engineers, technical leaders, and cross-functional teams to deliver platform improvements
• Participate in on-call rotations supporting customer requests and paging alerts
• Participate in post-incident reviews and implement follow-up improvements

Nice to Have

• Experience with service mesh technologies (Istio, Linkerd)
• Familiarity with policy-as-code (OPA/Gatekeeper, Kyverno)
• Experience with GitOps workflows
• Exposure to multi-cluster or hybrid cloud architectures
• Knowledge of FIPS-compliant systems or DoD Cloud SRG
• Relevant certifications (CKA, CKS, cloud provider certs, Security+)
• Experience with CI/CD systems and deployment automation (e.g., ArgoCD)
• Experience working in regulated or audited environments

Pay

$64,000 - $130,000 a year