Site Reliability Engineer Contract

About the role

Site Reliability Engineer II – San Francisco Bay Area hybrid, 24/7 FedRAMP Operations, rotational shift, initial contract through March 27. This role requires U.S. citizenship and residence on U.S. soil; it sits within a FedRAMP Moderate‑authorized environment, making FedRAMP suitability and U.S.-soil-only eligibility non‑negotiable. The position demands real ownership from day one: engineers who can read a Kibana query at 3 a.m., distinguish a blip from a breach, and act on it on a FedRAMP‑authorized cloud platform that cannot afford downtime. Ideal for someone with a couple of years of SRE or cloud support experience looking to build FedRAMP and GovCloud expertise.

Responsibilities

• Real‑time monitoring and first‑response triage across AWS (Commercial/GovCloud) and EKS infrastructure.
• Log‑level root cause investigation in Kibana and Elasticsearch – digging, not just escalating.
• CVE remediation and STIG hardening on your patch within FedRAMP SLA windows.
• Deployment execution and troubleshooting via GitLab CI/CD, ArgoCD, and Argo Workflows.

Requirements

• 3+ years of experience in SRE, DevOps, systems administration, or cloud support.
• Solid Linux administration (RHEL, Amazon Linux, Ubuntu) and comfort with bash/Python scripting.
• Working knowledge of Kubernetes/EKS, AWS core services, and L4/L7 load‑balancing troubleshooting.
• Experience with Prometheus, Grafana, and ChatOps via Slack.
• U.S. citizenship and U.S.-soil residency with genuine availability for overnight/weekend rotational shifts (non‑negotiable).

Benefits

• Defined engagement: Mid‑September through end of March with clear shift expectations up front.
• Competitive W2 hourly rate: $60‑$90/hr, inclusive of overnight/weekend shift premium (DOE).
• Genuine reference point for FedRAMP/GovCloud experience on your CV and a stepping stone toward Senior SRE.
• Real support from a delivery partner that treats contractors like people, not just headcount.

Schedule

• Rotational shift work requiring overnight and weekend availability.
• Contract period: Mid‑September to end of March.