Site Reliability Engineer II

About the role

This role requires US citizenship and residence on US soil. It sits within a FedRAMP Moderate-authorised environment, so FedRAMP suitability and US-soil-only eligibility are non-negotiable. Rotational shift work with overnight and weekend coverage is required from day one.

What You'll Own

• Real-time monitoring and first-response triage across AWS (Commercial/GovCloud) and EKS infrastructure
• Log-level root cause investigation in Kibana and Elasticsearch
• 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

• 3–5 years 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
• Prometheus, Grafana, and ChatOps-via-Slack experience
• US citizenship and US-soil residency, with genuine availability for overnight/weekend rotational shifts

Benefits

• A defined engagement from mid-September through end of March, with clear shift expectations up front
• Competitive W2 hourly rate: $70–$80/hr, with overnight/weekend shift premium built in, DOE
• A genuine reference point for FedRAMP/GovCloud experience on your CV
• Real support from a delivery partner that treats contractors like people, not headcount