Sr. Site Reliability Engineer III

Washington dc, DC


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Type: Permanent

Category: Engineer

Industry: Government

Reference ID: JN -052026-106929

Date Posted: 05/11/2026

Shortcut: http://careers.eliassen.com/0MgRz7


Description:

Onsite in Washington, DC

 

our client seeks a Sr. Site Reliability Engineer III to design, automate, and operate mission-critical systems for federal environments. The role focuses on Kubernetes or VMWare platforms, CI/CD enablement, observability, and developer experience. You will reduce developer friction, strengthen reliability practices, and deliver secure, compliant infrastructure that supports agency objectives.

 

Due to federal security clearance requirements, applicant must be a United States Citizen with an active Top Secret clearance. This is a full-time, permanent opportunity, offering a competitive salary and comprehensive benefits package. Qualified applicants must be willing and able to work on a w2 basis.

 

Salary: $170,000 - $220,000/ yr. w2

 


Responsibilities:
  • Design, deploy, and maintain mission-critical application workloads on virtualized or containerized environments such as VMWare or Kubernetes.
  • Ensure scalability, availability, and compliance with government requirements.
  • Develop and sustain automated CI/CD pipelines, monitoring, and configuration management workflows across all environments.
  • Provision, configure, and maintain developer environments and toolchains to enable secure and efficient workflows.
  • Identify and reduce developer friction across the software development lifecycle.
  • Implement observability and alerting to support defined service level objectives.
  • Lead or participate in incident response, root cause analysis, and continuous improvement.
  • Support container-native and object storage solutions such as MinIO, S3-compatible services, and PortWorx.
  • Configure and manage enterprise load balancers such as F5 or similar platforms.
  • Establish and maintain customer trust by delivering innovative solutions aligned to mission needs.

Experience Requirements:
  • Active U.S. Government issued Top Secret security clearance.
  • 7+ years in software development, systems engineering, or operations with accountability for production availability, performance, and reliability.
  • Demonstrated experience blending software engineering and systems administration for highly available and scalable applications.
  • Experience designing and managing monitoring, alerting, and observability to meet service level objectives.
  • Experience leading or participating in incident response and root cause analysis.
  • Experience with Ansible and Desired State Configuration.
  • Experience with GitLab CI/CD automation and Bash scripting.
  • Experience with container-native storage and object storage solutions such as MinIO, S3-compatible services, and PortWorx.
  • Experience with enterprise load-balancing solutions such as F5 or similar.
  • Ability to contribute immediately in a mission-critical operational environment with minimal ramp-up.

Education Requirements:
  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related engineering field is preferred.
  • DoD 8140-compliant certification such as Security+ or higher.

Recruitment Transparency Notice
 
Eliassen Group values transparency in our recruitment practices. Please be advised that Eliassen Group utilizes artificial intelligence (AI) tools as part of its initial application screening and hiring process. You may receive email and SMS notifications from the Eliassen Virtual Recruiting Team (noreply@eliassen.com, 781-808-2924) inviting you to complete a brief voice screening as part of your application process. These tools assist our hiring teams in different ways, including but not limited to, assistance in reviewing application materials to help identify candidates whose qualifications most closely match the requirements of the position. All AI-assisted evaluations and responses are reviewed by human recruiters before any hiring decisions are made. The use of AI in our process is intended to support fairness, efficiency, and consistency, and Eliassen Group takes measures to prevent bias or discrimination in connection with its hiring practices. By proceeding, you acknowledge, agree, and consent to Eliassen Group’s use of these tools, including AI tools, as part of the application and hiring process.
 

Skills, experience, and other compensable factors will be considered when determining pay rate. The pay range provided in this posting reflects a W2 hourly rate; other employment options may be available that may result in pay outside of the provided range.

W2 employees of Eliassen Group who are regularly scheduled to work 30 or more hours per week are eligible for the following benefits: medical (choice of 3 plans), dental, vision, pre-tax accounts, other voluntary benefits including life and disability insurance, 401(k) with match, and sick time if required by law in the worked-in state/locality.
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About Eliassen Group:
 
Eliassen Group is a strategic consulting firm that helps organizations reach further and achieve more through our technology, business advisory, and life sciences solutions. For nearly 40 years, we have combined exceptional people, deep domain expertise, and intelligent capabilities to expand our clients’ capacity and accelerate meaningful outcomes. We are driven by a purpose to positively impact the lives of our employees, clients, consultants, and the communities we serve.
 
Eliassen is committed to building a diverse and inclusive team from a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. We are an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer and all employment decisions are based on merit, performance, and business needs. Eliassen does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, gender identity or expression, sexual preference or orientation, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, and related medical conditions), marital status, creed, religion, physical or mental disability, genetic information, military or veteran status, age, ancestry, national origin, citizenship status, prohibited criminal record inquiries of applicants and employees, or any other category protected by federal, state, or local laws.
 
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