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Listed pay typically runs
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The Senior Site Reliability Engineer joins the Webex Contact Center FedRAMP team to build and operate secure, reliable cloud services for U.S. government customers. This role involves deploying, operating, and maintaining resilient AWS and Kubernetes-based microservices within a highly regulated environment. Day-to-day responsibilities include monitoring service health, troubleshooting complex incidents in a 24x7 production environment, automating repetitive operational work, and strengthening security through identity management, logging, and vulnerability remediation. The candidate will utilize Go, Java, or Python to build and maintain production services and automation. Key technical requirements include experience with Git, CI/CD pipelines, Linux, distributed systems, Docker, and observability tools like Prometheus, Grafana, CloudWatch, and the Elastic Stack. The role specifically addresses the challenge of maintaining high availability and strict compliance for mission-critical government communication infrastructure.
What does a Site Reliability Engineer earn?
Median $187000 from 131 postings across 37 companies.
Deploy, operate, and maintain resilient AWS and Kubernetes-based microservices for government customers.
Monitor service health and troubleshoot complex incidents in a 24x7 production environment.
Automate repeatable operational tasks and service provisioning to improve deployment efficiency and consistency.
Strengthen solution security through identity management, logging, hardening, and vulnerability remediation.
Perform FedRAMP continuous monitoring activities to ensure compliance with strict government regulations.
Create technical documentation, runbooks, and incident reports to improve system operability.
Conduct root-cause analysis and lead blameless post-incident reviews to prevent recurring issues.
What we're looking for
Must be a U.S. citizen to perform work on U.S. soil.
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or engineering with 7+ years of experience, or a Master's degree with 4+ years of experience.
4+ years of experience in Go, Java, Python, or comparable languages for building and maintaining production services.
Experience with Git, CI/CD pipelines, Linux, distributed systems, observability, and SRE practices.
Experience diagnosing and resolving complex production issues beyond the scope of Tier 1 and Tier 2 support.
Experience building containerized applications using Docker and writing multi-stage Dockerfiles.
Knowledge of Kubernetes for running containerized workloads in a production environment.
Experience in FedRAMP, government cloud, or regulated environments (preferred); experience with Prometheus, Grafana, CloudWatch, or Splunk (preferred).