Senior Site Reliability Engineer, FedRAMP

F5 Inc

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Hybrid

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Work type
Hybrid
Location
Reston, VA
Salary
$161,900–$242,900 / yr
Employment
Full-time
Posted
3 days ago
Freshness
Confirmed live yesterday

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This role pays more than 60% of similar roles. Most pay $146,837–$217,500 — the blue band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $202k versus about $182k for comparable roles.

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About F5 Inc

F5, Inc. is an American technology company specializing in application security, multi-cloud management, online fraud prevention, application delivery networking, application availability and performance, and network security, access, and authorization.

F5 Inc currently has 36 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $160,800–$241,200 across 25 roles with salary data.

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TL;DR · Senior Site Reliability Engineer, FedRAMP

The Senior Site Reliability Engineer - FedRAMP joins the team to drive reliability, architectural design, and continuous compliance for a FedRAMP-authorized cloud platform. This role involves designing and operating resilient multi-cluster Amazon EKS infrastructure, managing hybrid cloud and edge environments, and leading technical responses during a 24/7 on-call rotation. Key responsibilities include implementing NIST SP 800-53 security controls, managing 3PAO audits, and building automated deployment pipelines. The candidate will utilize a technical stack including AWS GovCloud, Kubernetes, Terraform, ArgoCD, and GitLab CI/CD. Core tools for observability and logging include Prometheus, Grafana, Elasticsearch, and Kibana. Proficiency in Python, Go, and Bash is required to develop automation tools. The work focuses on maintaining secure-by-default topologies, managing bare-metal edge nodes, and ensuring high-availability networking for secure, low-latency communication.

What does a Site Reliability Engineer earn?

Median $187850 from 136 postings across 39 companies.

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What you'll do

  • Act as the final technical escalation tier (L3) for critical platform incidents and lead high-priority incident response bridges.
  • Implement and enforce security controls aligned with the NIST SP 800-53 framework to maintain FedRAMP Authorization to Operate.
  • Serve as the technical lead for annual FedRAMP 3PAO audits by gathering evidence and demonstrating operational compliance.
  • Design and manage highly resilient, secure-by-default hybrid network architectures spanning AWS GovCloud and on-premises edge servers.
  • Architect and scale multi-tenant Kubernetes (EKS) clusters using zero-trust network policies and identity federation.
  • Author modular Terraform code and build declarative deployment pipelines using GitLab CI/CD and ArgoCD for GitOps-driven delivery.
  • Develop custom automation tools and CLI utilities in Python or Go to eliminate repetitive toil and automate compliance reporting.
  • Design end-to-end monitoring and alerting systems using Prometheus, Grafana, and Alertmanager integrated with Slack.

What we're looking for

  • Must be a US Citizen residing in the United States.
  • 5+ years of production experience in a Site Reliability Engineering, DevOps, or Systems Architecture role.
  • Proven track record of handling high-pressure L3 production escalations and driving live incident triage.
  • Advanced hands-on experience using Elasticsearch and Kibana to troubleshoot critical system events and write complex KQL queries.
  • Direct experience implementing and defending systems during FedRAMP (Moderate or High), NIST SP 800-53, or SOC 2 Type II audits.
  • Expert-level mastery of Kubernetes orchestration and cloud infrastructure on AWS/GovCloud.
  • Proficiency in writing production-grade automation scripts and tools in Go (Golang) and/or Python.
  • Strong capability in designing hybrid cloud network architectures and secure multi-tenant clusters.

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