Site Reliability Engineer, GovCloud

Salesforce

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Hybrid

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Work type
Hybrid
Location
Denver, COBurlington, MAMclean, VA
Salary
$114,400–$125,400 / yr
Employment
Full-time
Posted
8 days ago
Freshness
Confirmed live yesterday
Closes
Dec 14, 2026

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Below market

How this pay compares to similar roles

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This role $120k
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This role pays less than 94% of similar roles. Most pay $145,537–$215,000 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $120k versus about $180k for comparable roles.

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Salesforce is the world''s leading customer relationship management (CRM) platform, offering cloud-based software for sales, service, marketing, analytics, and application development. Industry: Enterprise Software & Cloud Computing

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TL;DR · Site Reliability Engineer, GovCloud

Site Reliability Engineer, GovCloud 24x7 joins the Site Reliability organization to maintain high performance and 99.99% uptime for mission-critical customer-facing services within the GovCloud environment. This role involves managing incident responses for major operational events, conducting root cause analyses, and implementing long-term remediation strategies while automating detection of recurring issues to reduce engineering toil. The candidate will work with infrastructure systems using Unix variants like Red Hat Enterprise Linux and Solaris, manage AWS/C2S based infrastructure, and utilize scripting languages including Python and Go. Key technical requirements include expertise in TCP/IP networking protocols, security monitoring systems, and experience with Jenkins, Bamboo, or Spinnaker pipelines. The role addresses the challenge of maintaining stable, secure government-focused cloud infrastructure through proactive reliability engineering, collaborative problem-solving, and the integration of AI tools to enhance production workflows.

What does a Site Reliability Engineer earn?

Median $187850 from 127 postings across 37 companies.

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What you'll do

  • Maintain system reliability and high performance across customer-facing services by supporting foundational infrastructure health.
  • Lead incident response efforts during major operational events such as Sev0 or Sev1 incidents.
  • Participate in Root Cause Analyses (RCAs) and partner with global teams to implement preventative solutions.
  • Automate the detection and resolution of recurring issues within the production environment.
  • Improve existing workflows to streamline engineering practices and minimize operations and engineering toil.
  • Ensure all site reliability activities align with organizational compliance, security standards, and operational guidelines.
  • Support a 24/7 high-availability operational environment including night shifts and on-call rotations.

What we're looking for

  • You must be a U.S. citizen (born or naturalized) without dual citizenship.
  • You must be able to obtain and maintain a specific level of U.S. government background clearance.
  • You must have a related technical degree.
  • You must have experience with enterprise-scale internet service operations or systems engineering.
  • You must have expertise in TCP/IP technologies, command-line proficiency, and administration of Unix variants like Linux or Solaris.
  • You must have experience provisioning and operating AWS/C2S based infrastructure and systems.
  • You must be proficient in scripting or programming languages such as Python or Go.
  • You must be able to support a 24/7 high-availability environment, including shift and on-call rotations.
  • You should have experience with Chef, Puppet, Jenkins, Bamboo, Spinnaker, or Kubernetes (preferred).
  • You should hold certifications in Linux+, RedHat, or AWS (preferred).

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