Site Reliability Engineer, Lead

Booz Allen Hamilton

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Work type
On-site
Location
Chantilly, VA
Salary
$99,000–$225,000 / yr
Employment
Full-time
Posted
96 days ago
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About Booz Allen Hamilton

Booz Allen Hamilton is a management and technology consulting firm that provides analytics, digital, engineering, and cybersecurity solutions primarily to U.S. government agencies and commercial clients. Industry: Management & Technology Consulting

Booz Allen Hamilton currently has 1662 open roles on FindRole.

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TL;DR · Site Reliability Engineer, Lead

The Site Reliability Engineer, Lead joins the team to ensure the reliability, performance, scalability, and security of critical production systems and platforms. This role leads the design and implementation of observability, automation, incident response, and operational best practices across cloud and air-gapped environments. You will build and support a reliable site to meet development and maintenance requirements while partnering with DevOps, infrastructure, and security teams to improve system resilience. Key responsibilities include driving root cause analysis, capacity planning, and designing technical tools to debug application deployment problems. Required skills include Linux systems administration, networking fundamentals within AWS, Python scripting, and Infrastructure as Code using Terraform and Terragrunt. You must possess experience with Prometheus, Grafana, ELK stack, and Kubernetes administration to manage distributed systems and containerized workloads.

What you'll do

  • Design and implement observability, automation, and incident response across cloud and air-gapped environments.
  • Ensure the reliability, performance, scalability, and security of critical production systems and platforms.
  • Drive root cause analysis, capacity planning, and the establishment of reliability standards.
  • Develop technical tools to debug problems occurring during application deployment and within specific platforms.
  • Evaluate the health, stability, and reliability of systems in partnership with development and operations teams.
  • Manage Kubernetes administration, troubleshooting, and operations for containerized workloads.
  • Implement SRE practices including SLOs, SLIs, error budgets, and incident management.
  • Use Infrastructure as Code with Terraform and Terragrunt to manage cloud infrastructure.

What we're looking for

  • TS/SCI clearance with a polygraph is required.
  • Bachelor’s degree and 8+ years of experience in SRE, DevOps, or Platform Engineering, or 12+ years of experience in those fields without a degree.
  • 8+ years of experience with monitoring, logging, and observability platforms like Prometheus, Grafana, and ELK stack.
  • 8+ years of experience with Linux systems administration and networking fundamentals within AWS.
  • Experience with Python scripting and automation.
  • Experience with Infrastructure as Code using Terraform and Terragrunt.
  • Knowledge of Kubernetes administration, troubleshooting, and operations.
  • Ability to obtain a Security+ CE, SSCP, CCNA-Security, or GSEC Certification within 6 months of start date.

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