Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) II

F5 Inc

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Hybrid

Quick summary

Work type
Hybrid
Location
San Jose, CAReston, VA
Salary
$124,800–$187,200 / yr
Employment
Full-time
Posted
3 days ago
Freshness
Confirmed live yesterday

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Salary context

Below market

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This role pays less than 68% of similar roles. Most pay $142,500–$215,500 — the blue band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $156k versus about $179k 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 · Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) II

The Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) – II joins the 24/7 Operations team to maintain platform availability and security across a hybrid environment. This role involves round-the-clock eyes-on-glass monitoring, proactive incident response, and operational maintenance for bare-metal Red Hat Enterprise Linux servers, AWS Commercial and GovCloud, and Kubernetes (EKS) infrastructure. You will perform log troubleshooting using Elasticsearch and Kibana, execute automated deployments via GitLab CI/CD, ArgoCD, and Argo Workflows, and enforce FedRAMP security controls including NIST SP 800-53 and DISA STIG hardening. Key responsibilities include managing L4/L7 load balancing, performing CVE remediation, and utilizing Prometheus and Grafana for telemetry. The position requires managing complex infrastructure under strict regulatory standards, ensuring high availability for production services through continuous monitoring and automated GitOps workflows.

What does a Site Reliability Engineer earn in California?

Median $214000 from 72 postings across 20 companies.

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What you'll do

  • Perform 24/7 eyes-on monitoring of production telemetry across bare-metal RHEL servers, EKS clusters, and AWS environments.
  • Act as first responder to high-priority alerts by performing immediate triage and root cause investigation.
  • Conduct deep-dive log troubleshooting using Elasticsearch and Kibana to isolate error patterns and service failures.
  • Provide operational support for bare-metal RHEL servers, including OS configuration, hardware diagnostics, and lifecycle administration.
  • Execute routine vulnerability patching and system hardening to maintain FedRAMP and DISA STIG compliance.
  • Manage Kubernetes (EKS) operations, including node maintenance and L4/L7 load balancing troubleshooting.
  • Execute and troubleshoot automated deployment pipelines using GitLab CI/CD, ArgoCD, and Argo Workflows.
  • Maintain incident runbooks and write detailed post-mortem reports for production impact events.

What we're looking for

  • US Citizenship is required due to FedRAMP and AWS GovCloud security requirements.
  • 3–5 years of hands-on experience in SRE, DevOps, Systems Administration, or Hybrid Infrastructure Support roles.
  • Ability to work in a 24/7 rotational shift schedule including nights, weekends, and holidays.
  • Experience administering bare-metal Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) servers, including hardware diagnostics and RAID configuration.
  • Experience querying and analyzing log streams in Kibana and Elasticsearch using KQL/Lucene queries.
  • Experience with L4/L7 secure load balancing, including AWS ALB, NLB, and ingress controllers.
  • Operational experience with AWS core services (EC2, VPC, IAM, S3, KMS) and Amazon EKS.
  • Experience with Prometheus, Alertmanager, Grafana, GitLab CI/CD, ArgoCD, and Argo Workflows.
  • Knowledge of FedRAMP/NIST SP 800-53 controls and DISA STIG hardening.
  • Experience with automation scripting using Python or Bash (preferred).
  • Basic working knowledge of Terraform for infrastructure maintenance (preferred).
  • Red Hat Certified System Administrator (RHCSA) or Red Hat Certified Engineer (RHCE) (preferred).
  • AWS Certified SysOps Administrator or Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA) (preferred).

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