Seeking a Senior Site Reliability Engineer with deep expertise in Amazon Web Services (AWS) to support the migration of corporate hardware-based systems into the WANDS/AWS environment. The ideal candidate will have strong experience designing, deploying, securing, and automating cloud infrastructure while ensuring high availability, scalability, and operational resilience.
Primary Responsibilities
Set up, configure, and manage AWS EC2 environments, including compute provisioning, networking, and security controls
Develop and maintain Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform and Ansible to automate deployment, configuration management, and repeatable infrastructure builds
Apply expertise in the AWS Well-Architected Framework, including Operational Excellence, Security, Reliability, Performance Efficiency, Cost Optimization, and Sustainability, to ensure compliant and resilient cloud solutions
Leverage Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) best practices to automate operational tasks, design highly available and fault-tolerant systems, and implement robust monitoring, logging, and alerting capabilities
Required Qualifications
Must have active Top Secret/SCI clearance with NSA Full Scope Polygraph
Fourteen (14) years of experience in software development/engineering, including requirements analysis, software development, installation, integration, evaluation, enhancement, maintenance, testing, and problem diagnosis/resolution
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or in a related technical field is highly desired which will be considered equivalent to two (2) years of experience
A Master's degree in a Technical Field will be considered equivalent to four (4) years of experience
A degree in Mathematics, Information Systems, Engineering, or similar degree will be considered
One of the following certifications required:
AWS Certified Developer-Associate
AWS Certified Solutions Architect-Associate
AWS Certified Solutions Architect-Professional
AWS Certified SysOps Administrator-Associate
Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKAD)
Elastic Certified Engineer
Elastic Certified Obervability Engineer
Possession of a Cloud certification is required and will be verified as part of the interview or offer process.
Desired Qualifications
Experience with Docker, Kubernetes, DevOps, CI/CD, and automation
Exempt hourly position. 11 paid holidays, minimum of 3 weeks PTO, company sponsored group medical plan, company paid dental, vision, life insurance, and STD/LTD plans. Salary is dependent upon the candidate’s experience and qualifications.
Numbers & Facts
Location
Annapolis Junction
Skills
Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2)unmatched
Amazon Web Services (AWS)unmatched
Ansibleunmatched
Best Practicesunmatched
Cloud Computingunmatched
Computer Networksunmatched
Computer Scienceunmatched
Configuration Managementunmatched
Cost Controlunmatched
Full Scope Polygraphunmatched
Health Planunmatched
High Availabilityunmatched
Life Insuranceunmatched
Mathematicsunmatched
National Security Agency (NSA)unmatched
Network Securityunmatched
Operations Security (OPSEC)unmatched
Problem Solving Skillsunmatched
Reliability Engineeringunmatched
Requirements Managementunmatched
Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI)unmatched
Software Developmentunmatched
Software Engineeringunmatched
Software Installationunmatched
Sustainabilityunmatched
System Operationsunmatched
Systems Engineeringunmatched
Testingunmatched
Top Secret Clearanceunmatched
Vision Planunmatched
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