Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) - Cloud

$104,200 - $182,400/Yr

Parsons - Alexandria, VA

Full-time - Senior

Alexandria, VA

Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services

About the position

Parsons/Space Ground System Solutions (SGSS) is seeking a full-time Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) to join our IT Support team in Alexandria, VA. This role is pivotal in the expansion of satellite ground system software to hybrid and private cloud infrastructures. The SRE will manage, support, and facilitate infrastructure operations for developers working with a mix of government-off-the-shelf, commercial, and open-source software. A key aspect of this position is the ability to approach software engineering with a focus on IT operations, systematically designing, implementing, managing, and automating Application and Infrastructure security tools. The SRE will act as a critical link between the software development team and NRL's sponsors and customers, engineering and delivering operational solutions through automation to meet reliability and maintainability needs. In this role, the successful candidate will passionately support the design, engineering, and coordination of legacy environment migrations. They will provide a holistic IT Service Delivery view, focusing on dynamic provisioning, capacity planning, scheduled maintenance, system performance metrics, change management, and high-quality services. The SRE will develop and manage automation for deploying, operating, monitoring, and remediating failures and performance issues across various environments, including on-premise, private cloud, commercial cloud, and hybrid setups for government customers. They will also identify opportunities for root cause analysis (RCA) and develop processes to address gaps, ensuring quality system usage and management. The SRE will serve as a subject matter expert in automating cloud cyber risk mitigation, particularly in AWS and AWS GovCloud environments. They will document and automate processes discovered through engagement with software engineers and users, manage internal and customer change control boards, and ensure compliance with policy mandates. This role requires a software engineering approach to IT operations, focusing on the design, implementation, management, and automation of security tools, as well as the identification of appropriate cloud-based infrastructure to meet mission requirements. The SRE will also conduct post-incident reviews, develop new response plans, and assist the development team with requirements verification, ensuring a holistic view of capacity planning and system performance metrics.

Responsibilities

• Support the design, engineering, and coordination of legacy environment migrations.
• Provide a holistic IT Service Delivery view to dynamic provisioning, capacity planning, scheduled maintenance, and system performance metrics.
• Develop and manage automation for deploying, operating, monitoring, and remediating failures in various environments.
• Identify opportunities for root cause analysis and develop processes to address gaps in system management.
• Select, implement, and support infrastructure providers; manage layered infrastructure at physical and logical levels.
• Serve as a subject matter resource in automation of cloud cyber risk mitigation.
• Document and automate processes discovered through engagement with software engineers and users.
• Engage with internal and customer change control boards and ensure compliance with policy mandates.
• Design, implement, manage, and automate Application and Infrastructure security tools.
• Specify and configure physical and virtual machines with a focus on stable operating systems.
• Perform current state analysis of system security controls against DISA STIG standards and provide recommendations for enhancement.
• Implement configuration management automation to maintain system configuration.
• Assist the development team with requirements verification and capacity planning.
• Conduct post-incident reviews and develop new response plans to improve IT service delivery.
• Serve on the tier 3 support team for integrated product support and proactive response to complex support challenges.
• Develop and maintain Infrastructure-as-Code with security embedded using technologies like Terraform.

Requirements

• Must have a minimum active DoD Secret security clearance with ability to obtain a TS/SCI.
• Bachelor's Degree in relevant field (e.g., Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Technology).
• Minimum of fifteen (15) years' experience in a professional relative field.
• 15+ years of experience with core infrastructure capabilities: operating systems, networking, identity management, and access control.
• 12-15 years of experience with design aspects of data center support systems, including AC/DC power, UPS, HVAC, and overall data center layout.
• 12+ years of experience demonstrating clear communication skills, both verbally and in writing.
• Strong understanding of all layers of software engineering and system architecture.
• Expert understanding in infrastructure management processes and tools like Terraform and AWS CloudFormation.
• Proficiency in securing systems on application, network, and infrastructure layers.
• 12+ years of experience with designing solutions in cloud-optimized, private cloud, and hybrid environments.
• Expert in creating, deploying, maintaining, and troubleshooting Docker or Podman images and orchestration with Kubernetes.

Nice-to-haves

• Experience serving in security management in a classified IT development program.
• Familiarity with specific tools: Gitlab, Ansible, Terraform, OpenStack, AWS GovCloud, RedHat Enterprise Virtualization.
• Familiarity with CI/CD and tooling for configuration management, build, deployment, and code quality around C++ and Python.
• AWS Certifications.
• DoD 8750 certification at IAT Level II (CompTIA Security+, Cloud+, CASP+).

Benefits

• Fully funded medical, dental, vision, group life, short-term disability, and long-term disability insurance for the entire family with no employee premiums.
• SGSS funded Health Savings Account (HSA) with maximum IRS funding.
• Retirement Savings Plan (RSP/401k) with a 20% annual company contribution, requiring no employee contribution.