Senior Site Reliability Engineer

Arctiq

Technical leader architecting reliability strategy for large-scale government systems. Leading SRE framework implementation and mentoring mid-level engineers while interfacing with government stakeholders.

Posted 5/14/2026contractRemote • Virginia • 🇺🇸 United StatesSeniorWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

CloudDistributed SystemsGoJavaKubernetesLinuxPython

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Define the strategy for Service Level Objectives (SLOs) and Error Budgets.
Design complex telemetry pipelines for full-stack observability.
Design and govern the enterprise Infrastructure as Code (IaC) standards.
Develop custom tooling to automate complex recovery procedures and system scaling.
Act as the Incident Commander for major system outages, leading the technical response and directing the Root Cause Analysis (RCA) process.
Lead the integration of security-as-code within DevSecOps pipelines, ensuring full compliance with RMF and NIST 800-53 standards.
Provide technical guidance and mentorship to Mid-Level SREs and developers, fostering a culture of reliability across the organization.

Requirements

What you’ll need

7+ years of experience in SRE or DevOps, with significant experience in distributed systems.
Expertise in Go, Python, or Java and advanced knowledge of Linux internals.
Extensive experience managing production Kubernetes environments and complex cloud architectures.
Proven track record of defining and meeting SLOs for high-availability systems.
Experience navigating government Risk Management Framework (RMF) processes.
Education: Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science or Engineering.
Certifications: CKA (Certified Kubernetes Administrator) and industry observability certification preferred

Benefits

Comp & perks

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Define the strategy for Service Level Objectives (SLOs) and Error Budgets.
Design complex telemetry pipelines for full-stack observability.
Design and govern the enterprise Infrastructure as Code (IaC) standards.
Develop custom tooling to automate complex recovery procedures and system scaling.
Act as the Incident Commander for major system outages, leading the technical response and directing the Root Cause Analysis (RCA) process.
Lead the integration of security-as-code within DevSecOps pipelines, ensuring full compliance with RMF and NIST 800-53 standards.
Provide technical guidance and mentorship to Mid-Level SREs and developers, fostering a culture of reliability across the organization. 🎯 Requirements
7+ years of experience in SRE or DevOps, with significant experience in distributed systems.
Expertise in Go, Python, or Java and advanced knowledge of Linux internals.
Extensive experience managing production Kubernetes environments and complex cloud architectures.
Proven track record of defining and meeting SLOs for high-availability systems.
Experience navigating government Risk Management Framework (RMF) processes.
Education: Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science or Engineering.
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Hard Skills & Tools

GoPythonJavaLinux internalsKubernetesInfrastructure as Code (IaC)telemetry pipelinesDevSecOpsRoot Cause Analysis (RCA)high-availability systems

Soft Skills

technical guidancementorshipleadershipincident managementcommunicationcollaborationproblem-solvingculture of reliability

Certifications

CKA (Certified Kubernetes Administrator)industry observability certification