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From the employer's careers site First seen 28 Oct 2026

Site Reliability Engineer

Workday Reston, VA Hybrid senior full-time

Salary

$111,500 USD - $199,800 USD per year

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Description

We're looking for a Site Reliability Engineer to support one or more direct or indirect contracts with the U.S. Federal Government. As a Site Reliability Engineer, you will define, design, implement, test, deploy, and maintain automation infrastructure for configuration management and service deployment. You will improve operational efficiency to help scale the team by automating where reasonable. You will build platforms that empower application developers to interact with production in a self-service manner.

Responsibilities:

  • Define, design, implement, test, deploy, and maintain automation infrastructure for configuration management and service deployment
  • Improve operational efficiency to help scale the team by automating where reasonable
  • Build platforms that empower application developers to interact with production in a self-service manner
  • Build and maintain strong relationships with peers and partners to deliver results through collaboration
  • Respond to production monitoring: triage, fix, and resolution
  • Retro and act on incidents to continually improve our systems and processes
  • Engage in a culture of learning and innovation through hackathons, online course offerings, and employee-led special interest guilds
  • In time, you will be required to participate in an infrequent on-call rotation as part of the role

Requirements:

  • 3+ years of experience as a software developer supporting Production Engineering, DevOps or equivalent roles
  • 3+ years of experience in using configuration management frameworks like Chef, Ansible, Terraform, Docker, Kubernetes in Public/Private Cloud (AWS, GCP, Azure, etc.)
  • Bachelor's or master's degree in computer science, software engineering, or a related field
  • Experience in designing systems for ease of maintenance, repair, and upgrades, contributing to reduced downtime and increased system longevity
  • Proficiency in maintaining and administering source code management (SCM) tools
  • Proficient with Agile methodologies, SDLC, and CI/CD
  • Experience in Linux operating systems and various scripting languages such as Python, Ruby, Golang
  • Expertise in applying Reliability Engineering principles to forecast product lifespans, analyze potential failures, and develop maintenance plans for optimal system reliability
  • Deep understanding of Public Cloud Networking
  • JFrog Artifactory administration experience an advantage

Benefits:

  • Annualized base salary ranges: $111,500 USD - $199,800 USD
  • Workday Bonus Plan or a role-specific commission/bonus
  • Annual refresh stock grants
  • Comprehensive benefits
  • Flexible work arrangements

Skills

Required

Nice to have

  • JFrog Artifactory administration
  • DoD 8570/8140 compliant
  • IAT Level II certification

Ready to apply?

You apply with the employer directly. Their original posting is here: https://workday.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Workday/job/USAVAReston/Mid-Senior-Site-Reliability-Engineer--US-Federal-_JR-0110301

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