II Site Reliability Engineer II
Listed on 2026-09-05
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IT/Tech
AWS, Cloud Computing: Infrastructure & Operations, SRE/Site Reliability, Unix/Linux
Site Reliability Engineer II
Metro DC
· Hybrid
· 24/7 FedRAMP Operations
· Rotational Shift
· Initial Contract till March 27.
This role requires US citizenship and residence on US soil. It sits within a FedRAMP Moderate-authorised environment, so FedRAMP suitability and US-soil-only eligibility are non-negotiable, not preferred.
Eyes on glass. Hands on the pipeline. Real ownership from day one.
This isn't a watch-and-wait monitoring seat. Our client needs engineers who can read a Kibana query at 3am, know the difference between a blip and a breach, and act on it, on a FedRAMP-authorised cloud platform that genuinely can't afford downtime. If you're a couple of years into SRE or cloud support and want your next role to open doors into FedRAMP and Gov Cloud work, this is a strong place to build that experience.
WHATYOU'LL OWN
- Real-time monitoring and first-response triage. Across AWS (Commercial/Gov Cloud) and EKS infrastructure.
- Log-level root cause investigation. In Kibana and Elasticsearch, you'll actually dig, not just elevate.
- CVE remediation and STIG hardening. On your patch, within FedRAMP SLA windows.
- Deployment execution and troubleshooting. Through Git Lab CI/CD, ArgoCD, and Argo Workflows.
- 3+ yearsin SRE, Dev Ops, systems administration, or cloud support.
- Solid Linux administration(RHEL, Amazon Linux, Ubuntu) and comfort with bash/Python scripting.
- Working knowledge of Kubernetes/EKS, AWS core services,and L4/L7 load balancing troubleshooting.
- Prometheus, Grafana, and Chat Ops-via-Slack experience.
- US citizenship and US-soil residency,with genuine availability for overnight/weekend rotational shifts. This is non-negotiable.
- A defined engagement. Mid-September through end of March, with clear shift expectations up front.
- Competitive W2 hourly rate. $70-$90/hr, with overnight/weekend shift premium built in, DOE.
- A genuine reference point. For FedRAMP/Gov Cloud experience on your CV, and a real stepping stone toward Senior SRE.
- Real support. From a delivery partner that treats contractors like people, not headcount.
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