Site Reliability Engineer

Program Overview

Provides IC data management support to modernize mega data repositories, dataflow management, data provenance and compliance validation, and streaming solutions.

• Lead and support the migration of on-premise corporate hardware systems into the WANDS/AWS cloud environment.
• Design, deploy, and manage AWS infrastructure, including EC2, VPCs, networking, security controls, IAM, and related services.
• Implement and maintain Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform and Ansible to ensure scalable, repeatable, and auditable deployments.
• Apply AWS Well-Architected Framework principles across operational excellence, security, reliability, performance efficiency, cost optimization, and sustainability.
• Perform Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) functions, including automation of operational tasks, system hardening, and resilience engineering.
• Design and implement monitoring, logging, and alerting solutions to ensure system availability, performance, and rapid incident response.
• Collaborate with engineering, security, and operations teams to improve system reliability and reduce operational toil.
• Identify and drive continuous improvements in cloud architecture, reliability, and operational processes.

• Sixteen (16) 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 a related technical field is highly desired; a Master's degree in a technical field will be considered equivalent to additional years. A degree in Mathematics, Information Systems, Engineering, or similar will be considered.
• Active TS/SCI security clearance with a current polygraph is required.

• AWS Certified Developer - Associate
• AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate
• AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Professional
• AWS Certified Sys Ops Administrator - Associate
• Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKAD)
• Elastic Certified Engineer
• Elastic Certified Observability Engineer

• Experience with Docker, Kubernetes, Dev Ops, CI/CD, and automation.

Peraton offers enhanced benefits to employees working on this critical National Security program, which include heavily subsidized employee benefits coverage for you and your dependents, 25 days of PTO accrued annually up to a generous PTO cap and participation in an attractive bonus plan.

Target Salary Range: $176,000 - $282,000. Salary is determined by various factors including but not limited to scope and responsibilities of the position, the individual's experience, education, knowledge, skills and competencies, as well as geographic location and business and contract considerations. Depending on the position, employees may be eligible for overtime, shift differential, and a discretionary bonus in addition to base pay.

Equal opportunity employer, including disability and protected veterans, or other characteristics protected by law.