Site Reliability​/Platform Engineer; Linux​/Kubernetes​/Python

Site Reliability Engineer (Kubernetes / Open Shift Platform Engineering)

Location:

Reston, VA
Salary: 180-190K + 10% Bonus

Must have the following: on-prem Kubernetes engineering, Open Shift, Platform Engineering, Observability tools, Incident response, Automation, Production troubleshooting, Linux environments

Responsibilities:

• Maintain the health, stability, and reliability of core technical platforms and platform services supporting business continuity and high availability.
• Improve end-to-end platform observability to ensure system performance, incidents, and trends are proactively identified and addressed.
• Lead incident response efforts, root-cause analysis, and postmortems to continuously improve platform reliability and reduce recurring issues.
• Partner with development teams to troubleshoot deployment, routing, ingress, and configuration issues within Kubernetes/Open Shift environments.
• Build and maintain automated deployment pipelines supporting engineering, development, and data teams.
• Develop, test, and deploy automation solutions that reduce manual intervention and improve operational efficiency.
• Lead the rollout of new platform services, features, and capabilities across hybrid infrastructure environments.
• Operate and support platform services across on-premise infrastructure and Azure cloud services.
• Maintain operational documentation, deployment procedures, incident response plans, and technical runbooks.
• Participate in on-call rotation supporting production environments and critical infrastructure systems.
• Assist with additional technical initiatives and operational responsibilities as needed.

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 4–5+ years of experience in Kubernetes Engineering, Site Reliability Engineering, Platform Engineering, or similar infrastructure-focused roles.
• Strong hands-on Kubernetes engineering experience, including workload management, operators, routing/ingress, cluster administration, and performance management.
• Experience managing and supporting Open Shift environments is highly preferred.
• Experience deploying and supporting platform services and observability tooling.
• Strong troubleshooting skills across logs, metrics, traces, packet captures, and Kubernetes debugging tools.
• Strong understanding of observability platforms and connecting alerts, incidents, and operational trends to actionable outcomes.
• Experience working within regulated or heavily audited environments preferred.
• Strong communication skills with the ability to document technical procedures and operational activities thoroughly.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities in a dynamic, fast-paced environment.
• Strong collaboration skills with the ability to work effectively across engineering and infrastructure teams.
• Experience conducting independent technical research and presenting findings to leadership and peers.
• Proof of eligibility to work in the United States required.

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