Senior Site Reliability Engineer III - Mission-Critical Federal Infrastructure

Position Title: Senior Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) III

Location: Washington, DC (Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling | 100% Onsite)

Clearance Requirements: Active Top Secret required; SCI eligibility required (sponsorship available within 1-2 weeks of hire)

Position Status: Full Time, Direct Hire

Pay Rate: $185,000 - $230,000 base salary + performance bonuses + company-paid training/certifications + referral bonuses | Relocation assistance available

Position Description

Join a collaborative, high-performing engineering team delivering mission-critical infrastructure and reliability solutions at the highest levels of the federal government. This is a systems-leaning SRE role focused on stability, automation, incident response, and platform observability — supporting a large, multi-customer federal organization where your work directly impacts national priorities.

You'll work alongside Platform Engineers, DevSecOps engineers, PostgreSQL DBAs, and Software Developers in a fast-paced classified environment. One interview. End of June hiring target.

What You'll Do

Design, deploy, and maintain mission-critical application workloads on Kubernetes and virtualized environments, ensuring scalability, availability, and compliance with government requirements

Build and sustain automated CI/CD pipelines, monitoring, alerting, and configuration management workflows across development, integration, staging, and production environments

Provision and maintain developer environments and toolchains to enable rapid, secure, and efficient software delivery

Identify and eliminate friction across the software development lifecycle — building developer-first platform experiences

Own incident response, root cause analysis, and continuous improvement activities across a large, multi-customer organization

Communicate clearly and confidently with senior stakeholders and high-visibility government customers

Required Skills And Experience

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Active Top Secret clearance (required at time of hire; SCI sponsorship available)

DoD 8140 certification — Security+ or higher (required)

7+ years of experience in systems engineering, SRE, or operations with direct ownership of production availability, performance, and reliability

Kubernetes experience — production ownership required, including container-native and object storage solutions (MinIO, PortWorx, S3-compatible services)

Experience with Ansible, Desired State Configuration, GitLab CI/CD automation, and Bash scripting

Experience with enterprise load-balancing solutions (F5 or equivalent)

Experience designing and managing monitoring, alerting, and observability solutions aligned to defined SLOs

Experience leading or participating in incident response, root cause analysis, and continuous improvement

Ability to contribute immediately with minimal ramp-up in a mission-critical classified environment

On-call Rotation Participation Required — Flexibility Essential

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related engineering field preferred; relevant experience may substitute

This position is designated as essential personnel supporting continuity of operations and may require availability during government shutdowns, emergencies, or other critical situations. Candidates must be fully comfortable with 100% onsite requirements at JBAB. This is not a hybrid role.

About Seneca Resources

At Seneca Resources, we are more than just a staffing and consulting firm — we are a trusted career partner. With offices across the U.S. and clients ranging from Fortune 500 companies to government organizations, we provide opportunities that help professionals grow their careers while making an impact.

When you work with Seneca, you're choosing a company that invests in your success, celebrates your achievements, and connects you to meaningful work with leading organizations nationwide. We take the time to understand your goals and match you with roles that align with your skills and career path. Our consultants and contractors enjoy competitive pay, comprehensive health, dental, and vision coverage, 401(k) retirement plans, and the support of a dedicated team who will advocate for you every step of the way.

Seneca Resources is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer, committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace where all qualified individuals are encouraged to apply.