Site Reliability Engineer SRE

Site Reliability Engineer (SRE)
Active Secret Clearance Required
Contract to Hire
Hourly Rate: $75/hr. to $80/hr. range
Onsite at Langley AFB, Hampton, VA
Various Shifts Available

ALTA IT Services has a contract to hire opening for two Site Reliability Engineers SRE's to support mission-critical DOD programs, onsite at Langley AFB, Hampton, VA. Various shifts are available. An active Secret clearance is required.

In this role, you will focus on ensuring the availability, reliability, and performance of a multi-tenant, microservices application suite. You will collaborate closely with cross-functional teams to troubleshoot issues, automate processes, and build scalable, resilient systems. You will learn the nuances of the entire suite of applications and their infrastructure, which will facilitate your missions of 24/7/365 tier 2/3 outage response and improve the efficiencies of the program.

Key Responsibilities:

• Contribute to performance tuning and scalability improvements across the application stack.
• Document incident responses and contribute to a knowledge base to foster a culture of continuous improvement.
• Participate in an on-call rotation to provide 24/7/365 support for mission-critical systems.
• Monitor system health, define Service Level Indicators (SLIs), and ensure adherence to Service Level Objectives (SLOs).
• Respond promptly to outages, conduct root cause analyses, and implement durable solutions to prevent recurrence.
• Collaborate with development and DevOps teams to optimize and maintain Kubernetes environments and CI/CD pipelines.
• Develop and refine automation scripts to enhance system reliability, including automated recovery and self-healing capabilities.
• Build and maintain observability frameworks, integrating metrics, logging, and tracing tools for proactive issue identification.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• A minimum of 5 years of experience in site reliability, systems engineering, or DevOps roles.
• Proficiency in one or more programming/scripting languages (e.g., Python, Go, Java, Bash).
• Strong understanding of distributed systems, microservices architecture, and RESTful API design.
• Hands-on experience with Kubernetes and container orchestration.
• Familiarity with monitoring, alerting, and logging tools (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana, ELK stack, or Datadog). Experience with Elastic will be highly helpful with this position.
• Hands-on experience with incident response, including designing and improving incident management processes.
• Expertise in Observability practices, including metrics, logs, traces, and understanding of distributed tracing tools (e.g., OpenTelemetry).
• Strong problem-solving skills with a focus on building resilient, fault-tolerant systems.
• Excellent communication skills and a collaborative mindset.
• Have to have SEC+ or higher certification or ability to obtain it within six months from hire.
• Must be willing to do shift work to provide 24/7/365 coverage.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with cloud platforms (e.g., AWS) and their associated managed services.
• Knowledge of database management and optimization for systems (e.g., PostgreSQL)
• Familiarity with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools (e.g., Terraform, CloudFormation).
• Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.

HOURLY RATE: $75/HR. TO $80/HR. Range. Benefits available

Please send an updated resume to Melissa McNally via for consideration.

System One, and its subsidiaries including Joul, ALTA IT Services, and Mountain Ltd., are leaders in delivering outsourced services and workforce solutions across North America. We help clients get work done more efficiently and economically, without compromising quality. System One not only serves as a valued partner for our clients, but we offer eligible employees health and welfare benefits coverage options including medical, dental, vision, spending accounts, life insurance, voluntary plans, as well as participation in a 401(k) plan.

System One is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, disability, family care or medical leave status, genetic information, veteran status, marital status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.

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System One, and its subsidiaries including Joul, ALTA IT Services, TeamPeople, and Mountain Ltd., are leaders in delivering outsourced services and workforce solutions across North America. We help clients get work done more efficiently and economically, without compromising quality. System One not only serves as a valued partner for our clients, but we offer eligible employees health and welfare benefits coverage options including medical, dental, vision, spending accounts, life insurance, voluntary plans, as well as participation in a 401(k) plan.

System One is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, disability, family care or medical leave status, genetic information, veteran status, marital status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.