Site Reliability Engineer Level 2 — Laurel, MD

Peraton Overview Peraton is a next-generation national security company that drives missions of consequence spanning the globe and extending to the farthest reaches of the galaxy. As the world’s leading mission capability integrator and transformative enterprise IT provider, we deliver trusted, highly differentiated solutions and technologies to protect our nation and allies. Peraton operates at the critical nexus between traditional and nontraditional threats across all domains: land, sea, space, air, and cyberspace. The company serves as a valued partner to essential government agencies and supports every branch of the U.S. armed forces. Each day, our employees do the can’t be done by solving the most daunting challenges facing our customers. Visit peraton.com to learn how we’re keeping people around the world safe and secure. Responsibilities This position supports the reliability, automation, deployment, and operational sustainment of mission-critical, cloud-hosted applications running in large-scale AWS environments. The successful candidate will serve as a senior technical contributor responsible for designing, implementing, and maintaining automated deployment and infrastructure solutions while ensuring the performance, scalability, security, and resilience of production systems. Candidates must meet all SRE2 labor category qualifications, including extensive experience in software engineering, systems engineering, cloud operations, automation, and large-scale distributed computing environments. Responsibilities • Design, implement, and sustain CI/CD pipelines supporting the continuous delivery of production applications in AWS. • Develop and maintain Infrastructure as Code (IaC) solutions using Terraform and Ansible to automate provisioning, configuration management, and lifecycle operations. • Build, optimize, and troubleshoot GitLab CI/CD pipelines supporting Python- and Java-based application deployments. • Automate Linux system administration and operations for Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL 8+) and Amazon Linux environments. • Engineer, deploy, and maintain containerized application solutions utilizing Docker and/or Podman technologies. • Develop software automation, operational tooling, and test frameworks using Python and related technologies. • Manage and extend Ansible playbooks, roles, collections, and custom plugins to support enterprise-scale automation requirements. • Support distributed cloud environments and services with an emphasis on availability, reliability, scalability, and operational excellence. • Implement automated validation, security, compliance, and testing workflows for Infrastructure as Code deployments. • Conduct fault-injection, chaos engineering, and resiliency testing activities to validate system stability and recovery capabilities. • Monitor system health, analyze performance trends, perform root cause analysis, and implement corrective actions to improve service reliability. • Collaborate with software developers, cloud engineers, cybersecurity teams, and system architects to deliver secure, resilient, and maintainable solutions. #AJCM #PeratonRoyalMove #MDFSP Qualifications • Shall have eleven (11) years of experience in software development/engineering, including requirements analysis, software development, installation, integration, evaluation, enhancement, maintenance, testing, and problem diagnosis/resolution. • • A Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or in a related technical field is highly desired which will be considered equivalent to two (2) years of experience. • A Master's degree in a Technical Field will be considered equivalent to four (4) years of experience. • Shall have seven (7) years experience in system engineering/architecture. • Shall have seven (7) years experience working with products that support highly distributed, massively parallel computation needs such as Hbase, Hadoop, Acumulo, Big Table, Cassandra, Scality et cetera. • At least seven (7) years experience writing software scripts using scripting languages such as Perl, Python, or Ruby for software automation. • At least three (3) years of experience managing and monitoring large Cloud System (>1000 nodes). • Active TS/SCI security clearance with polygraph. • One of the following certifications is required: • AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate • AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Professional • AWS Certified SysOps Administrator - Associate • AWS DevOps Engineer- Professional • Certified Kubernetes Application Developer (CKAD) Peraton offers enhanced benefits to employees working on our critical National Security programs, 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 eligible to participate in an attractive bonus plan. Target Salary Range $146,000 - $234,000. This represents the typical salary range for this position. Salary is determined by various factors, including but not limited to, the 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. Benefits Statement Peraton offers eligible employees a variety of benefits including medical, dental, vision, life, health savings account, short/long term disability, EAP, parental leave, 401(k), paid time off (PTO) for vacation, and company paid holidays. A full listing of available benefits can be viewed at https://www.careers.peraton.com/benefits. Application Statements The application period for the job is estimated to be 30 days from the job posting date. However, this timeline may be shortened or extended depending on business needs and the availability of qualified candidates. By applying to this job, you are expressing interest in the role and the Company. During the review of your application, you may be required to participate in an on-camera interview, as well as participate in a process to verify your identity. Use of artificial intelligence (AI) tools of any kind during Peraton interviews is strictly prohibited unless the candidate has obtained prior written authorization. All interview responses must be the candidate’s own. EEO EEO: Equal opportunity employer, including disability and protected veterans, or other characteristics protected by law.