AWS Site Reliability Engineer

The Opportunity:

Engineering to make a system more resilient and efficient frees up time and money to build more capabilities. Whether you come from a background in network engineering, systems administration, or software development—if you have a passion for making systems better, we need you! 

As a site reliability engineer on our team, you’ll lead the development of more robust systems for the DoD by building a resilient infrastructure. You’ll build in redundancy, implement monitoring tools, and automate wherever possible. You’ll reduce toil by scripting routine tasks and automating self-repair. This is your chance to leverage your expertise in cloud technologies, such as AWS, while supporting your team of engineers and acting as a subject matter expert for your clients.  

Work with us as we help support the DoD mission.

Join us. The world can’t wait.    

You Have: 

• 6+ years of experience with information technology 

• Experience with provisioning, operations, and management in AWS environments

• Experience with monitoring applications, network appliances, or infrastructure for Open Source, Enterprise, or CloudNative, including Prometheus, Grafana, Splunk, ELK, Dynatrace, DataDog, CloudWatch, or OpenSearch 

• Experience with applying core SRE practices and principles, monitoring instrumentation, defining SLIs, SLOs, and Error Budget, evaluating production readiness and post-mortems, and reducing toil

• Experience with Cloud infrastructure and automation tools, including Terraform or CloudFormation 

• Ability to obtain and maintain a Public Trust or Suitability/Fitness determination based on client requirements

• Bachelor's degree

Nice If You Have: 

• Experience with Git repositories and CI/CD concepts and leveraging Infrastructure as Code (IaC) to configure AWS Cloud environments

• Experience with programming or scripting languages, including Bash, Python, or JavaScript for automation purposes and building a scalable infrastructure in AWS

• Experience with Agile methodologies, SDLC, and working in an Agile development environment 

• Experience with making systems fully observable, manipulating and transforming telemetry, and monitoring distributed complex architected systems across separate regions

• Experience with applying advanced SRE practices and principles, including capacity planning, cost optimization, chaos engineering, self-healing architecture, and advanced alerting techniques 

• DHS Suitability

  

Vetting:

Applicants selected will be subject to a government investigation and may need to meet eligibility requirements of the U.S. government client.

Compensation

At Booz Allen, we celebrate your contributions, provide you with opportunities and choices, and support your total well-being. Our offerings include health, life, disability, financial, and retirement benefits, as well as paid leave, professional development, tuition assistance, work-life programs, and dependent care. Our recognition awards program acknowledges employees for exceptional performance and superior demonstration of our values. Full-time and part-time employees working at least 20 hours a week on a regular basis are eligible to participate in Booz Allen’s benefit programs. Individuals that do not meet the threshold are only eligible for select offerings, not inclusive of health benefits. We encourage you to learn more about our total benefits by visiting the Resource page on our Careers site and reviewing Our Employee Benefits page.

Salary at Booz Allen is determined by various factors, including but not limited to location, the individual’s particular combination of education, knowledge, skills, competencies, and experience, as well as contract-specific affordability and organizational requirements. The projected compensation range for this position is $96,600.00 to $220,000.00 (annualized USD). The estimate displayed represents the typical salary range for this position and is just one component of Booz Allen’s total compensation package for employees. This posting will close within 90 days from the Posting Date.

Work Model
Our people-first culture prioritizes the benefits of flexibility and collaboration, whether that happens in person or remotely.

• If this position is listed as remote or hybrid, you’ll periodically work from a Booz Allen or client site facility.
• If this position is listed as onsite, you’ll work with colleagues and clients in person, as needed for the specific role.

EEO Commitment

We’re an equal employment opportunity/affirmative action employer that empowers our people to fearlessly drive change – no matter their race, color, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, lactation, or related medical conditions), national origin, ancestry, age, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, disability, veteran status, military or uniformed service member status, genetic information, or any other status protected by applicable federal, state, local, or international law.