{"schemaVersion":"jobsearcher.job.v1","id":"629777d39bfa38ee82bfa6f5","url":"https://jobsearcher.com/jobs/629777d39bfa38ee82bfa6f5","canonicalUrl":"https://jobsearcher.com/jobs/629777d39bfa38ee82bfa6f5","title":"Senior DevOps/SRE Engineer","description":"Senior DevOps/SRE EngineerWe are seeking a high-caliber Senior DevOps/SRE Engineer to join a mission-critical team in Washington, DC, focused on maturing our cloud-native ecosystem. In this role, you will bridge the gap between development and operations by architecting resilient infrastructure, implementing robust SRE principles like SLOs and error budgeting, and driving a \"Security-First\" CI/CD culture. As a technical leader, you will not only manage high-availability AWS environments and Kubernetes orchestration but also serve as a force multiplier for our engineering teams by building self-service platforms and automated governance tools that ensure operational excellence and cost-efficiency.Key ResponsibilitiesReliability & Incident Management: Define and maintain SLOs/SLIs, manage error budgets, and lead high-level incident response and blameless postmortem analyses.Infrastructure as Code (IaC): Architect and maintain secure, scalable environments using Terraform, Ansible, and CloudFormation to ensure repeatable deployments.CI/CD & Deployment Strategy: Design secure delivery pipelines (GitHub Actions/Jenkins) incorporating automated rollbacks, canary releases, and blue-green deployment patterns.Comprehensive Observability: Build and manage full-stack telemetry pipelines, dashboards, and alerting systems using Prometheus, Grafana, Datadog, or ELK.SecDevOps Integration: Enforce security-as-code by integrating SAST/DAST, secrets scanning, and SBOM validation into the automated software development lifecycle.Efficiency & FinOps: Monitor cloud spend trends and implement right-sizing strategies to ensure high performance at an optimal cost-to-value ratio.Internal Enablement: Develop shared playbooks, reusable automation modules, and self-service tools to boost developer velocity and reduce friction.Technical Leadership: Mentor cross-functional teams and establish organization-wide best practices for fault tolerance and operational readiness.QualificationsEducation: Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field.Experience: 5+ years in DevOps, SRE, or Platform Engineering, including leadership experience in production automation.Cloud Expertise: 3+ years of hands-on experience managing high-availability production environments, specifically within AWS (IAM, Networking, Compute).Containerization: Deep proficiency with Kubernetes, Docker, and Linux systems administration.Tooling Mastery: Advanced experience with Terraform, GitOps patterns, and CI/CD security tollgates.Automation Skills: Strong scripting proficiency in Python, Go, or Bash for custom tool development.Operational Mindset: Proven track record in chaos engineering, capacity modeling, and managing complex observability stacks.Communication: Exceptional ability to document technical architectures and lead collaborative engineering initiatives.","company":"Software Technology","rawCompany":"software technology","city":"Washington","state":"DC","isRemote":false,"isActive":false,"createdAt":"2026-06-24T05:13:10.833Z","occupations":[{"code":"15-1299.08","title":"Computer Systems Engineers/Architects","slug":"computer-systems-engineers-architects"},{"code":"15-1252.00","title":"Software Developers","slug":"software-developers"},{"code":"15-1244.00","title":"Network and Computer Systems Administrators","slug":"network-and-computer-systems-administrators"}],"industries":[{"code":"541512","title":"Computer Systems Design Services","slug":"computer-systems-design-services"},{"code":"541511","title":"Custom Computer Programming Services","slug":"custom-computer-programming-services"},{"code":"513210","title":"Software Publishers","slug":"software-publishers"}],"jobPosting":{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"JobPosting","title":"Senior DevOps/SRE Engineer","description":"Senior DevOps/SRE EngineerWe are seeking a high-caliber Senior DevOps/SRE Engineer to join a mission-critical team in Washington, DC, focused on maturing our cloud-native ecosystem. 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