Sr. Site Reliability Engineer III (6448)

Location: Washington, DC

Department: USG Eagle TO8

As a Sr. Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) III, you’ll work as part of a collaborative and high-performing team providing your expertise to deliver technical solutions within the highest levels of the federal government.

We know that you can’t have great technology services without amazing people. At MetroStar, we are obsessed with our people and have led a two-decade legacy of building the best and brightest teams. Because we know our future relies on our deep understanding and relentless focus on our people, we live by our mission: A passion for our people. Value for our customers.

What you’ll do:

• Design, deploy, and maintain mission-critical application workloads on virtualized or containerized environments (e.g., VMWare or Kubernetes), ensuring scalability, availability, and compliance with government requirements.
• Develop and sustain automated CI/CD pipelines, monitoring, and configuration management workflows to support reliable software delivery and operational observability across development, integration, staging, and production environments.
• Provision, configure, and maintain developer environments and toolchains to support rapid, secure, and efficient development workflows, enabling mission-aligned software delivery.
• Identify developer friction across the software development lifecycle and implement solutions to reduce that friction and provide developer-first environments.
• Establish and maintain a high level of customer trust and confidence through deep technical expertise, and use creativity to provide innovative solutions that fit the customer’s mission needs.

What you’ll need to succeed:

• Active Top Secret clearance, or higher.
• Certification meeting DoD 8140 (e.g., Security+ or higher).
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related engineering field is preferred; relevant experience may substitute.
• 7+ years of experience in software development, systems engineering, or operations roles with responsibility for availability, performance, and reliability of production systems.
• Demonstrated experience blending software engineering and systems administration practices to support highly available, scalable applications.
• Experience designing and managing monitoring, alerting, and observability solutions to meet defined Service Level Objectives.
• Experience leading or participating in incident response, root cause analysis, and continuous improvement activities.
• Experience with Ansible and Desired State Configuration.
• Experience with GitLab CI/CD automation and Bash scripting.
• Experience with Kubernetes, supporting container-native storage and object storage solutions (e.g., MinIO, S3-compatible services, PortWorx).
• Experience with enterprise load-balancing solutions (e.g., F5 or similar platforms).
• Ability to contribute immediately with minimal ramp-up in a mission-critical operational environment.

This position is designated as essential personnel supporting continuity of operations and may require work during government shutdowns, emergencies, or other critical situations.

SALARY RANGE: $185,000 - $230,000

The salary range for this position is determined based on qualifications, skills, and relevant experience. The final salary offered will be determined based on several factors including: 

• The candidate's professional background and relevant work experience
• The specific responsibilities of the role and organizational needs
• Internal equity and alignment with current team compensation
• This role is also eligible for additional compensation, subject to the terms and policies of MetroStar, which may include:
• Performance-based bonuses
• Company-paid training and/or certifications
• Referral bonuses