Site Reliability Engineer (Clearance Required)

ICF

Job Location:

Reston, VA - USA

Monthly Salary: $ 89649 - 152404

Posted on: 4 days ago

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

The Work: We are seeking an early-career Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) to support the operation reliability and performance of mission-critical federal government systems. This role is ideal for an engineer with approximately 2 years of experience in cloud infrastructure DevOps or systems engineering who is eager to build foundational SRE skills in a structured team-based federal environment.

You will work closely with senior SREs DevOps engineers application teams and security stakeholders to help ensure systems are secure scalable observable and highly available.

Job Location: This is a fully remote role which may require occasional travel to the DC Metro area as needed for onsite client meetings. Preference to candidates located within the Washington DC Metro area.

If you accept this position you should note that ICF does monitor employee work locations and blocks access from foreign locations/foreign IP addresses and also prohibits personal VPN connections.

What You Will Do:

Assist in maintaining and monitoring cloud-based infrastructure to support high availability reliability and performance of federal systems
Support incident response activities including monitoring alerts troubleshooting issues and participating in root cause analysis under guidance of senior engineers
Help implement and maintain monitoring logging and alerting tools to improve system observability
Support CI/CD pipelines and deployment processes in collaboration with development and DevOps teams
Perform routine operational tasks such as environment checks system health reviews and documentation updates
Follow federal security compliance and governance requirements including change management and access controls
Participate in agile development ceremonies sprint reviews and operational planning sessions
Contribute to technical documentation runbooks and standard operating procedures (SOPs)

What You Will Bring With You:

Active Top Secret clearance with SCI eligibility
2 years of experience in software engineering systems architecture or solution architecture

What We Would Like You To Bring With You:

Bachelors Degree in related field
Prior experience supporting federal or DoD programs preferably DCSA
Familiarity with scripting or automation tools (e.g. Bash Python PowerShell)
Foundational knowledge of:
- Linux/Unix operating systems
- Cloud services (compute storage networking)
- Monitoring and logging tools (e.g. CloudWatch Azure Monitor Prometheus ELK)

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Working at ICF

ICF is a global advisory and technology services provider but were not your typical consultants. We combine unmatched expertise with cutting-edge technology to help clients solve their most complex challenges navigate change and shape the future.

We can only solve the worlds toughest challenges by building a workplace that allows everyone to thrive. We are an equal opportunity employer.Together our employees are empowered to share theirexpertiseand collaborate with others to achieve personal and professional goals. For more information please read ourEEOpolicy.

We will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

Reasonable Accommodations are available including but not limited to for disabled veterans individuals with disabilities and individuals withsincerely heldreligious beliefs in all phases of the application and employment process. To requestan accommodationplease emailand we will be happy toassist. All information you provide will be kept confidential and will be used only to the extentto provide needed reasonable accommodations.

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At ICF we are committed to ensuring a fair interview process for all candidates based on their own skills and knowledge. As part of this commitment the use of artificial intelligence (AI) tools to generate orassistwith responses during interviews (whether in-person or virtual) is notpermitted. This policy is in place tomaintainthe integrity and authenticity of the interview process.

However we understand that some candidates may require accommodationthat involves the use of AI. Ifsuch anaccommodation is needed candidates are instructed to contact us in advance at. Weare dedicated to providingthe necessary support to ensure that all candidates have an equal opportunity to succeed.

Pay Range - There are multiple factors that are considered in determining final pay for a position including but not limited to relevant work experience skills certifications and competencies that align to the specified role geographic location education and certifications as well as contract provisions regarding labor categories that are specific to the position.

The pay range for this position based on full-time employment is:

$89649.00 - $152404.00

Nationwide Remote Office (US99)

Required Experience:

The Work: We are seeking an early-career Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) to support the operation reliability and performance of mission-critical federal government systems. This role is ideal for an engineer with approximately 2 years of experience in cloud infrastructure DevOps or systems engineer...