Mid-Senior Site Reliability Engineer Kubernetes Platform

Title: Mid-Senior Site Reliability Engineer Kubernetes Platform

Location: San Jose, CA/Remote

Duration: Full Time

Client: Confidential

Salary Range: $120k-$130K/year

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Experience required: 8 - 10 years of experience

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Job Description

Must Have Technical/Functional Skills:

8+ years of experience in SRE, DevOps, or platform engineering

Hands-on experience with Kubernetes and containerized workloads in production

Hands-on experience with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or similar; GovCloud experience a plus)

Strong working knowledge of Linux systems, networking, and distributed systems fundamentals

Experience with Infrastructure as Code (e.g., Terraform)

Ability to write and maintain scripts or services (e.g., Python, Go, Bash)

Experience with monitoring and observability tools (Prometheus, Grafana, logging systems)

Basic understanding of security and compliance concepts (e.g., NIST 800-53, STIGs, RMF)

Roles & Responsibilities:

Own and operate components of the Kubernetes platform, including deployment, upgrades, and maintenance

Contribute to the design and implementation of scalable and reliable platform features

Build and improve automation, tooling, and CI/CD workflows to reduce operational overhead

Monitor system health and respond to issues; participate in on-call rotations and incident response

Contribute to defining and tracking SLIs, SLOs, and error budgets

Support FedRAMP High / IL5 compliance efforts, including system hardening, documentation, and audit readiness

Collaborate with senior engineers, technical leaders, and cross-functional teams to deliver platform improvements

Participate in on-call rotations supporting customer requests and paging alerts

Participate in post-incident reviews and implement follow-up improvements Nice to Have

Experience with service mesh technologies (Istio, Linkerd)

Familiarity with policy-as-code (OPA/Gatekeeper, Kyverno)

Experience with GitOps workflows

Exposure to multi-cluster or hybrid cloud architectures

Knowledge of FIPS-compliant systems or DoD Cloud SRG

Relevant certifications (CKA, CKS, cloud provider certs, Security+)

Nice to have skills:

Exposure to FedRAMP High or DoD IL5 environments

Experience with CI/CD systems and deployment automation (e.g., ArgoCD)

Familiarity with container security and vulnerability management

Experience working in regulated or audited environments