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Site Reliability Engineer Level 2

Peraton

Laurel, MDFull-time$146–234K/yrPosted 1 day agoStill listed today

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Compensation
$146–234K/yr
Location
Laurel, MD
Schedule
Full-time
Work Authorization
US work authorization required

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Requirements

Credentials this posting asks for.

AWS Solutions Architect Associate Or Professional, AWS SysOps Administrator Associate, AWS DevOps Engineer Professional, Or CKADTS/SCI clearance

Job overview

The Site Reliability Engineer Level 2 supports reliability, automation, deployment, and operational sustainment for mission-critical applications in large-scale AWS environments. The role designs and maintains automated deployment and infrastructure solutions, supports distributed cloud systems, and improves production performance, scalability, security, and resilience. Candidates must meet SRE2 labor category qualifications, including extensive experience across software and systems engineering, cloud operations, automation, and distributed computing.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

CI/CD PipelinesAWSTerraformAnsibleGitLab CI/CDPythonJavaLinux AdministrationRed Hat Enterprise LinuxAmazon LinuxDockerPodmanSoftware AutomationDistributed ComputingCloud OperationsScriptingPerlRubyHBaseHadoopAccumuloBigtableCassandraScalityCloud System MonitoringSystems EngineeringSoftware EngineeringChaos EngineeringResiliency TestingRoot Cause AnalysisAWS Solutions ArchitectureKubernetes Application Development

Qualifications

11 Years Software EngineeringBachelor's in Computer Science or Related Technical FieldMaster's in Technical Field7 Years Systems Engineering7 Years Distributed Computing Products7 Years Scripting Experience3 Years Large Cloud System MonitoringActive TS/SCI Clearance With PolygraphAWS Solutions Architect Associate or Professional, AWS SysOps Administrator Associate, AWS DevOps Engineer Professional, or CKAD

Benefits

Paid Time Off
Medical Insurance
Dental Insurance
Vision Insurance
401(k) Match
Parental Leave

Full job description

Peraton Overview

Peraton is a next-generation national security company that drives missions of consequence spanning the globe and extending to the farthest reaches of the galaxy. As the world’s leading mission capability integrator and transformative enterprise IT provider, we deliver trusted, highly differentiated solutions and technologies to protect our nation and allies. Peraton operates at the critical nexus between traditional and nontraditional threats across all domains: land, sea, space, air, and cyberspace. The company serves as a valued partner to essential government agencies and supports every branch of the U.S. armed forces. Each day, our employees do the can’t be done by solving the most daunting challenges facing our customers. Visit peraton.com to learn how we’re keeping people around the world safe and secure.

Responsibilities

This position supports the reliability, automation, deployment, and operational sustainment of mission-critical, cloud-hosted applications running in large-scale AWS environments. The successful candidate will serve as a senior technical contributor responsible for designing, implementing, and maintaining automated deployment and infrastructure solutions while ensuring the performance, scalability, security, and resilience of production systems.

Candidates must meet all SRE2 labor category qualifications, including extensive experience in software engineering, systems engineering, cloud operations, automation, and large-scale distributed computing environments.

Responsibilities

  • Design, implement, and sustain CI/CD pipelines supporting the continuous delivery of production applications in AWS.

  • Develop and maintain Infrastructure as Code (IaC) solutions using Terraform and Ansible to automate provisioning, configuration management, and lifecycle operations.

  • Build, optimize, and troubleshoot GitLab CI/CD pipelines supporting Python- and Java-based application deployments.

  • Automate Linux system administration and operations for Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL 8+) and Amazon Linux environments.

  • Engineer, deploy, and maintain containerized application solutions utilizing Docker and/or Podman technologies.

  • Develop software automation, operational tooling, and test frameworks using Python and related technologies.

  • Manage and extend Ansible playbooks, roles, collections, and custom plugins to support enterprise-scale automation requirements.

  • Support distributed cloud environments and services with an emphasis on availability, reliability, scalability, and operational excellence.

  • Implement automated validation, security, compliance, and testing workflows for Infrastructure as Code deployments.

  • Conduct fault-injection, chaos engineering, and resiliency testing activities to validate system stability and recovery capabilities.

  • Monitor system health, analyze performance trends, perform root cause analysis, and implement corrective actions to improve service reliability.

  • Collaborate with software developers, cloud engineers, cybersecurity teams, and system architects to deliver secure, resilient, and maintainable solutions.

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Qualifications

  • Shall have eleven (11) years of experience in software development/engineering, including requirements analysis, software development, installation, integration, evaluation, enhancement, maintenance, testing, and problem diagnosis/resolution.

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  • A Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or in a related technical field is highly desired which will be considered equivalent to two (2) years of experience.

  • A Master's degree in a Technical Field will be considered equivalent to four (4) years of experience.

  • Shall have seven (7) years experience in system engineering/architecture.

  • Shall have seven (7) years experience working with products that support highly distributed, massively parallel computation needs such as Hbase, Hadoop, Acumulo, Big Table, Cassandra, Scality et cetera.

  • At least seven (7) years experience writing software scripts using scripting languages such as Perl, Python, or Ruby for software automation.

  • At least three (3) years of experience managing and monitoring large Cloud System (>1000 nodes).

  • Active TS/SCI security clearance with polygraph.

  • One of the following certifications is required:

  • AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate

  • AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Professional

  • AWS Certified SysOps Administrator - Associate

  • AWS DevOps Engineer- Professional

  • Certified Kubernetes Application Developer (CKAD)

Peraton offers enhanced benefits to employees working on our critical National Security programs, which include heavily subsidized employee benefits coverage for you and your dependents, 25 days of PTO accrued annually up to a generous PTO cap and eligible to participate in an attractive bonus plan.

Target Salary Range $146,000 - $234,000. This represents the typical salary range for this position. Salary is determined by various factors, including but not limited to, the scope and responsibilities of the position, the individual’s experience, education, knowledge, skills, and competencies, as well as geographic location and business and contract considerations. Depending on the position, employees may be eligible for overtime, shift differential, and a discretionary bonus in addition to base pay. Benefits Statement

Peraton offers eligible employees a variety of benefits including medical, dental, vision, life, health savings account, short/long term disability, EAP, parental leave, 401(k), paid time off (PTO) for vacation, and company paid holidays. A full listing of available benefits can be viewed at https://www.careers.peraton.com/benefits.

Application Statements The application period for the job is estimated to be 30 days from the job posting date. However, this timeline may be shortened or extended depending on business needs and the availability of qualified candidates. By applying to this job, you are expressing interest in the role and the Company. During the review of your application, you may be required to participate in an on-camera interview, as well as participate in a process to verify your identity. Use of artificial intelligence (AI) tools of any kind during Peraton interviews is strictly prohibited unless the candidate has obtained prior written authorization. All interview responses must be the candidate’s own. EEO EEO: Equal opportunity employer, including disability and protected veterans, or other characteristics protected by law.

How this job compares

Set against the 2,406 open Site Reliability Engineer jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 6, 2026.

Pay
  • This posting$146–234K/yr
  • Maryland median$142–235K/yr30 salary ranges
  • US median$140–230K/yr1,916 salary ranges

This range's midpoint, $190K, is 3% above the Maryland median midpoint ($184K) — in the middle half of Site Reliability Engineer salary ranges in Maryland.

Openings
Olive Jobs lists 35 open Site Reliability Engineer jobs in Maryland and 2,406 across the US. 19% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most in Maryland
Experience
This posting asks for at least 11 years of experience — more than three in four Site Reliability Engineer postings that state a minimum ask for (median 6 years, across 1,971 postings).
Education
557 of the 2,406 open Site Reliability Engineer jobs (23%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 6, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.

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