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Agentic Operations Site Reliability Engineer

BOOZ, ALLEN & HAMILTON, INC.

McLean, VAJob$78–176K/yrSeen 1 day agoSeen in employer's feed 1 day ago

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Compensation
$78–176K/yr
Location
McLean, VA
Work Authorization
Not specified

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Requirements

Credentials this posting asks for.

Secret clearance, requiredBachelor's degree, required

Job overview

The Agentic Operations Site Reliability Engineer will support a DoD Impact Level 5 platform, owning availability for EKS, RDS, images, and virtual desktops. The role builds observability and automates patching, certificates, and releases to move routine operations to pre-authorized automation. Booz Allen seeks an SRE with extensive AWS GovCloud, Kubernetes, infrastructure-as-code, observability, and secure software development experience.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

AWS GovCloud, requiredMulti-Account Landing Zone, requiredKubernetes, requiredEKS, requiredHelm, requiredGitOps, requiredArgo CD, requiredInfrastructure as Code, requiredAWS CDK TypeScript, requiredTerraform, requiredObservability Tools, requiredGrafana, requiredLoki, requiredTempo, requiredMimir, requiredOpenTelemetry, requiredSplunk, requiredSecure Software Development, requiredAgentic AI Platforms, requiredAutonomous Workflow Orchestration, requiredOn-Call Operations, requiredRunbooks, requiredIncident Command, requiredPost-Incident Reviews, requiredDistributed Tracing, nice to haveAWS Systems Manager Patch Manager, nice to haveImage Pipelines, nice to haveCertificate Automation, nice to haveIL5 Agent Execution Patterns, nice to haveLogging, nice to haveAudit Frameworks, nice to have

Qualifications

7+ Years AWS GovCloud Experience, required7+ Years Kubernetes Experience, required7+ Years Infrastructure as Code Experience, required7+ Years Observability Experience, required7+ Years Secure Software Development Experience, requiredSecret Clearance Eligibility, requiredBachelor's Degree, required

Benefits

Medical Insurance
401(k) Match
Paid Time Off
Tuition Assistance

Full job description

Agentic Operations Site Reliability Engineer

The Opportunity:

Imagine running the cloud environments where agentic AI goes to work for the mission. As a site reliability engineer, you know that availability, observability, and automation turn a platform into a service. Booz Allen is the leading provider of AI services to the nation, and we're looking for an SRE with AWS GovCloud, Kubernetes, and GitOps experience to keep a DoD Impact Level 5 ( IL5 ) platform reliable and move routine operations to pre-authorized automation.

On our team, you'll own availability for EKS, RDS, images, and virtual desktops, build observability with Grafana, Tempo, and OpenTele met ry, and automate patching, certificates, and releases so engineers spend their time on what is new. This is your opportunity to deepen your experience in agentic operations and help mission AI run reliably at IL5.

Ready to run the platform where mission AI lives?

Join us. The world can't wait.

You Have:

  • 7+ years of experience with AWS GovCloud, including multi-account landing zone

  • 7+ years of experience with Kubernetes ( EKS ) , Helm, or GitOps Argo CD

  • 7+ years of experience with Infrastructure as Code, including AWS CDK TypeScript and Terraform

  • 7+ years of experience with modern observ ability to ols, including Grafana, Loki, Tempo, Mimir, OpenTele met ry, and Splunk

  • 7+ years of experience with secure sof tware development practices

  • Experience supporting agentic AI platforms, agents, or autonomous workflow orchestration systems

  • Experience with on-call operations, including runbooks, incident command, and post-incident reviews

  • Ability to obtain a Secret clearance

  • Bachelor's degree

Nice If You Have:

  • Experience building distributed tracing for multi-agent workflows

  • Experience with AWS Systems Manager Patch Manager, image pipelines, and certificate automation in GovCloud

  • Knowledge of IL5 agent execution patterns, logging, and audit frameworks

Clearance:

Applicants selected will be subject to a security investigation and may need to meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information.

Compensation

At Booz Allen, we celebrate your contributions, provide you with opportunities and choices, and support your total well-being. Our offerings include health, life, disability, financial, and retirement benefits, as well as paid leave, professional development, tuition assistance, work-life programs, and dependent care. Our recognition awards program acknowledges employees for exceptional performance and superior demonstration of our values. Full-time and part-time employees working at least 20 hours a week on a regular basis are eligible to participate in Booz Allen's benefit programs. Individuals that do not meet the threshold are only eligible for select offerings, not inclusive of health benefits. We encourage you to learn more about our total benefits by visiting the Resource page on our Careers site and reviewing Our Employee Benefits page.

Salary at Booz Allen is determined by various factors, including but not limited to location, the individual's particular combination of education, knowledge, skills, competencies, and experience, as well as contract-specific affordability and organizational requirements. The projected compensation range for this position is $77,600.00 to $176,000.00 (annualized USD). The estimate displayed represents the typical salary range for this position and is just one component of Booz Allen's total compensation package for employees. This posting will close within 90 days from the Posting Date.

Identity Statement

As part of the hiring process, we will ask you to complete an identity verification process that leverages advanced biometrics and artificial intelligence to ensure authenticity and protect against identity fraud. You are expected to be on camera during interviews and assessments. We reserve the right to take your picture to verify your identity and prevent fraud.

Candidate AI Usage Policy

AI is a part of our daily work at Booz Allen, and we are committed to the responsible and ethical use of AI tools. However, we want to ensure a fair candidate process based on your own skills and knowledge. As part of this commitment, the use of artificial intelligence (AI) or other tools to assist with responses during interviews (whether in-person or virtual) is prohibited unless permission is explicitly provided.

Work Model

Our people-first culture prioritizes the benefits of collaboration. To support engagement and effective communication, employees working virtually are generally expected to have their cameras on during meetings.

  • Remote: If this position is listed as remote, there may still be occasions when you are required to work in person at a Booz Allen or customer facility.

  • Hybrid: If this position is listed as hybrid, you will be expected to work from a Booz Allen or customer facility, in alignment with your leadership's expectations and the needs of the role.

  • Onsite: If this position is listed as onsite, work will primarily be performed full-time at a customer facility, where employees will collaborate directly with colleagues and customers as required by the role.

Commitment to Non-Discrimination

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to disability, status as a protected veteran or any other status protected by applicable federal, state, local, or international law.

How this job compares

Set against the 2,408 open Site Reliability Engineer jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 10, 2026.

Pay
  • This posting$78–176K/yr
  • Virginia median$116–208K/yr101 salary ranges
  • US median$140–230K/yr1,932 salary ranges

This range's midpoint, $127K, is 24% below the Virginia median midpoint ($167K) — in the lowest quarter of Site Reliability Engineer salary ranges in Virginia.

Openings
Olive Jobs lists 123 open Site Reliability Engineer jobs in Virginia and 2,408 across the US. 19% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most in Virginia
Experience
This posting asks for at least 7 years of experience; Site Reliability Engineer postings that state a minimum ask for 6 years at the median (1,977 postings).
Education
This posting asks for a bachelor's degree; 580 of the 2,408 open Site Reliability Engineer jobs (24%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 10, 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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