Site Reliability Engineer Contract
Site Reliability Engineer II
DC Metro area, offices in Reston · Hybrid · 24/7 FedRAMP Operations · Rotational Shift · Initial Contract till March 27.
KEY REQUIREMENT
This role requires US citizenship and residence on US soil. It sits within a FedRAMP Moderate-authorised environment, so FedRAMP suitability and US-soil-only eligibility are non-negotiable, not preferred.
Eyes on glass. Hands on the pipeline. Real ownership from day one.
This isn't a watch-and-wait monitoring seat. Our client needs engineers who can read a Kibana query at 3am, know the difference between a blip and a breach, and act on it, on a FedRAMP-authorised cloud platform that genuinely can't afford downtime. If you're a couple of years into SRE or cloud support and want your next role to open doors into FedRAMP and GovCloud work, this is a strong place to build that experience.
WHAT YOU'LL OWN
· Real-time monitoring and first-response triage. Across AWS (Commercial/GovCloud) and EKS infrastructure.
· Log-level root cause investigation. In Kibana and Elasticsearch, you'll actually dig, not just escalate.
· CVE remediation and STIG hardening. On your patch, within FedRAMP SLA windows.
· Deployment execution and troubleshooting. Through GitLab CI/CD, ArgoCD, and Argo Workflows.
Requirements
· 3+ years in SRE, DevOps, systems administration, or cloud support.
· Solid Linux administration (RHEL, Amazon Linux, Ubuntu) and comfort with bash/Python scripting.
· Working knowledge of Kubernetes/EKS, AWS core services, and L4/L7 load balancing troubleshooting.
· Prometheus, Grafana, and ChatOps-via-Slack experience.
· US citizenship and US-soil residency, with genuine availability for overnight/weekend rotational shifts. This is non-negotiable.
Benefits
WHAT YOU'LL GET FROM US
· A defined engagement. Mid-September through end of March, with clear shift expectations up front.
· Competitive W2 hourly rate. $60–$90/hr, with overnight/weekend shift premium built in, DOE.
· A genuine reference point. For FedRAMP/GovCloud experience on your CV, and a real stepping stone toward Senior SRE.
· Real support. From a delivery partner that treats contractors like people, not headcount.
APPLY NOW
If you're the person who actually reads the logs instead of just watching the dashboard, apply today.
Skills
As published by workable · 11 questions · 9 written answers
Basics
First name, Last name, Email, Headline, Phone, Address, Photo, Education, Experience, Summary, Resume, Cover letter
Pick from a list (2)
- Are you a United States citizen, with no need for sponsorship or visa's.
- Are you willing to work the night shifts as advertised?
Written answers (9)
- If you are on an Stem OPT or H1B visa when does it expire?
- Do you have at least 3–5 years in SRE, DevOps, systems administration, or cloud support.
- Please describe your knowledge of Linux adminstration, are comfortable with bash/Python scripting?
- Please describe a time when you used Kubernetes/EKS, AWS core services, along with L4/L7 load balancing troubleshooting.
- Where are you currently located?
- This role requires you to work from our client's office in either Reston, VA or San Jose, CA for 24/7 shift coverage — there is no remote option. Which of these two locations can you commute to, and what is your approximate one-way commute time?
- If you don't live within a communtable area of the above offices, are you looking to relocate at your own expense? If you are please detail time lines to do so and to which office would you relocate near to?
- What is your current annual salary or contractor rate?
- We use What's app to communicate with our candidates, are you happy to use this method. If yes what's your current number to use?
