Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) (TS)

Koniag Management Solutions, LLC (KMS), a Koniag Government Services (KGS) company, is hiring a Site Reliability Engineer (SRE). Position requires an active Top Secret/SCI clearance with ability to obtain additional security requirements. Please do not apply if you do not possess the required Top-Secret Clearance. Benefits include medical, dental, and vision insurance, 401(k) retirement plan, paid time off, paid parental leave, life and disability insurance, flexible spending accounts, commuter benefits and tuition reimbursement. Position Summary:
We are seeking an experienced Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) to blend software engineering and systems administration practices to ensure the reliability, availability, and performance of mission‑critical applications. This role focuses on automation, observability, and incident response while upholding strict Service Level Objectives (SLOs). The SRE will help build resilient systems that scale, automate manual processes, manage fleet‑wide configurations, and ensure robust system monitoring. The selected candidate will support operations at Joint Base Anacostia–Bolling and must maintain an active TS/SCI clearance.
Key Responsibilities:

Ensure application reliability, performance, and availability through automation, monitoring, and systems engineering.
Develop infrastructure-as-code (IaC) solutions using Terraform, Ansible, and Desired State Configuration (DSC).
Build and manage containerized workloads using Kubernetes, Rancher, Docker, Helm, and related ecosystem tools.
Support service mesh and networking constructs such as Cilium, load balancing, ingress management, and distributed storage.
Engineer and maintain storage and object systems including Rook, Ceph, MinIO, and S3-compatible platforms.
Implement and maintain comprehensive observability platforms (metrics, logging, tracing) to support SLO monitoring and incident response.
Lead and participate in incident response activities, postmortem analysis, and reliability engineering improvements.
Develop automations, scripts, and tools using Python, PowerShell, and shell scripting.
Support CI/CD pipelines and cloud-native deployment methodologies.
Collaborate with development and operations teams to embed SRE practices into the application lifecycle.

Required Technical Certifications (at least two):

Security +
Cloud Associate (such as AWS Solutions Architect Associate, Azure AZ‑104, or Google Cloud Associate Cloud Engineer)
Terraform Associate
Cloud Professional/Architect (such as AWS Solutions Architect Professional or Azure Architect Expert)
CKA (Certified Kubernetes Administrator)