What are the responsibilities and job description for the Site Reliability/Platform Engineer / DC or CO / Mid-Staff Level position at Motion Recruitment Partners, LLC?
A rapidly growing venture-backed aerospace and national security technology company is hiring a full-time Site Reliability Engineer / DevSecOps Engineer to support secure, mission-critical infrastructure for government-facing space and defense programs. This hybrid role can sit in either the Washington, DC or Denver, CO area and is ideal for an engineer with strong experience in AWS, Kubernetes, Docker, Terraform, Linux, CI/CD, and cloud security. The team is building and scaling a modern platform used to support highly sensitive operational environments, and they're looking for someone who can help ensure the infrastructure is reliable, secure, and built for long-term mission success.
For the right person, this offers a chance to deepen exposure to defense-tech infrastructure, work on meaningful systems, and have visible ownership over a platform that is actively scaling.
Desired Skills & Experience
5 years of experience in Site Reliability Engineering, DevOps, Platform Engineering, or DevSecOps
Strong hands-on experience with Kubernetes and containerized workloads in production
Experience operating infrastructure in AWS and on-prem
Experience with Terraform or other Infrastructure-as-Code tooling
Experience building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines and deployment automation
Active TS clearance or higher highly preferred
Experience with AWS GovCloud or other government cloud environments
What You Will Be Doing
Build, automate, deploy, and support secure infrastructure for mission-critical government workloads
Improve platform reliability, scalability, observability, and deployment consistency across production environments
Support Kubernetes-based services and containerized applications running in AWS and future hybrid environments
Help evolve infrastructure patterns from a primarily cloud-based environment toward more controlled / on-prem deployment models
Develop and maintain Infrastructure-as-Code, CI/CD pipelines, and operational automation
Partner with engineering and security teams to improve system hardening, reduce operational toil, and support secure production deployments
Troubleshoot production issues, participate in incident response, and improve platform resilience over time
Daily Responsibilities
75% Hands On
0% Management Duties
25% Team Collaboration
The Offer
Bonus and equity eligible
You will receive the following benefits:
Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance
Unlimited PTO
Equity
Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the US on a full-time basis now and in the future.
For the right person, this offers a chance to deepen exposure to defense-tech infrastructure, work on meaningful systems, and have visible ownership over a platform that is actively scaling.
Desired Skills & Experience
5 years of experience in Site Reliability Engineering, DevOps, Platform Engineering, or DevSecOps
Strong hands-on experience with Kubernetes and containerized workloads in production
Experience operating infrastructure in AWS and on-prem
Experience with Terraform or other Infrastructure-as-Code tooling
Experience building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines and deployment automation
Active TS clearance or higher highly preferred
Experience with AWS GovCloud or other government cloud environments
What You Will Be Doing
Build, automate, deploy, and support secure infrastructure for mission-critical government workloads
Improve platform reliability, scalability, observability, and deployment consistency across production environments
Support Kubernetes-based services and containerized applications running in AWS and future hybrid environments
Help evolve infrastructure patterns from a primarily cloud-based environment toward more controlled / on-prem deployment models
Develop and maintain Infrastructure-as-Code, CI/CD pipelines, and operational automation
Partner with engineering and security teams to improve system hardening, reduce operational toil, and support secure production deployments
Troubleshoot production issues, participate in incident response, and improve platform resilience over time
Daily Responsibilities
75% Hands On
0% Management Duties
25% Team Collaboration
The Offer
Bonus and equity eligible
You will receive the following benefits:
Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance
Unlimited PTO
Equity
Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the US on a full-time basis now and in the future.
Salary : $160,000 - $200,000