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Site Reliability Engineer, Senior Advisor

Peraton
Peraton Salary
Annapolis, MD Full Time
POSTED ON 6/1/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 2/22/2027

Responsibilities

Join the Peraton Team as a Site Reliability Engineer (SRE3) and Help Secure Mission-Critical Systems!

 

We are seeking a highly experienced Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) to support large-scale, highly distributed systems in a mission-critical environment.

 

This role requires a strong blend of software development and system administration expertise, with a focus on designing and implementing sustainable automation solutions that improve reliability, efficiency, and operational consistency.

 

The ideal candidate will leverage extensive experience managing large systems to develop tools that:

  • Reduce risk to production environments
  • Minimize human error
  • Eliminate labor-intensive and repetitive manual processes
  • Improve adherence to operational procedures
  • Serve as a force multiplier for monitoring and system administration teams

 

Automation solutions may include configuration management tools (e.g., SALT, Puppet), custom-developed GUIs for shift operations, or fully automated cluster-level solutions. The goal is to deliver sustainable tools that perform at or above the reliability of manual processes.

 

Key Responsibilities

  • Design and implement automation solutions for large-scale distributed systems
  • Develop software tools to support monitoring and system administration teams
  • Provide technical direction for development, integration, and testing of hardware/software systems
  • Manage and monitor large cloud-based environments
  • Conduct postmortem analysis and support incident management processes
  • Improve operational processes and system health visibility
  • Support distributed, massively parallel data environments

 

Peraton offers enhanced benefits to employees supporting our critical National Security programs, including:

  • Heavily subsidized medical, dental, and vision coverage for employees and their dependents
  • Eligibility to participate in a competitive bonus plan
  • Generous PTO plan

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Qualifications

Minimum Experience Requirements (Education-Based):

  • Bachelor’s Degree with 12 years relevant experience
  • Master’s Degree with 10 years relevant experience
  • PhD with 7 years relevant experience

Required Clearance:

  • Active TS/SCI with current polygraph

Required Certification (One):

AWS Developer – Associate | AWS Solutions Architect (Associate or Professional) | AWS SysOps Administrator – Associate | CKA/CKAD | Elastic Certified Engineer | Elastic Certified Observability Engineer

 

Experience Requirements:

  • 7 years software development/engineering experience including requirements analysis, development, integration, installation, testing, maintenance, and issue resolution
  • 7 years system engineering/architecture in large-scale environments
  • 7 years supporting distributed/parallel systems (e.g., HBase, Hadoop, Accumulo, Big Table, Cassandra, Scality)
  • 7 years scripting/automation using Python, Perl, or Ruby
  • 4 years managing and monitoring cloud-based systems
  • Experience in system integration, health monitoring, incident management, and postmortem analysis
  • Cloud certification will be verified during the interview or offer process.

 

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.

Target Salary Range

$190,000 - $304,000. 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.

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Salary : $190,000 - $304,000

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