MetroStar is looking for a Sr. Site Reliability Engineer III to join a collaborative team delivering technical solutions within the federal government. In this role, you will be responsible for designing, deploying, and maintaining mission-critical application workloads, developing automated CI/CD pipelines, and ensuring system scalability, availability, and compliance.
What You'll Do
- Design, deploy, and maintain mission-critical application workloads on virtualized or containerized environments (e.g., VMWare or Kubernetes), ensuring scalability, availability, and compliance with government requirements.
- Develop and sustain automated CI/CD pipelines, monitoring, and configuration management workflows to support reliable software delivery and operational observability across multiple environments.
- Provision, configure, and maintain developer environments and toolchains to support rapid, secure, and efficient development workflows.
- Identify developer friction across the software development lifecycle and implement solutions to reduce that friction and provide developer-first environments.
- Establish and maintain a high level of customer trust and confidence through deep technical expertise, and use creativity to provide innovative solutions that fit the customer’s mission needs.
What We're Looking For
- Active Top Secret with SCI eligibility security clearance.
- Certification meeting DoD 8140 (e.g., Security+, or higher).
- 7+ years of experience in software development, systems engineering, or operations roles with responsibility for availability, performance, and reliability of production systems.
- Demonstrated experience blending software engineering and systems administration practices to support highly available, scalable applications.
- Experience designing and managing monitoring, alerting, and observability solutions to meet defined Service Level Objectives.
- Experience leading or participating in incident response, root cause analysis, and continuous improvement activities.
- Experience with Ansible and Desired State Configuration.
- Experience with GitLab CI/CD automation and Bash scripting.
- Experience supporting container-native storage and object storage solutions (e.g., MinIO, S3-compatible services, and PortWorx).
- Experience with enterprise load-balancing solutions (e.g., F5 or similar platforms).
- Ability to contribute immediately with minimal ramp-up in a mission-critical operational environment.
Nice to Have
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related engineering field.
Technical Stack
- VMWare, Kubernetes, Ansible, Desired State Configuration, GitLab CI/CD, Bash, MinIO, S3-compatible services, PortWorx, F5
Benefits & Compensation
- Compensation: $170,000 - $220,000
- Health, dental, and vision insurance
- 401(k) retirement plan with company match
- Paid time off (PTO) and holidays
- Parental Leave and dependent care
- Flexible work arrangements
- Professional development opportunities
- Employee assistance and wellness programs
- Performance-based bonuses
- Company-paid training and/or certifications
- Referral bonuses
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment based on merit and without regard to sex, race, ethnicity, age, national origin, citizenship, religion, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, pregnancy, family structure, marital status, ancestry, domestic partner status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran or military status, status as a protected veteran, or any other status protected by applicable federal, state, local, or international law.
