Zachary Piper Solutions · 15 hours ago
Site Reliability Engineer
Washington, DC
Full-time
Hybrid
Mid Level
3+ years expZachary Piper Solutions is seeking an experienced Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) to support the deployment and sustainment of systems across classified, air-gapped, and government cloud environments. This role blends operations, security, and reliability engineering, focusing on secure deployments and maintaining software in high-security environments.
GovernmentInformation ServicesInformation TechnologySoftware
No H1B
Security Clearance RequiredU.S. Citizen Only
Responsibilities
Deploy, operate, and maintain Quindar software in air-gapped, classified, and customer-owned cloud or on-prem environments
Manage daily operations at government sites, ensuring availability, performance, and security compliance
Implement, test, and sustain infrastructure configurations in AWS C2E and other classified or enclave environments
Ensure deployments align with NIST 800-171, SOC 2, and FedRAMP Moderate requirements
Drive container hardening, image scanning, secure configuration management, and compliance controls
Participate in incident response and 24/7 on-call rotation, troubleshooting complex, mission-critical distributed systems
Automate operational workflows to reduce manual effort and increase deployment reliability
Collaborate with backend, frontend, and mission/flight operations teams to maintain system health
Contribute to best practices around availability, latency, performance, and observability in classified environments
Qualification
Required
Strong experience with Kubernetes, containerized workloads, and serverless architectures
Hands-on expertise with AWS EKS or enterprise Kubernetes platforms (Rancher, OpenShift)
Experience deploying systems in classified, air-gapped, IL-enclave, GovCloud, C2S/C2E, or DoD/IC environments
Proficiency with Python and Terraform (or similar infrastructure-as-code tools)
Solid understanding of: Secure networking (VPNs, TLS/HTTPS, ALB/NLB, VPC peering, cross-enclave connectivity), API-based and distributed system architectures, NoSQL and relational databases, caching layers, and event-driven systems
Experience with observability tooling (Grafana LGTM, Datadog, or similar)
Strong Linux/Unix fundamentals
Familiarity with identity and access management (Auth0, Keycloak, AWS IAM, ICAM patterns)
Strong Git fundamentals and experience supporting deployments across multiple classification levels
Demonstrated SecOps / DevSecOps experience (security and operations prioritized over pure platform design)
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related technical field
3+ years of experience in SRE, DevOps, platform, reliability, or infrastructure engineering
Active U.S. Security Clearance (Secret required; TS/SCI preferred)
Ability to operate independently in secure, customer-facing environments
Preferred
Prior experience supporting federal, DoD, or Intelligence Community systems strongly preferred
Experience supporting ATO or authorization processes a plus
Hands-on experience deploying software into classified or air-gapped environments
A strong AWS background (GovCloud preferred)
A security-first mindset with disciplined operational practices
Comfort wearing a full DevSecOps hat, with emphasis on reliability and secure operations
Benefits
Comprehensive Benefits with extremely generous PTO and Bonuses!
Hybrid flexibility
Company
Zachary Piper Solutions
Zachary Piper Solutions is an IT company providing government contracting solutions in support of the nation’s Intelligence Community.
201-500 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Growth StageTotal Funding
$3M2018-02-22Series Unknown· $1.3M
2014-04-10Series Unknown· $1.7M
Leadership Team
Christopher Stroud
Partner Outreach & Engagements
Justin Jordan
Founder and Chairman
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