Site Reliability Engineer (Junior-Level)

Dark Wolf Solutions is seeking a Junior Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) to support the Unified Platform Cyber Operations & Security Center (COSC) in San Antonio, TX. The Junior SRE will assist in the day-to-day monitoring, maintenance, and resilience of mission-critical cloud-native and hybrid systems supporting COSC operational environments. This entry-level position is an excellent opportunity for a motivated engineering professional to build skills in cloud operations, infrastructure automation, observability, and incident response within a high-performance team supporting classified and unclassified mission platforms.

Key Responsibilities

• Monitor system health, application performance, and platform telemetry through observability dashboards and monitoring tools.
• Support incident response activities including initial triage, alert validation, escalation, and basic troubleshooting.
• Assist in the deployment and management of Infrastructure as Code (IaC) templates and automated configuration workflows.
• Help maintain service uptime by proactively identifying, reporting, and resolving minor operational issues.
• Update and maintain operational documentation, runbooks, and system monitoring procedures.
• Contribute to the maintenance and configuration of observability tools including logging, metrics, and alerting platforms.
• Collaborate with Senior SREs, Platform Engineers, and Cloud Security Engineers to support continuous platform optimization.
• Participate in root cause analysis (RCA) efforts and contribute to lessons learned documentation.
• Maintain compliance with cybersecurity requirements such as NIST 800-53 controls, RMF standards, and DoD STIGs.
• Support the integration of system telemetry into COSC’s central SIEM and observability frameworks.

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Cybersecurity, Engineering, or a related technical field, or equivalent industry experience.
• 1–3 years of experience in IT operations, system administration, DevSecOps, or cloud engineering roles.
• Familiarity with cloud environments (AWS, Azure) and container orchestration concepts (Docker, Kubernetes).
• Basic understanding of Infrastructure as Code (IaC) concepts and tools such as Terraform or Ansible.
• Experience or coursework in system monitoring, metrics collection, and incident response fundamentals.
• Strong analytical and troubleshooting skills with an eagerness to learn and grow in a mission-critical environment.
• Effective communication skills and ability to work within Agile teams.
• US Citizenship required with an active Secret clearance or interim Secret clearance.

Desired Qualifications

• Entry-level certifications such as AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner, Linux+, or Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA).
• Familiarity with monitoring tools such as Elastic Stack, Prometheus, Grafana, or similar platforms.
• Exposure to Agile and DevSecOps methodologies.
• Experience working in Department of Defense or other highly regulated environments.

The estimated salary range is $85,000.00 - $105,000.00, commensurate on experience, technical expertise, certifications, and clearance level.

Primary work location is San Antonio, TX. Hybrid model with a mix of remote and on-site support; on-site presence required for classified system activities.

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