Sr. Site Reliability Engineer

Posted Yesterday
Hiring Remotely in USA
Remote
140K-180K Annually
Senior level
Information Technology • Consulting
The Role
The Senior Site Reliability Engineer is responsible for assessing and improving the reliability and operational resilience of enterprise infrastructure, focusing on stabilization strategies amid modernization initiatives.
Summary Generated by Built In
Who is Element?
 
We serve as a partner at the intersection of innovation and our clients' needs, efficiently crafting meaningful user experiences for government and commercial customers. By breaking down complex problems to their fundamental elements, we create modern digital solutions that drive efficiencies, maximize taxpayer dollars, and deliver essential outcomes that serve the people. 
 
Why Work at Element?
 
Make an impact that resonates-join our vibrant team and discover how you can improve lives through digital transformation.  Our talented professionals bring unparalleled energy engagement, setting a higher standard for impactful work. Come be a part of our team and shape a better future. 
 
Position Summary
 
The Senior Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) serves as the Technical Architecture & Stability Assessment Lead responsible for evaluating the reliability, scalability, and operational resilience of complex enterprise infrastructure environments. This role supports a structured 16-week technical assessment and optional implementation phase focused on identifying stability risks, mapping infrastructure dependencies, and strengthening existing architecture to support operational continuity during modernization initiatives.
 
Element’s approach prioritizes practical stabilization over unnecessary redesign. Rather than introducing large-scale architectural transformations, this role emphasizes reinforcing the current infrastructure to withstand coexistence pressures and operational demands while sequencing improvements responsibly.

Key Responsibilities

  • Conducting current-state infrastructure mapping across application, platform, and hosting layers, documenting and recommending improvements.
  • Performing dependency and integration analysis across interconnected enterprise systems.
  • Identifying single points of failure and systemic reliability risks.
  • Supporting datacenter transition modeling and infrastructure transition sequencing.
  • Conducting Citrix dependency analysis and migration sequencing recommendations.
  • Evaluating system performance, scalability, and operational resilience under high-volume workloads.
  • Providing modularization and decoupling recommendations to reduce operational fragility and support phased modernization and migration efforts.
  • Advising on supporting operations and development teams on continuity  strategies that allow legacy and modern systems to operate reliably in tandem during modernization and migrations.

Minimum Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related technical discipline.
  • This individual brings 10+ years of professional experience in infrastructure engineering, site reliability engineering, or enterprise platform architecture, including experience supporting complex enterprise environments.
  • Demonstrated experience conducting enterprise architecture or infrastructure assessments.
  • Enterprise infrastructure architecture and systems engineering
  • Extensive experience in hybrid hosting environments and modernization and cloud migration planning.
  • Virtualization platform management.
  • Performance engineering and scalability assessments for high-volume systems.
  • Experience designing or advising on system resilience and operational continuity strategies.
  • Experience in Infrastructure stabilization during large-scale multi-application modernization or migration initiatives.
  • Strong analytical and systems-thinking abilities.
  • Excellent technical documentation and architecture diagramming skills.
  • Strong stakeholder communication and facilitation abilities.
  • US Citizenship or Permanent Residency required.
  • Must reside in the Continental US; located in the state of Pennsylvania a plus, but not required.
  • Depending on the government agency, specific requirements may include public trust background check or security clearance.

Preferred Qualifications

  • Experience with Citrix App and Desktop Virtualization.
  • Certification in any of the following is a plus:
  • AWS Certified Solutions Architect
  • Google Professional Cloud Architect
  • Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect Expert
  • Certified Kubernetes Administrator
  • ITIL Foundation
  • Experience working with large public sector, healthcare system environments, or within the State/Commonwealth is a plus.
  • Familiarity with enterprise architecture frameworks (e.g., TOGAF or similar).Experience supporting legacy system environments undergoing modernization.

Location
 
Be in your Element. We are a remote-first company based in Washington, DC.
 
Element is an equal opportunity employer  All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or veteran status, marital status, protected veteran status, or any other legally protected class. 
 
We believe in a world where solutions we build improve the lives of those who use them.

Top Skills

AWS
Citrix
GCP
Kubernetes
Azure
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The Company
Washington, District of Columbia
32 Employees
Year Founded: 2009

What We Do

We are your human-centric innovation partner, crafting impactful user experiences for government and commercial sectors with an unwavering commitment to efficiency and excellence.

Our Core Capabilities:

CMS Data Experience
Our team has established deep domain experience in insurance, claims, and quality data throughout the CMS ecosystem. We equip healthcare stakeholders with insights to make informed policy decisions through strategic data management, integrating diverse data sources, and conducting analysis.


Enabling Interoperability in Healthcare
We build functionality using standards such as FHIR to allow for data interoperability between government agencies, providers, and patients. Guided by our long-time partnership with CMS and healthcare stakeholders, we advocate for patient data accessibility, striving to enhance the quality of care delivered.


Leaders in DevSecOps
As some of the earliest practitioners of DevSecOps within CMS, we exemplify the significance of a carefully engineered CI/CD pipeline. Amidst unprecedented HealthCare.gov registrations, our team safeguards its stability and reliability.


Consulting to Innovate
At Element, we act as consultative partners at the crossroads of innovation and our clients' needs. No matter the challenge, we identify and prioritize the appropriate methods, ensuring tailored solutions and using modern technologies.


We believe in a world where solutions we build improve the lives of those who use them, and the elements of Innovation, Collaboration, Integrity, Equity, Creativity are the foundation

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