Systems Engineering, Senior Advisor

We are seeking a Site Reliability Engineer with strong experience in both development and system administration for large-scale systems. This role will focus on designing and implementing automation solutions that enhance the effectiveness and reliability of our monitoring and system administration teams.

Key Responsibilities:

• Identify and automate tasks that are:
  • Risky to perform manually
  • Prone to human erro
  • Labor-intensive or time-consumin
  • Repetitive or inconsistently executed
• Create sustainable tools that:
  • Serve as force multipliers for operational teams
  • Are at least as reliable and efficient as manual processes
  • Can operate with or without formal SOPs
• Leverage automation frameworks (e.g., SALT, Puppet) when appropriate, while understanding their limitations
• Develop custom solutions, including GUIs, to enable shift teams to safely and efficiently manage cluster operations
• Use strong software development skills to build automation tools tailored to the environment and operational needs

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or in a related technical field is highly desired which will be considered equivalent to two (2) years of experience. A Master's degree in a Technical Field will be considered equivalent to four (4) years of experience. NOTE: A degree in Mathematics, Information Systems, Engineering, or similar degree will be considered
• Sixteen (16) years of experience in software development/engineering, including requirements analysis, software development, installation, integration, evaluation, enhancement, maintenance, testing, and problem diagnosis/resolution.
• Ten (10) years experience in system engineering/architecture.
• Ten (10) years experience working with products that support highly distributed, massively parallel computation needs such as Hbase, Hadoop, Acumulo, Big Table, Cassandra, Scality et cetera.
• Ten (10) years experience writing software scripts using scripting languages such as Perl, Python, or Ruby for software automation.
• At least four (4) years of experience managing and monitoring large Cloud System
• Experience in performing and providing technical direction for the development, engineering, interfacing, integration, and testing of complete hardware/software systems to include monitoring technical health of a system, improving organizational processes, implementation of postmortem (failure) analysis and incident management.
• One of the following certifications is required:
  • AWS Certified Developer-Associate
  • AWS Certified Solutions Architect-Associate
  • AWS Certified Solutions Architect-Professional
  • AWS Certified SysOps Administrator-Associate
  • Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKAD)
  • Elastic Certified Engineer
  • Elastic Certified Observability Engineer
• Active TS/SCI security clearance with a current polygraph is required

Peraton offers enhanced benefits to employees working on our critical National Security programs, which include heavily subsidized employee benefits coverage for you and your dependents, 25 days of PTO accrued annually up to a generous PTO cap and eligible to participate in an attractive bonus plan.

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.