SRE Lead

Description

Leidoswas awardedthe U.S. Air Force Cloud One Architecture and Common SharedServices contract, andcurrently hasanopening foraSRE Lead.This is an exciting opportunity to use your experiencetomodernize a leading, global-scalemulti-cloud environmentin support of a critical mission, supporting USAF system resiliency, security, and cost effectiveness.

Location:

These positions will behybrid remote. Candidateswillbe requiredto work onsite as needed. Preferred candidates will belocatednear Hanscom AFB (Boston, MA)or work in Huntsville, AL.

Primary ResponsibilitiesCould Include:

This individual willbe responsible fordeveloping in a scalable cloud-native solutions, and ensuring best practices across architecture, development, deployment, and security. This is a hands-on technical role that requires rolling up your sleeves to architect, code, debug, and mentor.

*Manage andmentortheSRE team (pods) and FTEs, providing guidance, setting performance expectations, and fostering professional development.
*Work collaboratively with SRE Resource Managers to staff andmaintainengineering resources for your SRE vertical teams' reliability and scalability goals.
* Manage the SRE team's resources, including tool selection, and infrastructure investments to meet reliability and scalability needs.
*Meet regularly with your team members,participatein performance reviews and interviews, and development planning.
*Oversee the reliability, availability, and performance of critical systems by leading the SRE teams within the data center vertical in implementing monitoring, incident response, and performance optimization strategies.
*Ensure the team adheres to best practices for system reliability, automation, and operational efficiency.
*Drive continuous improvement initiatives by analyzing performance metrics (e.g., SLOs, MTTR, MTBF) andidentifyingareas for enhancement.
*Collaborate with operations, quality, cybersecurity and other SRE engineering teams to define and enforce Service Level Objectives (SLOs) and manage error budgets.
*Act as a liaison between the SRE team and other departments to prioritize reliability and operational needs in the product development process.
*Collaborate with senior leadership to define the SRE strategy, set long-term reliability goals, and ensure alignment with business objectives
*Lead efforts to reduce operational toil through automation. Work with the team to build or enhance automation tools that manage infrastructure,monitorsystems, and respond to incidents.
*Oversee the development and adoption of Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools, CI/CD pipelines, and other automation processes.
*Ensure that SRE practices align with organizational security policies and compliance requirements.
*Collaborate with security teams to integrate reliability-focused security practices into the design and operation of systems.
*Ensure systems meet or exceed agreed-upon service levels by proactively addressing potential issues and working with stakeholders to align on reliability expectations.
*Work within a SRE team, collaborating with other Developers, Security, and Operations, to continuously deliver products and increase the value stream for the organization and customers.
*Embrace and champion Agile development processes and adoption to modern Site Reliability Engineering workflows and practices whileprovidingtechnical guidance to team members and coworkers on best practices
*Stay up to date on the latest Site Reliability Engineering practices and technologies.
*Strive to provide internal and external customers with excellent customer service and world-class service.
*Resolve most conflicts between timeline, budget, and scope independently but intuitively raise sophisticated or consequential issues to senior management

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelorsandtwelve (12)years or more of experience;Mastersandten(10)years or more of experience.Additionalexperience may be accepted in lieu of degree.

• Secret clearancerequired

• US citizenshiprequired

• Certifications: CompTIA Security+ or equivalent (IAT-2)

• Familiarity withDevSecOpsprinciples and practices.

• Familiarity with Agile methodologies such as Scrum and/or Kanban.

• *Experience creating JIRA and/or Azure DevOps workflows, projects, custom configurations.
  *Solid experience with integrating/maintainingwith various 3rd party CI/CD tools like Jenkins and Gitlab.
  *Experience with automated provisioning and configuration tools like Terraform, Cloud Formation, Ansible, or similar technologies.
  *Working knowledge of the Risk Management Framework (RMF), DISA STIGs.Strong knowledge of security principles, including threat modeling, vulnerability assessments, and encryption techniques.

• Ability to lead teams through strategic initiatives such as reliability maturity assessments, process automation, and toolingselection.
  *Solid understanding of SRE principles, including Service Level Objectives (SLOs), Service Level Indicators (SLIs), and error budgeting.
  *Experience with commercial cloud infrastructure deployment environments such as AWS and Azure.
  *Strong knowledge of automation tools, CI/CD pipelines, and Infrastructure as Code (IaC).

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with USAF Cloud One or Platform 1

• Experience with Zero Trust Architecture

• Cloud certificationsin AWS, Azure, Google, or Oracle clouds

• Example certificationsinclude:Industry Professional certification Certified Kubernetes Application Developer (CKAD), Kubernetes and Cloud Native Associate (KCNA), AWS Certified DevOps Engineer, Certified AWSSysAdmin, AWS Certified Advanced Networking, AWS Certified Security, Azure Developer Associate, Azure Solutions Architect

If you're looking for comfort, keep scrolling. At Leidos, we outthink, outbuild, and outpace the status quo - because the mission demands it. We're not hiring followers. We're recruiting the ones who disrupt, provoke, and refuse to fail. Step 10 is ancient history. We're already at step 30 - and moving faster than anyone else dares.

For U.S. Positions: While subject to change based on business needs, Leidos reasonably anticipates that this job requisition will remain open for at least 3 days with an anticipated close date of no earlier than 3 days after the original posting date as listed above.

The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline onlyand not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity, alignment with market data, applicable bargaining agreement (if any), or other law.

About Leidos

Leidos is an industry and technology leader serving government and commercial customers with smarter, more efficient digital and mission innovations. Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, with 47,000 global employees, Leidos reported annual revenues of approximately $16.7 billion for the fiscal year ended January 3, 2025. For more information, visit www.Leidos.com.

Pay and Benefits

Pay and benefits are fundamental to any career decision. That's why we craft compensation packages that reflect the importance of the work we do for our customers. Employment benefits include competitive compensation, Health and Wellness programs, Income Protection, Paid Leave and Retirement. More details are available at www.leidos.com/careers/pay-benefits.

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Commitment to Non-Discrimination

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment 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, or any other basis prohibited by law. Leidos will also consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories consistent with relevant laws.

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