Job Description
Job Description
This position is posted by Jobgether on behalf of Claroty. We are currently looking for a Principal Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) in Washington, D.C.
Join a high-impact engineering team at the forefront of national infrastructure protection. As Principal SRE, you’ll ensure the performance, security, and reliability of a FedRAMP-compliant cloud environment supporting public sector systems. You’ll play a vital role in automating infrastructure, improving system resilience, and leading incident response for mission-critical deployments. This is a hybrid position based in D.C., offering both autonomy and deep collaboration with DevOps, security, and federal stakeholders.
Accountabilities:
- Manage and optimize secure cloud infrastructure within AWS GovCloud, ensuring uptime and compliance.
- Implement Infrastructure as Code using Terraform and Ansible to automate scalable and secure deployments.
- Build and maintain observability and monitoring systems (Prometheus, Grafana, ELK Stack) to proactively detect and resolve issues.
- Lead the on-call rotation, coordinate incident response, and drive post-mortem analysis for production incidents.
- Maintain and secure networking components, including VPCs, VPNs, and firewalls, aligned with FedRAMP and NIST standards.
- Improve CI/CD pipelines and enhance DevSecOps workflows using GitLab CI/CD, Jenkins, and Kubernetes.
- Oversee the production release process, monitor system performance, and drive proactive upgrades and maintenance.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to plan and execute new technologies and features with minimal disruption.
Requirements
- U.S. Citizenship (required for AWS GovCloud).
- 6–8+ years in SRE, DevOps, or cloud engineering roles.
- Hands-on experience in AWS GovCloud and services like EC2, EKS, S3, MSK, RDS, IAM, CloudWatch, and CloudTrail.
- Expert knowledge of Terraform, Ansible, and Infrastructure as Code practices.
- Strong understanding of FedRAMP, NIST 800-53, and related compliance frameworks.
- Proficiency with Kubernetes, Docker, and container orchestration tools.
- Skilled in Linux system administration and scripting (Python, Bash).
- Experience in managing CI/CD and observability tools in cloud-native environments.
- Excellent troubleshooting skills, proactive mindset, and ability to lead end-to-end initiatives.
- Strong communication and stakeholder collaboration skills; must be able to work from the Washington, D.C. office on a hybrid schedule.
Benefits
- Competitive salary: $200,000 – $260,000 based on experience (equity not included in this range).
- Biannual “ClaroBreak” — a company-wide long weekend shutdown to recharge.
- Career development through regular performance reviews, personalized development plans, and access to professional training.
- Flexible hybrid working model with modern office facilities in key global cities.
- A people-first, inclusive culture that values mental health, diversity, and collaboration.
- Access to top-tier tools and resources to perform at your best.
- Company-wide transparency with regular town halls, feedback loops, and open leadership sessions.
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