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.
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
Similar Jobs
Artificial Intelligence • Consumer Web • Digital Media • Information Technology • Social Impact • Software
The Senior Site Reliability Engineer will manage system incidents, improve monitoring and logging, optimize database infrastructure, and collaborate on scaling systems efficiently.
Top Skills:
AWSClickhouseKubernetesMySQLPostgresRedis
Big Data • Cloud • Software • Database
Develop and maintain Kubernetes runtime environments, support developers, resolve critical issues, and participate in on-call rotations for production systems.
Top Skills:
AWSAzureCert-ManagerCorednsCrdsCriCsiGatekeeperGCPGoHelmKubernetesKustomizeOperatorsPythonTerraform
Fintech • Software
The Senior Site Reliability Engineer ensures fast, stable SaaS products through automation, collaboration, monitoring, and implementing AI tools to enhance performance and reliability.
Top Skills:
Ai ToolsAnsibleAppdynamicsAWSAzureAzure DevopsBashC# .NetCosmosDatadogDynatraceHarnessJavaJenkinsKubernetesNew RelicPowershellPythonSaaSSQLTerraform
What you need to know about the San Francisco Tech Scene
San Francisco and the surrounding Bay Area attracts more startup funding than any other region in the world. Home to Stanford University and UC Berkeley, leading VC firms and several of the world’s most valuable companies, the Bay Area is the place to go for anyone looking to make it big in the tech industry. That said, San Francisco has a lot to offer beyond technology thanks to a thriving art and music scene, excellent food and a short drive to several of the country’s most beautiful recreational areas.
Key Facts About San Francisco Tech
- Number of Tech Workers: 365,500; 13.9% of overall workforce (2024 CompTIA survey)
- Major Tech Employers: Google, Apple, Salesforce, Meta
- Key Industries: Artificial intelligence, cloud computing, fintech, consumer technology, software
- Funding Landscape: $50.5 billion in venture capital funding in 2024 (Pitchbook)
- Notable Investors: Sequoia Capital, Andreessen Horowitz, Bessemer Venture Partners, Greylock Partners, Khosla Ventures, Kleiner Perkins
- Research Centers and Universities: Stanford University; University of California, Berkeley; University of San Francisco; Santa Clara University; Ames Research Center; Center for AI Safety; California Institute for Regenerative Medicine
