Site Reliability Engineer (Clearance Required)

ICF is a global advisory and technology services provider, and they are seeking an early-career Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) to support the operation, reliability, and performance of mission-critical federal government systems. The role involves maintaining cloud-based infrastructure, supporting incident response, and collaborating with development and DevOps teams to ensure systems are secure and highly available.

Responsibilities:

• Assist in maintaining and monitoring cloud-based infrastructure to support high availability, reliability, and performance of federal systems
• Support incident response activities, including monitoring alerts, troubleshooting issues, and participating in root cause analysis under guidance of senior engineers
• Help implement and maintain monitoring, logging, and alerting tools to improve system observability
• Support CI/CD pipelines and deployment processes in collaboration with development and DevOps teams
• Perform routine operational tasks such as environment checks, system health reviews, and documentation updates
• Follow federal security, compliance, and governance requirements, including change management and access controls
• Participate in agile development ceremonies, sprint reviews, and operational planning sessions
• Contribute to technical documentation, runbooks, and standard operating procedures (SOPs)

Requirements:

• Active Top Secret clearance, with SCI eligibility
• 2+ years of experience in software engineering, systems architecture, or solution architecture
• Bachelor's Degree in related field
• Prior experience supporting federal or DoD programs, preferably DCSA
• Familiarity with scripting or automation tools (e.g., Bash, Python, PowerShell)
• Foundational knowledge of: Linux/Unix operating systems
• Cloud services (compute, storage, networking)
• Monitoring and logging tools (e.g., CloudWatch, Azure Monitor, Prometheus, ELK)