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SciTec Senior Staff / Senior Site Reliability Engineer in Dayton, Ohio
SciTec, a wholly owned subsidiary of Firefly Aerospace, is a dynamic non-traditional defense contractor that delivers advanced technologies in support of U.S. National Security and Defense. For the past forty-five plus years, we have supported Department of Defense customers by developing innovative remote sensing algorithms, tools, and techniques to deliver world-class data exploitation capabilities supporting missile defense; intelligence, surveillance, & reconnaissance; space domain awareness; and aircraft survivability missions.
Important Notice: SciTec exclusively works on U.S. government contracts that require U.S. citizenship for all employees. SciTec cannot sponsor or assume sponsorship of employee work visas of any type. Further, U.S. citizenship is a requirement to obtain and keep a security clearance. Applicants that do not meet these requirements will not be considered.
We are seeking a Senior Staff / Senior Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) to support the reliability, performance, and operational excellence of mission-critical infrastructure services. This role focuses on Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) and delivers availability, scalability, observability, and automation across compute, storage, networking, and platform services deployed at customer site(s).
The ideal candidate is a strong systems engineer with an SRE mindset utilizing Cloud Engineering, DevSecOps, System Administration, and Operations to troubleshoot complex infrastructure issues, improve system resilience, and reduce operational toil through automation.
Key Responsibilities
Support the availability, reliability, and performance of containerized services supporting mission systems
Monitor infrastructure health using metrics, logs, and alerts; respond to and resolve incidents
Perform root-cause analysis for infrastructure and service outages; implement corrective and preventative actions
Improve system reliability through automation, standardization, and proactive engineering
Support capacity planning, performance analysis, and scaling of infrastructure services
Maintain and enhance monitoring, logging, and alerting solutions
Participate in incident response, on-call rotations (as required), and post-incident reviews
Collaborate with network, systems, platform, and application teams to resolve cross-stack issues
Support infrastructure lifecycle activities including deployments, upgrades, patches, and configuration changes
Apply security best practices and support compliance requirements in a regulated environment
Develop and maintain runbooks, procedures, and operational documentation
Contribute to CI/CD and Infrastructure-as-Code workflows supporting IaaS services
Participate in Agile ceremonies and operational planning activities
Perform other duties as assigned
Requirements
The following minimum qualifications are required for the position:
Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Engineering or related technical field
5+ years of professional experience in systems engineering, SRE, DevOps, or infrastructure operations
Strong experience administering Linux systems
Experience supporting on-prem, cloud, or hybrid infrastructure environments
Hands-on experience with monitoring, logging, and alerting systems
Strong troubleshooting skills across compute, storage, networking, and OS layers
Experience scripting or automating tasks using Bash, Python, or similar languages
Familiarity with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) concepts and tooling, such as Helm, Ansible, and Terraform
Strong verbal and written communication skills
Detail-oriented, self-motivated, and able to own issues through resolution
Ability to obtain and maintain a DoD Top Secret security clearance
Ability to work on-site at the customer location
Candidates who have any of the following skills will be preferred:
Advanced degree (e.g., Masters) in Computer Science, Engineering, or Mathematics
AWS Certified Solution Architect or similar
Experience working with and implementing Kubernetes, ArgoCD, and GitOps
Familiarity with Capacity Planning, Disaster Recovery, and Anomaly Detection
Monitoring performance utilizing tools such as Grafana and Prometheus
Professional experience with DevOps and CI/CD tooling, including: Docker, Jenkins, GitLab CI/CD
Experience working in Agile software development environments and using task scheduling and tracking software (e.g., JIRA)
Active DoD Top Secret security clearance
*Resumes, Cover Letters, and Applications which are generated by AI will not be considered for employment.
Benefits
SciTec offers a highly competitive salary and benefits package, including:
4% Safe Harbor 401(k) match
100% company paid HSA Medical insurance, with a choice of 2 buy-up options
80% company paid Dental insurance
100% company paid Vision insurance
100% company paid Life insurance
100% company paid Long-term Disability insurance
Short-term Disability insurance
Annual Profit-Sharing Plan
Discretionary Performance Bonus
Paid Parental Leave
Generous Paid Time Off, including Holiday, Vacation, and Sick Pay
Flexible Work Hours
The pay range for this position is $111,000-$152,000. SciTec considers several factors when extending an offer of employment, including but not limited to the role and associated responsibilities, a candidate's work experience, education/training, and key skills. This is not a guarantee of compensation.
SciTec is proud to be an Equal Opportunity employer. Vet/Disabled.