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Associate Site Reliability Engineer Jobs in Reston, VA

Volitiion IIT

Site Reliability Engineer - Hybrid

Reston, VA · On-site

$59.25 - $78.75/hr

Title: Site Reliability Engineer V Location: Reston, VA (Hybrid onsite - 3 days a week from day 1) Assignment duration: 24 months with possibility of extension Interview process: 2 rounds. First ...

Peraton

Site Reliability Engineer

Washington, DC · On-site

$112K - $179K/yr

The SRE will drive automation initiatives, observability improvements, and incident response operations. Site Reliability Engineer responsibilities: * Design and implement automation solutions for ...

Booz Allen Hamilton

Site Reliability Engineer

Chantilly, VA · On-site

$62K - $141K/yr

Site Reliability Engineer The Opportunity: Engineering to make a system more resilient and efficient frees up time and money to build more capabilities. Whether you come from a background in network ...

Peraton

Site Reliability Engineer

Washington, DC · On-site

$112K - $179K/yr

The SRE will drive automation initiatives, observability improvements, and incident response operations. Site Reliability Engineer responsibilities: * Design and implement automation solutions for ...

Peraton

Site Reliability Engineer

Washington, DC

$112K - $179K/yr

The SRE will drive automation initiatives, observability improvements, and incident response operations. Site Reliability Engineer responsibilities: * Design and implement automation solutions for ...

Booz Allen Hamilton

Site Reliability Engineer

Chantilly, VA · On-site

$62K - $141K/yr

Site Reliability Engineer The Opportunity: Engineering to make a system more resilient and efficient frees up time and money to build more capabilities. Whether you come from a background in network ...

Booz Allen Hamilton

Site Reliability Engineer

Herndon, VA · On-site

$86K - $198K/yr

Site Reliability Engineer The Opportunity: Engineering to make a system more resilient and efficient frees up time and money to build more capabilities. Whether you come from a background in network ...

Booz Allen Hamilton

Site Reliability Engineer

Herndon, VA · On-site

$86K - $198K/yr

Site Reliability Engineer The Opportunity: Engineering to make a system more resilient and efficient frees up time and money to build more capabilities. Whether you come from a background in network ...

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As of Jun 22, 2026, the average hourly pay for associate site reliability engineer in Reston, VA is $66.31, according to ZipRecruiter salary data. Most workers in this role earn between $57.02 and $75.77 per hour, depending on experience, location, and employer.

What is the difference between Associate Site Reliability Engineer vs Software Engineer?

AspectAssociate Site Reliability EngineerSoftware Engineer
Required CredentialsBachelor's in CS or related field, some certifications (e.g., Linux, cloud)Bachelor's in CS or related field, coding certifications often preferred
Work EnvironmentOperations-focused, maintaining system reliability, monitoringDevelopment-focused, designing and coding software applications
Employer & Industry UsageTech companies, cloud providers, SaaS firmsTech companies, startups, software firms
Common Search & Comparison IntentUnderstanding roles in reliability and operationsUnderstanding software development roles

Associate Site Reliability Engineers focus on maintaining system stability, monitoring, and incident response, often working closely with operations teams. Software Engineers primarily develop, test, and deploy software applications. While both roles require strong technical skills and a background in computer science, their core responsibilities differ—one emphasizes reliability and system health, the other software creation.

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Infographic showing various Associate Site Reliability Engineer job openings in Reston, VA as of June 2026, with employment types broken down into 95% Full Time, 3% Part Time, and 2% Contract. Highlights an 88% Physical, 5% Hybrid, and 7% Remote job distribution, with an average salary of $137,934 per year, or $66.3 per hour.
Site Reliability Engineer

Site Reliability Engineer

Fortress Information Security

Washington, DC

$160K - $180K/yr

Full-time

Medical, Dental, Vision, Life, Retirement, PTO

Posted 9 days ago

Job description

Site Reliability Engineer
Location: Hybrid – Washington DC/Virginia/Maryland metro with the ability to travel to Patuxent River, MD, as needed (up to 20% of the time).
Compensation: $160,000 - 180,000 per year, depending on experience and qualifications.
Employment Type: Full-Time

What you can expect as the Site Reliability Engineer at Fortress…
The Site Reliability Engineer is responsible for ensuring the reliability, performance, and scalability of critical systems and services. This role focuses on transitioning applications from traditional Ansible deployments to containerized, orchestrated setups across AWS and on-premises environments. This role enhances CI/CD capabilities, supporting advanced deployment strategies like Blue/Green and Canary releases. By building flexible testing environments, the engineer supports Development, QA, and UAT efforts throughout the release lifecycle​.
Responsibilities Include
  • Transition applications from traditional (non-containerized) Ansible deployments to containerized, orchestrated deployments in AWS and on-premises environments
  • Build upon current CI/CD efforts to support different deployment strategies (Blue/Green, Canary, etc.)
  • Support Development/QA/UAT efforts by building an environment for anyone in the company to test drive a release anywhere in the development lifecycle
  • Improve upon common infrastructure for developers, such as CI/CD pipelines, log/application monitoring, cluster management, and configuration management
  • Migrate application secrets and configuration from Ansible Vault to Hashicorp Vault
  • Automate infrastructure provisioning during deployment
  • Handle code deployments in all environments (cloud, on-premises)
  • Implement tools to monitor and alert with respect to service level metrics and objectives
  • Provide technical guidance and educate team members and coworkers on development and operations
  • Monitor relevant systems for availability and performance
  • Available to support daytime and after business hours release activities
Minimum Qualifications
  • 4-5 years hands-on experience in a SRE/DevOps role supporting production systems
  • Production experience supporting Linux-based infrastructure and administering services on AWS (RDS, VPC, ECR, CloudWatch, Cloud Formation, Lambda, API Gateway) and on-premises
  • Demonstrable experience with deployment technologies such as Kubernetes, Ansible, Jenkins and Terraform (or similar technologies)
  • Excellent documentation skills so anyone on the team can come up-to-speed on changes quickly
  • Experience implementing rolling upgrades (canary, blue/green, etc.)
  • Strong scripting and tooling skillset (Bash, Python, JS, etc.)
  • Self-motivated, resourceful and a persistent problem-solving aptitude with advanced time management skills
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
  • Ability to independently use and refine prompts to enhance the quality, efficiency, and insight of regular work processes
  • Active clearance preferred; ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. security clearance (required)
  • Willingness and ability to work onsite in Patuxent River, Maryland up to 20% of the time (required)
  • Must be willing to participate in technical interviews and technical questions, which may be recorded or transcribed for evaluation purposes (required)
Preferred Skills
  • Presentation skills and the ability to communicate with a variety of technical and non-technical audiences.
  • Strong scripting and tooling skillset (Bash, Python, JS, etc.).
  • Strong Linux administration skills
  • AWS administration skills
  • Strong documentation and organizational skills
  • Self-motivated, resourceful and a persistent problem-solving aptitude
Education
  • Bachelor's Degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, or a related discipline required.
Employee Benefits
  • Remote and Hybrid working environment
  • Competitive pay structure
  • Medical, dental, vision plans with employees covered up to 90% with highly progressive options for dependents and families
  • Company paid life, short- and long-term disability insurance
  • Employee Assistance Program
  • 401(k) match
  • Flexible Paid Time Off
  • Parental Leave
Employment Perks
  • We provide each employee with professional growth opportunities through succession planning, up-skilling, and certifications
  • Tuition and certification reimbursement
  • Employee Referral Programs
  • Company Sponsored Events
Fortress is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. All employees and applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, color, disability, gender, national origin, race, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, protected veteran status, or any other classification protected by federal, state, or local law. Fortress Information Security takes part in the E-Verify process for all new hires.
For positions located in the US, the following conditions apply. If you are made a conditional offer of employment, you will have to undergo a drug test. ADA Disclaimer: In developing this job description care was taken to include all competencies needed to successfully perform in this position. However, for Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) purposes, the essential functions of the job may or may not have been described for purposes of ADA reasonable accommodation. All reasonable accommodation requests will be reviewed and evaluated on a case-by-case basis.

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