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Associate Site Reliability Engineer Jobs in Reston, VA

Site Reliability Engineer

Mclean, VA · On-site

$125K - $200K/yr

Overview As a Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) , you will help design, build, and operate reliable, secure, and observable cloud-native systems that support mission-critical applications and services.

Site Reliability Engineer

Mclean, VA · On-site

$125K - $200K/yr

Overview As a Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) , you will help design, build, and operate reliable, secure, and observable cloud-native systems that support mission-critical applications and services.

Site Reliability Engineer

Mclean, VA · On-site

$125K - $200K/yr

As a Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) , you will help design, build, and operate reliable, secure, and observable cloud-native systems that support mission-critical applications and services. You will ...

Staff Site Reliability Engineer

Reston, VA

$59.25 - $78.75/hr

The Site Reliability Engineering team drives reliability strategy, elevates engineering standards ... We strive to build an environment where our associates are in the driver's seat of their ...

Staff Site Reliability Engineer

Reston, VA · On-site

$59.25 - $78.75/hr

The Site Reliability Engineering team drives reliability strategy, elevates engineering standards ... We strive to build an environment where our associates are in the driver's seat of their ...

Staff Site Reliability Engineer

Reston, VA

$59.25 - $78.75/hr

The Site Reliability Engineering team drives reliability strategy, elevates engineering standards ... We strive to build an environment where our associates are in the driver's seat of their ...

SRE Engineer

Bethesda, MD · On-site

$61 - $81/hr

Job Title : SRE Engineer Location:Bethesda Maryland Duration : 12 months 3 days a week onsite at client. Bethesda Maryland Description: You will deliver AWS engineering services to support the ...

Site Reliability Engineer II

Mclean, VA · On-site

$57.50 - $76.50/hr

As an SRE II, you will help operate and improve the reliability, scalability, and performance of services running across Kubernetes-based environments in cloud and hybrid infrastructure. You will ...

Staff Site Reliability Engineer

Fairfax, VA · On-site

$58.25 - $77.50/hr

S. Citizenship / No clearance needed / 100% remote within the US Staff Site Reliability Engineer / Cloud SME Location: 100% remote in the continental US Type: Long-term contract (3+ years) Role ...

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How much do associate site reliability engineer jobs pay per hour?

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.
Systems Engineer - Site Reliability Engineering

Systems Engineer - Site Reliability Engineering

Marriott International

Bethesda, MD • On-site

$60.75 - $80.75/hr

Full-time

Medical, Dental, Vision, Life, Retirement, PTO

Posted 29 days ago


Marriott International rating

6.4

Company rating: 6.4 out of 10

Based on 1,146 frontline employees who took The Breakroom Quiz

50th of 105 rated hotels


Job description

Job Description
JOB SUMMARY:
The Systems Engineer - Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) is responsible for the reliability, scalability, and performance of mission-critical cloud and on-prem services that support millions of Marriot customers globally. This role involves overseeing incident management, driving automation efforts, and working closely with cross-functional teams to ensure alignment between SRE strategy and business objectives. Partners closely with Product Teams, Applications teams, Infrastructure, and the broader Applications and Infrastructure Delivery teams to develop key metrics and KPIs to improve applications stability, availability and performance. The ideal candidate will bring strong communication skills, collaborating with key stakeholders across the company to optimize cloud infrastructure and uphold the highest standards of operational excellence in a dynamic, fast-paced environment.
CANDIDATE PROFILE:
Required:
  • Undergraduate degree in an engineering or computer science discipline and/or equivalent experience/certification

  • 5+ years of hands-on experience in designing, building and operating production grade systems including:

  • 2+ years of experience as a Site Reliability Engineer (SRE), building and managing highly available and mission critical systems

  • Deep understanding of SRE practices, such as Service Level Objectives, Error Budgets, Toil Management, Observability & Monitoring, Blameless Postmortems, Incident Response Process, Capacity Planning

  • Expertise in AWS services including designing highly available, multi-AZ and multi-region architectures, for example:

  • Compute: EC2, Auto Scaling, Lambda

  • Containers: EKS (Mandatory), ECS (good to have)

  • Networking: VPC, subnets, route tables, NAT gateways, Transit Gateway

  • Security: IAM roles/Policies, KMS, Secret manager

  • Storage and Databases: S3, EBS, EFS, RDS, DocumentDB.

  • Proven automation and programming experience in one or more of the following languages: Python, PowerShell

  • Experience using modern, continuous development techniques and pipelines (e.g. Agile, Kanban, Jira, CI/CD, Helm, Harness, Jenkins, Git, Artifactory, Vault)

  • Experience designing and implementing end-to-end observability solutions across metrics, logs, and traces using tools like Prometheus, Grafana, ELK Stack, and OpenTelemetry.

  • Hands-on experience with Linux administration(RHEL, Ubuntu, CentOS, AWS Linux)

  • Experience troubleshooting API-related issues in distributed systems, including latency, authentication/authorization failures, rate limiting, and upstream/downstream dependency failures.

  • Experience with containerization orchestration engines such as Kubernetes (EKS, AKS, ACK)

  • Familiarity with service mesh technologies to enable secure and resilient service communication, including mTLS, traffic shaping, and policy enforcement.

  • Familiarity with Infrastructure as Code (Iac) tools like Terraform and CloudFormation.

  • Familiarity with configuration management and automation tools such as Ansible.

  • Familiarity with vulnerability management, OS hardening, patching, security compliance of infrastructure, applications and databases

  • Understanding of basic networking fundamentals

Preferred:
  • Experience driving cloud cost optimization initiatives (rightsizing, reserved instances, autoscaling strategies, cost observability)

  • Networking expertise including Load Balancing, Firewalls, Security Groups, NACLs, TCP/IP, DNS, HTTP/HTTPS, SSL/TLS etc

CORE WORK ACTIVITIES:
  • Ensure the reliability, availability, and performance of mission-critical cloud services, implementing best practices for monitoring, alerting, and incident management.

  • Oversee the management of high-severity incidents, driving quick resolution and post-incident analysis to identify root causes and prevent recurrence.

  • Drive the automation of operational processes and ensure systems can scale effectively to support growing user demand, optimizing cloud and on-prem infrastructure and resource usage.

  • Develop and execute the SRE strategy aligned with business goals, and communicate service health, reliability, and performance metrics to senior leadership and stakeholders

Drive Applications Performance Management and Monitoring:
  • Assess application architectures to identify key monitoring points

  • Identify Key Performance Indicators, apply monitoring, and report out on compliance.

  • Gather information to develop reporting metrics and KPIs

  • Ensure that all applications adhere to appropriate monitoring standards based on their technology/business process

  • Determine forums and cadence to provide regular monitoring updates

Building Successful Relationships:
  • Collaborates with Enterprise Application and Architecture and Infrastructure teams to continuously improve processes and procedures.

  • Liaises with vendors and Service Providers to select services and tools that best meet company goals

Managing Projects and Priorities:
  • Develops specific goals and plans to prioritize, organize, and accomplish work.

  • Champions leaders' vision for product and service delivery.

  • Executes the necessary decisions to keep moving forward toward achievement of goals.

  • Determines priorities, schedules, plans and necessary resources to promote completion of any projects on schedule.

Delivering on the Needs of Key Stakeholders:
  • Understands and meets the needs of key stakeholders.

  • Communicates concepts in a clear and persuasive manner that is easy to understand.

  • Demonstrates an understanding of business priorities.

  • Supports achievement of performance goals, budget goals, team goals, etc.

Providing Technical Support and Consultation:
  • Provides technical expertise within own and other teams.

  • Provides recommendations to improve the effectiveness of processes and programs.

  • Demonstrates advanced knowledge of job-relevant issues, products, systems, and processes.

  • Keeps up-to-date technically and applies new knowledge to job.

  • Performs other reasonable duties as required for this position.

At Marriott International, we are dedicated to being an equal opportunity employer, welcoming all and providing access to opportunity. We actively foster an environment where the unique backgrounds of our associates are valued and celebrated. Our greatest strength lies in the rich blend of culture, talent, and experiences of our associates. We are committed to non-discrimination on any protected basis, including disability, veteran status, or other basis protected by applicable law.
About Us
All positions offer a 401(k) plan, stock purchase plan, discounts at Marriott properties, commuter benefits, employee assistance plan, and childcare discounts. Benefits are subject to terms and conditions, which may include rules regarding eligibility, enrollment, waiting period, contribution, benefit limits, election changes, benefit exclusions, and others. Click here to learn more.
Full-time positions also offer coverage for medical, dental, vision, health care flexible spending account, dependent care flexible spending account, life insurance, disability insurance, accident insurance, adoption expense reimbursements, paid parental leave and educational assistance.
Washington Applicants Only: Employees will accrue paid sick leave, 0.077 PTO balance for every hour worked and be eligible to receive a minimum of 9 holidays annually.
Marriott HQ is committed to a hybrid work environment that enables associates to Be connected. Headquarters-based positions are considered hybrid, for candidates within a commuting distance to Bethesda, MD; candidates outside of commuting distance to Bethesda, MD will be considered for Remote positions.
About the Team
Marriott International is the world's largest hotel company, with more brands, more hotels and more opportunities for associates to grow and succeed. Be where you can do your best work, begin your purpose, belong to an amazing global team, and become the best version of you.

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