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Knack Solutions

Site Reliability Engineer (SRE)

Reston, VA

$59.25 - $78.75/hr

Site Reliability Engineer (SRE)  Work Authorization: All Work Authorizations Location: Reston, VA Contract: 24 months Description: Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) roles and responsibilities The SR ...

IT America Inc

Site Reliability Engineer (SRE)

Plano, TX · On-site

$54.50 - $72.50/hr

Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) Location: Richmond, VA or Plano, TX Work Model: Hybrid - 3 days onsite per week Duration: Long term contract Job Summary: We are seeking an experienced Site ...

System One

Site Reliability Engineer (SRE)

Mclean, VA · Remote

$58.25 - $77.50/hr

Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) Remote No sponsorship available. Must be able to obtain a Public Trust clearance. What You Will Do We are seeking a Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) to support the SBA ...

System One

Site Reliability Engineer (SRE)

Mclean, VA · Remote

$58.25 - $77.50/hr

Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) Remote No sponsorship available. Must be able to obtain a Public Trust clearance. What You Will Do We are seeking a Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) to support the SBA ...

IVID TEK INC

Site Reliability Engineer

Manhattan, NY · On-site

$60/hr

Amex SRE Engineer (This is not a Devops role, strictly need an SRE Engineer, who has great analytical skills and is a good incident manager as well) This is an SRE role supporting the B2B and Core ...

CRC Group

Site Reliability Engineer

Charlotte, NC · On-site

$55.75 - $74/hr

Define and own the enterprise monitoring and SRE observability strategy * Serve as the subject matter expert for Dynatrace, ServiceNow integration, and alerting architecture * Evaluate and recommend ...

System One

Site Reliability Engineer (SRE)

Mclean, VA · Remote

$58.25 - $77.50/hr

Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) Remote No sponsorship available. Must be able to obtain a Public Trust clearance. What You Will Do We are seeking a Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) to support the SBA ...

System One

Site Reliability Engineer (SRE)

Mclean, VA · Remote

$58.25 - $77.50/hr

Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) Remote No sponsorship available. Must be able to obtain a Public Trust clearance. What You Will Do We are seeking a Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) to support the SBA ...

System One

Site Reliability Engineer (SRE)

Mclean, VA · Remote

$58.25 - $77.50/hr

Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) Remote No sponsorship available. Must be able to obtain a Public Trust clearance. What You Will Do We are seeking a Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) to support the SBA ...

System One

Site Reliability Engineer (SRE)

Mclean, VA · Remote

$58.25 - $77.50/hr

Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) Remote No sponsorship available. Must be able to obtain a Public Trust clearance. What You Will Do We are seeking a Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) to support the SBA ...

System One

Site Reliability Engineer (SRE)

Mclean, VA · Remote

$58.25 - $77.50/hr

Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) Remote No sponsorship available. Must be able to obtain a Public Trust clearance. What You Will Do We are seeking a Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) to support the SBA ...

System One

Site Reliability Engineer (SRE)

Mclean, VA · Remote

$58.25 - $77.50/hr

Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) Remote No sponsorship available. Must be able to obtain a Public Trust clearance. What You Will Do We are seeking a Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) to support the SBA ...

System One

Site Reliability Engineer (SRE)

Mclean, VA · Remote

$58.25 - $77.50/hr

Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) Remote No sponsorship available. Must be able to obtain a Public Trust clearance. What You Will Do We are seeking a Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) to support the SBA ...

Tihinsurance

Site Reliability Engineer

Charlotte, NC

$55.75 - $74/hr

Define and own the enterprise monitoring and SRE observability strategy * Serve as the subject matter expert for Dynatrace, ServiceNow integration, and alerting architecture * Evaluate and recommend ...

Raydar

Site Reliability Engineer (SRE)

Manhattan, NY · On-site

$120K - $180K/yr

You will be the first dedicated Site Reliability Engineer and own critical infrastructure end to end. This is a greenfield opportunity to architect the path from AWS to on-premises and air-gapped ...

System One

Site Reliability Engineer (SRE)

Mclean, VA · Remote

$58.25 - $77.50/hr

Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) Remote No sponsorship available. Must be able to obtain a Public Trust clearance. What You Will Do We are seeking a Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) to support the SBA ...

Hirekeyz Inc

Site Reliability Engineer (SRE)

Austin, TX · On-site

$56.50 - $75/hr

Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) Location: Austin, TX Job Type: Full Time Technical Skills: * 6+ years of professional engineering experience developing, managing, or supporting distributed systems ...

System One

Site Reliability Engineer (SRE)

Mclean, VA · Remote

$58.25 - $77.50/hr

Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) Remote No sponsorship available. Must be able to obtain a Public Trust clearance. What You Will Do We are seeking a Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) to support the SBA ...

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

As of Sep 2, 2026, the average hourly pay for freelance site reliability engineer in the United States is $63.74, according to ZipRecruiter salary data. Most workers in this role earn between $54.81 and $72.84 per hour, depending on experience, location, and employer.

What is a freelance site reliability engineer?

Freelance Site Reliability Engineers (SREs) are independent professionals who help organizations maintain the reliability, scalability, and performance of their software systems. They combine software engineering and IT operations skills to automate processes, monitor systems, and respond to incidents. Working on a contract or project basis, freelance SREs often collaborate with multiple clients to ensure services run smoothly and efficiently. They may be responsible for tasks like infrastructure as code, incident response, monitoring, and improving system resilience. Their flexible engagement model allows organizations to access specialized expertise without committing to full-time hires.

How does a freelance site reliability engineer typically collaborate with client teams to ensure reliable service delivery?

As a Freelance Site Reliability Engineer, you often work closely with client development and operations teams to understand their infrastructure, incident response protocols, and deployment pipelines. Frequent communication through virtual meetings, shared documentation, and messaging platforms is essential to align on service-level objectives and address reliability concerns. You may be responsible for proactively identifying potential issues, recommending improvements, and sometimes being on-call for critical incidents. Building trust and integrating smoothly with remote teams is key, as you'll often need to adapt to diverse workflows and technical stacks.

What are the key skills and qualifications needed to thrive as a freelance site reliability engineer, and why are they important?

To thrive as a Freelance Site Reliability Engineer, you need a deep understanding of systems administration, cloud infrastructure, coding in languages like Python or Go, and a proven track record in managing distributed systems. Familiarity with tools such as Kubernetes, Docker, CI/CD pipelines, and monitoring platforms like Prometheus or Datadog, as well as certifications (e.g., AWS Certified Solutions Architect), is highly beneficial. Strong problem-solving, communication, and time management skills help you excel in client-driven, fast-paced environments. These capabilities ensure high system availability, rapid incident resolution, and effective stakeholder collaboration for reliable service delivery.

What is the difference between Freelance Site Reliability Engineer vs Freelance DevOps Engineer?

AspectFreelance Site Reliability EngineerFreelance DevOps Engineer
CredentialsRelevant certifications (e.g., SRE, cloud certifications)DevOps certifications, cloud expertise
Work EnvironmentFocus on system reliability, uptime, and incident responseFocus on deployment, automation, and CI/CD pipelines
Industry UsageTech companies, cloud providers, SaaS firmsSoftware development, IT services, startups
Search & Comparison IntentUnderstanding reliability roles in freelance workComparing automation and deployment roles

Freelance Site Reliability Engineers primarily focus on maintaining system uptime, incident management, and reliability metrics, while Freelance DevOps Engineers concentrate on automation, deployment pipelines, and continuous integration. Both roles require cloud and scripting skills, but SREs emphasize system stability and incident response, whereas DevOps roles focus on deployment efficiency and automation processes.

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Site Reliability Engineer (SRE)

Knack Solutions

Reston, VA

$59.25 - $78.75/hr

Full-time

Re-posted 28 days ago

Job description

***W2 only***

Position: Site Reliability Engineer (SRE)

Work Authorization: All Work Authorizations

Location: Reston, VA

Contract: 24 months

Description: Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) roles and responsibilities

The SRE role bridges the Development Engineer role and the Production Engineer role with a mixture of development, test, deploy, and support skills that contribute to application reliability and resiliency. The SRE approaches problems as an Engineer and looks to automate processes with code or tools to detect and prevent identified software reliability issues. The SRE role splits time between runtime support issues (toil) and development automation work (dev). The skills are organized by Development, Support, and Common areas.

Software Development and Configuration

The following SRE skills are used to improve reliability of an application/service while it is in development:

Required Skills:

  • 8-10 years overall experience
  • Hands-On in at least one language - Java (must), Python (3-4 yrs) -not coding just understanding of
  • Hands-On experience with automated testing tools (JMeter, Junit, Mockito, Postman)
  • Hands-On experience with a source code management system like GIT or SVN including pull, push, branch, commit and merge functions
  • Hands-On experience creating, configuring and maintaining cloud-based applications and infrastructure for the rapid development and monitoring of applications and services:
  • AWS, EC2, Fargate, CloudFormation, RDS, ElasticCache, S3
  • Experience with Cloud Migrations with reliability and availability as core focus
  • Experience in implementing the SRE at the team/enterprise level with hands-on implementation of SRE practices and improving the metrics
  • Hands-On experience with monitoring tools (Splunk, Dynatrace) and dashboard developmentincluding development and customization of dashboards
  • Hands-On experience with the build, deploy, and packaging process and best practices. Familiar using DevOps automation tools (UCD, Jenkins, Maven, SonarQube, Chef, Ansible, Puppet)
  • Scripting skills for automation (Linux bash and Windows)

General Required Skills:

  • Ability to diagnose and optimize software code for reliability and resiliency
  • Knowledge of the incident management process and reporting tools (ServiceNow, Jira Service Desk)
  • Good communication and documentation skills. An SRE must document their work, collect and document tribal knowledge (the good stuff in peoples head), and make it accessible to others.
  • Experience triaging incidents and conducting RCAs (Root Cause Analysis)
  • Nice to have skills:
  • Ability to diagnose technical problems, isolate and debug issues, formulate creative solutions, analyze alternative approaches, and implement a timely solution.
  • Experience providing alternatives and estimates for implementing a fix or automation to improve reliability.
  • Ability to juggle several different tasks at a time, and able to frequently adjust for new tasks or higher priority tasks.
  • Experience with a modern RDBMS or NoSQL, like Postgres, MySQL, DB2, Oracle, MongoDB, and Cloudant

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