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Maximus

Lead Site Reliability Engineer (SRE)

Randolph, TX · On-site

$65.25 - $86.75/hr

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Lead Site Reliability Engineers (Lead SREs) are senior technical professionals responsible for ensuring the reliability, scalability, and performance of large-scale systems and applications. They lead SRE teams, design and implement infrastructure improvements, and establish best practices for monitoring, incident response, and automation. Lead SREs also collaborate with development and operations teams to promote a culture of reliability and efficiency, often mentoring junior engineers and driving the adoption of SRE principles within an organization.

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To thrive as a Lead Site Reliability Engineer (SRE), you need deep expertise in systems administration, cloud infrastructure, automation, and a solid background in computer science or related fields. Familiarity with tools like Kubernetes, Docker, Terraform, Prometheus, and monitoring platforms, along with certifications such as AWS Certified DevOps Engineer or Google Professional Cloud DevOps Engineer, is highly valuable. Leadership, problem-solving, and clear communication are crucial soft skills for managing teams and collaborating across departments. These skills ensure reliable, scalable systems and efficient incident response, which are critical for maintaining high service availability.

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A Lead SRE often encounters challenges such as balancing incident response with long-term reliability projects, fostering collaboration between development and operations, and ensuring team members are upskilled on evolving technologies. To address these, it's helpful to implement structured incident management processes, encourage a blameless postmortem culture, and prioritize regular knowledge-sharing sessions. Proactively managing workloads and setting clear reliability targets can also help the team focus on both immediate and strategic goals.
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Lead Site Reliability Engineer (SRE)

Lead Site Reliability Engineer (SRE)

Maximus

Randolph, TX • On-site

$65.25 - $86.75/hr

Full-time

Medical, Life, Retirement, PTO

Posted 5 days ago

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6.9

Company rating: 6.9 out of 10

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Job description

General information
Job Posting Title
Lead Site Reliability Engineer (SRE)
Date
Thursday, June 18, 2026
City
JBSA-Randolph
State
TX
Country
United States
Working time
Full-time
Description & Requirements
Maximus is seeking a Lead Site Reliability Engineer (SRE). The Lead Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) ensures operational stability, performance, and reliability of the A1 MCE platform through automation, monitoring, and continuous improvement of platform services.
This role is Hybrid at our San Antonio office and requires a Secret security clearance.
Maximus TCS (Technology and Consulting Services) Internal Job Profile Code: TCS166, T4, Band 7
Job-Specific Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
  • Work in concert with Lead Cloud Architect and Lead Security Architect to ensure platform reliability and performance meeting contractually dictated SLA thresholds
  • Develop and implement strategies leveraging FOSS, COTS, and GOTS technologies to enhance the reliability, resiliency, and scalability of the platform while ensuring compatibility with the multi-cloud, multi-tenant environment of the MCE
  • Maintain uptime, scalability, and resilience of platform services
  • Oversee system performance tuning and optimization
  • Develop and implement automation (IaC, pipelines)
  • Manage monitoring, logging, and alerting frameworks
  • Support VDI, CI/CD pipelines, and platform infrastructure
  • Drive incident management, problem management, and root cause analysis
  • Collaborate with DevSecOps and architecture teams for delivery integration
  • Perform site reliability engineering to build and maintain a reliable, scalable, and efficient ecosystem by applying software engineering principles to operational tasks
Job-Specific Minimum Requirements:
- Active Secret clearance
- Ability to commute as needed to the work location in San Antonio, Texas.
- 7+ years in systems admin/DevOps/SRE.
- Cloud/DevOps certification.
- Active IAT/IAM Level II baseline certification
- Experience with logging tools (Splunk, Elastic).
- Experience integrating reliability engineering practices into DevSecOps pipelines
Preferred Skills and Qualifications:
- Experience in high-availability IL5/IL6 cloud environments.
- Experience supporting enterprise-scale data, analytics, or AI platforms
- Advanced scripting (Python, PowerShell, Bash).
- Expertise in observability (metrics, tracing, AIOps).
- Experience implementing SLO/SLI frameworks.
- Familiarity with platform engineering and internal developer platforms (IDP).
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Minimum Requirements
TCS166, T4, Band 7
EEO Statement
Maximus is an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, disability, veteran status, genetic information and other legally protected characteristics.
Pay Transparency
Maximus compensation is based on various factors including but not limited to job location, a candidate's education, training, experience, expected quality and quantity of work, required travel (if any), external market and internal value analysis including seniority and merit systems, as well as internal pay alignment. Annual salary is just one component of Maximus's total compensation package. Other rewards may include short- and long-term incentives as well as program-specific awards. Additionally, Maximus provides a variety of benefits to employees, including health insurance coverage, life and disability insurance, a retirement savings plan, paid holidays and paid time off. Compensation ranges may differ based on contract value but will be commensurate with job duties and relevant work experience. An applicant's salary history will not be used in determining compensation. Maximus will comply with regulatory minimum wage rates and exempt salary thresholds in all instances.
Accommodations
Maximus provides reasonable accommodations to individuals requiring assistance during any phase of the employment process due to a disability, medical condition, or physical or mental impairment. If you require assistance at any stage of the employment process-including accessing job postings, completing assessments, or participating in interviews,-please contact People Operations at applicantaccom@maximus.com.
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