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Pondurance

Senior Platform Engineer

Mclean, VA · On-site +1

$105K - $145K/yr

Senior Platform Engineer REMOTE About the Role: As a Senior Platform Engineer, you will play a key ... Datadog (monitoring and observability) * Linux environments * Salt, HashiCorp tools Knowledge and ...

Gnw

Senior Data Engineer

Richmond, VA · On-site +1

$104K - $142K/yr

POSITION TITLE Senior Data Engineer POSITION LOCATION This position is available to remote ... Data Quality & Observability * Implement data validation, anomaly detection, SLAs, and ...

Motorola

Senior DevOps Engineer (US REMOTE)

Richmond, VA · Remote

$140K - $170K/yr

... s Full-Stack Engineer with expertise in IaC (Terraform), Helm, MySQL, Kubernetes, and CI/CD ... Familiarity with observability tooling (Prometheus/Grafana, ELK Stack or similar) * Knowledge of ...

CareScout

Senior Data Engineer

Richmond, VA · On-site +1

$104K - $142K/yr

POSITION TITLE Senior Data Engineer POSITION LOCATION This position is available to remote ... Data Quality & Observability * Implement data validation, anomaly detection, SLAs, and ...

Genworth Financial

Senior Data Engineer

Richmond, VA · On-site +1

$104K - $142K/yr

POSITION TITLE Senior Data Engineer POSITION LOCATION This position is available to remote ... Data Quality & Observability * Implement data validation, anomaly detection, SLAs, and ...

Stand Together

Senior Cloud Engineer

Arlington, VA · On-site +1

$140K - $170K/yr

This role can be on-site in Arlington, VA, hybrid, or remote. How You Will Contribute * Lead the ... observability tools for cloud applications and infrastructure. * Work with application teams to ...

Stand Together

Senior Cloud Engineer

Arlington, VA · On-site +1

$140K - $170K/yr

This role can be on-site in Arlington, VA, hybrid, or remote. How You Will Contribute * Lead the ... observability tools for cloud applications and infrastructure. * Work with application teams to ...

Kobie Marketing

AI Engineer

Richmond, VA · Remote

Join a National Top Workplace Named a Top Workplace in the USA and Top Remote Workplace, Kobie is ... Experience with LLM observability tools: Amazon CloudWatch, LangSmith, Langfuse, MLflow, or ...

BlackSky

Senior Infrastructure Engineer

Herndon, VA · On-site +1

$111K - $151K/yr

... open to remote candidates in certain states. Responsibilities : * Design and operate AWS ... Production monitoring and observability with Prometheus and Grafana (exporters, PromQL, alerting ...

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What are the typical collaboration patterns for a Remote Observability Engineer working with distributed teams?

Remote Observability Engineers frequently collaborate with software developers, DevOps teams, and IT operations to ensure systems are monitored effectively and issues are detected early. Working remotely, you'll often use communication tools like Slack, Jira, and video conferencing to coordinate incident response, discuss monitoring strategies, and review system health dashboards. Regular sync meetings and asynchronous updates are common, and you'll likely contribute to documentation and knowledge sharing to keep all stakeholders informed. Building strong communication habits is important, as much of the troubleshooting and improvement work hinges on clear coordination with multiple teams.

What are the key skills and qualifications needed to thrive as a Remote Observability Engineer, and why are they important?

To thrive as a Remote Observability Engineer, you need strong expertise in monitoring, logging, and tracing systems, along with a background in computer science or related technical fields. Familiarity with tools like Prometheus, Grafana, ELK Stack, Datadog, and cloud platforms is typically required, as well as relevant certifications such as AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner or Google Cloud Professional DevOps Engineer. Excellent problem-solving abilities, communication skills, and a proactive mindset help you detect and resolve issues before they impact users. These competencies ensure system reliability, enable rapid incident response, and support seamless collaboration in distributed environments.

What is the difference between Remote Observability Engineer vs Site Reliability Engineer?

AspectRemote Observability EngineerSite Reliability Engineer
CredentialsKnowledge of monitoring tools, scripting, cloud platformsSame as Observability Engineer, plus SRE certifications often preferred
Work EnvironmentFocus on monitoring, logging, and tracing systems remotelyBroader scope including system reliability, incident response, and automation
Industry UsagePrimarily in tech, SaaS, cloud servicesWidely in tech, finance, and large-scale online services

The Remote Observability Engineer specializes in monitoring and analyzing system performance remotely, focusing on tools like logs and metrics. In contrast, the Site Reliability Engineer has a broader role, ensuring overall system reliability, automation, and incident management. While both roles require similar technical skills, SREs often have additional responsibilities related to system resilience and scalability.

What is a Remote Observability Engineer?

A Remote Observability Engineer is a professional responsible for designing, implementing, and maintaining systems that monitor the health, performance, and reliability of software applications and infrastructure from a remote location. They use observability tools to collect and analyze logs, metrics, and traces, helping organizations quickly detect and resolve issues. Their work ensures that distributed systems are transparent, reliable, and efficient, often collaborating with development, operations, and security teams. Remote Observability Engineers often work from anywhere, leveraging cloud-based tools and platforms to manage complex IT environments.
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DevSecOps & Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) Technical Director (Remote)

DevSecOps & Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) Technical Director (Remote)

Oxley Enterprises®, Inc.

Stafford, VA • On-site, Remote

$56.75 - $75.50/hr

Full-time

Medical, Dental, Vision, Life, Retirement

Posted 11 days ago

Job description

The following states/districts are excluded from this job ad: AK, CA, CO, CT, DC, HI, LA, MA, MN, MO, NE, NV, NH, NJ, NM, NY, ND, OR, PR, RI, VT, WA, WY
Future Need - Actively Interviewing
Location: Remote in any United States jurisdiction not excluded from this job advertisement.
Lead the secure delivery and reliability engineering of a mission-critical VA cloud platform! As the DevSecOps & SRE Technical Director, you will support CI/CD pipeline architecture, platform reliability engineering, and automated delivery practices supporting the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA).
Position Description: The DevSecOps and Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) Technical Director provides senior technical leadership for all DevSecOps practices, SRE services, and automated delivery pipelines across the VA healthcare environment while ensuring CI/CD pipelines are secure, automated, and compliant.
Minimum/General Experience: 8 years of experience in DevSecOps, platform engineering, site reliability engineering, and technical leadership
Minimum Education: Bachelor's Degree in computer science, software engineering, information technology or related field
Essential Skills/Qualifications:
  • Expert experience providing technical leadership for DevSecOps and platform engineering activities supporting complex enterprise systems in a SAFe environment
  • Expert experience in cloud-native architectures, containerized environments, CI/CD pipelines, monitoring, and automated infrastructure management
  • Expert experience designing, implementing, and governing enterprise CI/CD pipeline architectures (e.g., Jenkins, GitLab CI, Tekton) in a Kubernetes/Elastic Kubernetes Service (EKS) environment
  • Expert knowledge of Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform
  • Expert ability to integrate Static Application Security Testing (SAST), Dynamic Application Security Testing (DAST), Software Composition Analysis (SCA), container scanning, and IaC scanning into delivery pipelines
  • Excellent experience enforcing secure software supply chain practices and zero-trust principles
  • Excellent experience enforcing IaC governance, automated testing, and policy-as-code across all environment types
  • Excellent experience with SRE practices (e.g., Service Level Indicators, objectives, agreements, error budget management, capacity planning, toil reduction via automation)
  • Excellent knowledge of advanced deployment strategies (e.g., blue/green, canary, rolling deployments) with automated rollback in Kubernetes environments
  • Excellent understanding of observability practices (e.g., logging, metrics, distributed tracing and integration with enterprise monitoring platforms (e.g., Dynatrace, Splunk))
  • Above average experience supporting Authority to Operate (ATO) processes, continuous authorization, and audit activities in a Federal Risk management Framework (RMF) environment
  • Above average knowledge of PI Planning, DevSecOps maturity models, and DevOps metrics (e.g., deployment frequency, change failure rate, MTTR)
  • Working knowledge of VA OI&T security policies, FISMA compliance requirements, and NIST 800-53 control implementation in DevSecOps contexts
  • Experience supporting Federal Government programs and large-scale mission-critical applications operating in cloud or hybrid environments
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills

General Physical Requirements needed to perform the essential functions of this job may vary based on the location of the assignment.
  • Assignment Location - Remote
  • Sedentary Work - Exerting up to 10 pounds of force occasionally and/or a negligible amount of force frequently or constantly to lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects.
  • Typing, communicating, repetitive motions.
  • Close visual acuity to prepare and analyze data, view computer monitors and read. May need to view presentation screens and other visual aids in a virtual setting.
  • Inside environmental conditions with protection from outside elements.

Security: Active Federal Civilian Public Trust clearance
  • U.S. Citizenship or Permanent Resident that has lived in the United States for at least 3 years

Federal Civilian Public Trust Consists of a review of up to but not limited to:
  • Covers 10 year period and in some instances lifetime events
  • OPM Security Investigations Index (SII)
  • DOD Defense Central Investigations Index (DCII)
  • National Agency Check (NAC) records
  • FBI name check
  • FBI fingerprint check
  • Credit report check
  • Written inquiries to previous employers and references listed on the application for employment
  • Potential interviews with the subject, spouse, neighbors, supervisor, coworkers
  • Law enforcement check
  • Court records check
  • Education check - Attendance and Degrees

Tasks/Activities include, but are not limited to:
  • Maintains regular communication with the Contracting Officer's Representative (COR) and Government technical leadership regarding platform reliability, deployment activities, and operational improvements
  • Provides senior technical oversight for all DevSecOps and SRE activities ensuring platform delivery velocity, security posture, and operational resilience meet or exceed contractual performance objectives
  • Governs CI/CD pipeline architecture across all supported applications
  • Ensures 100% of pipelines integrate automated security testing (SAST/DAST/SCA/container scanning) and enforce environment segregation
  • Leads SRE practices including 24/7 on-call coverage governance, Golden Signal monitoring, Service Level Indicators/Objectives (SLI/SLO) definition, and incident response for all assigned applications
  • Ensures 100% of infrastructure components are provisioned and managed through approved IaC tooling
  • Enforces code reviews and approval cycle time of no more than 3 business days
  • Oversees implementation of advanced deployment strategies (e.g., blue/green, canary, rolling) with automated rollback mechanisms to minimize deployment risk to production services
  • Ensures all DevSecOps and SRE practices comply with VA security, privacy, and RMF requirements
  • Supports ATO and continuous authorization activities
  • Collaborates with leadership to align platform delivery, reliability, and observability strategies
  • Continuously evaluates and implements improvements to automation, security integration, and deployment efficiency
  • Improves DevSecOps metrics across the program

Compensation & Benefits: The annual projected pay range for this position is $104,528 - $135,714 with consideration being given to various factors including but not limited to qualifications, experience, job responsibilities, and geographic location.
Oxley Enterprises, Inc. offers a full array of benefits including:
  • Medical, dental, vision and prescription drug coverage for you and your family.
  • Life Insurance, short-term disability and long-term disability paid for by the Company.
  • Supplemental coverages including Accident, Critical Illness, and Hospital.
  • Additional Life insurance coverage for you and your dependents.
  • 401k plan with various options to select based on your retirement goals.

Oxley Enterprises®, Inc. is a certified service-disabled veteran-owned (SDVOSB), veteran-owned (VOSB), and woman-owned small business (WOSB) that has 26 years of experience building and delivering quality IT systems and programs. Oxley is ranked in the INC 5000 7 times (2016, 2017, 2018, 2021, 2023, 2024, 2025). Oxley is a 2019 - 2025 Department of Labor HIRE Vets Medallion Award Winner. Oxley is Virginia Values Veterans certified.
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to any status protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.
If you require a reasonable accommodation to apply for a position at Oxley Enterprises, Inc., please send an email to our Human Resources Department at: with the following information:
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