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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 ... Hands-On experience with a source code management system like GIT or SVN including pull, push ...

Knack Solutions

Site Reliability Engineer

Richmond, VA

$56.50 - $75/hr

Richmond, VA Contract: 24 months As one of the Site Reliability Engineers, youll be able to work closely with customers, product management, and other subject matter experts in the technology ...

Warm Springs Ranch

Reliability Manager

Williamsburg, VA · On-site

$106K - $126K/yr

Serve as the site subject matter expert for equipment reliability, root cause failure analysis, and ... Own and manage departmental Maintenance ZBB and VIC budgets. JOB QUALIFICATIONS * Bachelor's Degree ...

Apex Systems

Cloud SRE

Richmond, VA · On-site

$56.50 - $75/hr

Build and optimize Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform to manage AWS resources related to SRE solutions, incorporating cost-efficient design principles o Optimize Infrastructure as Code (IaC ...

Volitiion IIT

Site Reliability Engineer - Hybrid

Reston, VA · On-site

$59.25 - $78.75/hr

Second round would be an in-person interview Manager's call notes * This is an SRE role. SRE is under a shared services team within Fannie Mae who works with different application teams. So, multi ...

AB InBev

Reliability Manager

Williamsburg, VA · On-site

$106K - $126K/yr

Serve as the site subject matter expert for equipment reliability, root cause failure analysis, and ... Own and manage departmental Maintenance ZBB and VIC budgets. JOB QUALIFICATIONS * Bachelor's Degree ...

Spatial Front, Inc

SRE Engineer

Arlington, VA · On-site

$65.75 - $87.25/hr

... manage Service Level Indicators (SLIs), Service Level Objectives (SLOs), and error budgets for ... Site reliability engineering, monitoring, automation, incident response, performance optimization ...

AB InBev

Reliability Manager

Williamsburg, VA · On-site

$106K - $126K/yr

Serve as the site subject matter expert for equipment reliability, root cause failure analysis, and ... Own and manage departmental Maintenance ZBB and VIC budgets. JOB QUALIFICATIONS * Bachelor's Degree ...

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How much do site reliability manager jobs pay per year?

As of Sep 15, 2026, the average yearly pay for site reliability manager in Virginia is $116,480.00, according to ZipRecruiter salary data. Most workers in this role earn between $93,700.00 and $138,800.00 per year, depending on experience, location, and employer.

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

AspectSite Reliability ManagerDevOps Engineer
CredentialsTypically requires a Bachelor's in Computer Science, certifications like SRE or Cloud certificationsOften holds a Bachelor's in Computer Science or related field, with certifications in cloud platforms or automation tools
Work EnvironmentLeads teams managing large-scale systems, focusing on reliability and uptimeWorks on automation, CI/CD pipelines, and infrastructure deployment
Industry UsageCommon in tech, cloud services, and large enterprisesWidely used in startups, tech companies, and organizations adopting DevOps practices

The main difference is that Site Reliability Managers focus on ensuring system reliability and managing SRE teams, while DevOps Engineers concentrate on automation, deployment, and continuous integration. Both roles require technical expertise but serve different strategic objectives within IT operations.

What is the role of a site reliability manager?

A site reliability manager (SRM) is responsible for ensuring the reliability, availability, and performance of a company's IT systems and services. They often oversee incident response, implement automation tools, and collaborate with development teams to improve system stability and scalability, typically requiring knowledge of monitoring tools and scripting skills.
Site Reliability Manager jobs near you
Infographic showing various Site Reliability Manager job openings in Virginia as of August 2026, with employment types broken down into 86% Full Time, 12% Part Time, and 2% Contract. Highlights an 82% Physical, 2% Hybrid, and 16% Remote job distribution, with an average salary of $116,480 per year, or $56 per hour.

Site Reliability Engineer (SRE)

Reston, VA

Knack Solutions
Software Development • 11 - 50 employees
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$59.25 - $78.75/hr

Full-time

Re-posted 11 days ago

Key responsibilities

  • Automate processes to detect and prevent software reliability issues.

  • Support runtime issues and develop automation tools to improve application reliability.

  • Create, configure, and maintain cloud-based applications and infrastructure for development and monitoring.

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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