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Software Development Engineer, SRE (US Federal)
$124K–$222K
USA.VA.Reston · Flex · Full-time · Posted Oct 21, 2026
- Experience
- 4 years of software development experience; the posting also lists experience areas without specified years.
- Education
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
- Visa sponsorship
- U.S. citizenship required.
About the job
Operate and improve services supporting U.S. federal customers, partnering with development and infrastructure teams and providing on-call support.
What you'll do
- Operate services and drive improvements to their architecture and operating practices.
- Partner with development, service, and infrastructure teams to troubleshoot systems and improve reliability.
- Provide on-call support for services.
What they ask for
- U.S. citizenship.
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
- 4 years of experience with software development in one or more programming languages.
- Ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. government-issued security clearance.
Nice to have
- Active TS/SCI w/CI Poly clearance.
- Experience with distributed systems, public cloud infrastructure, observability, capacity planning, incident management, and IaC automation.
Pay
$137,000 USD - $205,400 USD (base salary); $123,900 USD - $222,000 USD (base salary)
Tools
IaC tools
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