Zscaler
Sr. Site Reliability Engineer-Federal, Security Clearance
$132K–$165K
Crystal City, Virginia, USA · Senior · Full-time · Posted Oct 20, 2026
- Experience
- 3+ years of Site Reliability Engineering experience in both Operations and Engineering environments.
- Education
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related field.
About the job
Maintains and develops cloud infrastructure and services in classified U.S. government environments, supporting secure deployments, reliability, and operations.
What you'll do
- Manage deployments, on-call duties, incident response, and operational tasks for products in classified environments.
- Oversee AWS, private clouds, containers, and VMs for stability and scalability.
- Develop automation, containerized services, and monitoring mechanisms; improve services and document DevOps practices.
What they ask for
- Active U.S. Government Secret security clearance, maintained as a condition of continued employment.
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related field.
- 3+ years of Site Reliability Engineering experience in Operations and Engineering environments.
- Proficiency in Linux administration, network troubleshooting, Ansible, Terraform, Python, AWS ECS, Kubernetes, and monitoring activities.
Nice to have
- Experience with AI-driven observability or AIOps for predictive anomaly detection and automated incident response.
- Experience in air-gapped and classified environments; familiarity with FedRAMP, IAT Level 2 certification, or Top Secret clearance.
Pay
$132,000 — $165,000 USD (base salary)
Tools
Linux, Ansible, Terraform, Python, AWS ECS, Kubernetes, AWS
AI focus
Requires foundational AI/ML understanding and experience leveraging, securing, or positioning AI-driven solutions; preferred work includes AI-driven observability and AIOps for predictive anomaly detection and automated incident response.
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