Zscaler
Staff Site Reliability Engineer-Federal, Security Clearance
$140K–$175K
Crystal City, Virginia, USA +1 · Remote · Staff · Full-time · Posted Oct 20, 2026
- Location
- Crystal City, Virginia, USA
Remote - Maryland, USA - Experience
- 5+ 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
Operate and improve cloud infrastructure and services in classified US Government environments, focusing on reliability, security, deployment, and automation.
What you'll do
- Manage deployments, on-call duties, incident response, and other operations for classified-environment products.
- Oversee AWS, private cloud, containers, and VMs to maintain stability and scalability.
- Build and improve services, scripts, and monitoring mechanisms that automate operations and support DevOps practices.
What they ask for
- Active US Government Secret security clearance, maintained as a condition of continued employment.
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related field.
- Proficiency in Linux administration, network troubleshooting, Ansible, and Terraform.
- Strong Python skills; container-based architecture experience including AWS ECS and Kubernetes; monitoring experience including vulnerability scanning, patch management, and reporting.
Nice to have
- Experience with AI-driven observability or AIOps for predictive anomaly detection and automated incident response; experience in air-gapped or classified environments and monthly monitoring programs.
- Familiarity with High/Moderate FedRAMP, Information Assurance Technician Level 2 certification, or Top Secret clearance.
Pay
$140,000 — $175,000 USD (base salary)
Tools
Linux, Ansible, Terraform, Python, AWS ECS, Kubernetes, AWS
AI focus
Requires foundational understanding of AI/ML 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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