Staff Site Reliability Engineer (Networking)

Location: Hybrid role based in Maryland, Virginia, or Washington, DC

Annual base salary: $174,000–$238,000 USD. Additional equity, bonus, and benefits may apply.

Company

A cybersecurity product company building identity infrastructure that secures organizations, applications, and AI systems.

What you will do

• Design and implement scalable, reliable cloud network solutions with software engineers, architects, and product teams.
• Maintain a highly available cloud infrastructure edge for the identity platform.
• Collect and analyze network data to identify root causes of production events.
• Automate AWS infrastructure using Terraform and improve operational efficiency, scalability, and delivery velocity.
• Contribute technical leadership within the Federal Site Reliability Engineering organization.

Requirements

• Active U.S. TS/SCI clearance with full-scope polygraph required.
• Experience with Federal and DoD compliance frameworks, including FedRAMP and Impact Level 6 (IL6), is required.
• 8+ years of experience in cloud network engineering or a related role.
• In-depth TCP/IP knowledge across layers 2–7, including highly available VPCs, inter-VPC connectivity, firewalls, DNS, web application firewalls, and cloud load balancing.
• Deep knowledge of AWS Transit Gateway, Site-to-Site VPN, and Direct Connect.
• Experience with Apache httpd, nginx, Apache Tomcat or similar; troubleshooting with VPC flow logs, CloudWatch metrics, packet captures, and experience with Terraform and Git.

Nice to have

• Proficiency in Bash, Python, Golang, or similar programming languages.
• Experience with Palo Alto virtual firewalls, security policies, routing, and GlobalProtect.
• Experience debugging with gdb, strace, ltrace, tcpdump, or Wireshark.
• Experience with Docker and Kubernetes.

Culture & Benefits

• Automation-first approach with a focus on platform engineering, observability, operational excellence, and continuous improvement.
• In-person onboarding designed to support connection and collaboration.
• Health, dental, and vision insurance.
• 401(k), flexible spending account, paid time off, and parental leave.
• Equity and bonus opportunities where applicable.