Site Reliability Engineer III

Fearless is looking for a Site Reliability Engineer III to add to our diverse team of 250+ employees (and counting!).

What You’ll Be Doing

The Site Reliability Engineer III leads the design and implementation of reliable infrastructure solutions that solve customer and user problems. They enable efficient delivery of value to our customers through efficient architectures, infrastructure, and pipelines. They bring expertise in digesting complex tasks and business requirements and aligning a group around an implementation. The Site Reliability Engineer III also supports operations of the production environments including observability and troubleshooting issues (sometimes outside of normal business hours if mandated by the contract).

Responsibilities And Contributions

Organizational and Leadership Role

• Synthesizes business requirements and objectives and drives the development of infrastructure solutions.
• Collaborates with talented designers, product managers, and fellow engineers to plan and build new features.
• Coaches and mentors others to develop their professional skills.
• Drives all phases of the infrastructure and operations lifecycle from task creation to production deployment of new system components.

Functional Role

• Designs and implements effective, secure infrastructures solutions that meet the business and technology requirements of the project.
• Articulates business needs and translates them into technology solutions.
• Develops pipelines and automates workflows and processes through code and tooling to reduce technical debt and improve the efficiency of the team.
• Troubleshoots technical issues in infrastructure like software-defined networks, databases, and compute resources.
• Develops and implements plans for the continuous improvement and vulnerability management of the system.
• Identifies opportunities and articulates suggestions to improve the technology strategies beyond the scope of a team or project.
• Makes decisions that are consistent with the organization’s business strategy.
• Demonstrates deep knowledge of products/workflows within the businesses they support.
• Reviews other developers' code and provides specific, constructive feedback.

Must-Have Skills

• Understanding of all layers of software engineering and system architecture.
• Proficiency in securing systems on the application, network, and infrastructure layers.
• Experience with core infrastructure capabilities: operating systems, networking, identity, and access.
• Experience with architecting solutions in cloud-optimized and hybrid environments.
• Experience supporting secure, scalable, and elastic applications on distributed architectures.
• Expert understanding in infrastructure management process and tools like Terraform and AWS Cloudformation.
• Experience with server configuration processes and tools such as Chef, Ansible, or Puppet.
• Expert in creating, deploying, maintaining, and troubleshooting Docker images.
• Proficiency with Linux, especially RHEL families, and Bash scripting.
• Proficiency in implementing greenfield cloud infrastructure on AWS/Azure/GCP.
• Understanding of CI/CD and related concepts.
• Expert ability to execute advanced git actions like rebasing and squashing.
• Ability to assist other engineers with source code management in git.
• Basic understanding of software development and web application development concepts.
• Ability to discuss technical tasks and team process topics with team members.
• Ability to operate and manage work, strategically reason, and build relationships and influence others.

Icing-on-the-Cake Skills

• BS/MS/MEng in Computer Science, Information Systems, Information Technology, Mathematics, Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or similar technology-related degree.
• Experience working with government or large industry clients.
• Proficient in at least one programming language and web applications framework such as Node.js/Express, Python/Django, Go, Java 8+/Spring, Ruby/Rails, etc.
• Holds a current AWS Certified Developer Associate, Solutions Architecture Associate, or Solutions Architect Professional or similar certification in another cloud platform.
• Holds a current Certified Scrum Master certification.
• Holds a current CompTIA Security+ certification.
• Strong leadership and communication skills!

Compensation and Benefits:

Our people make us who we are. We believe that every member of the Fearless team has something to share, and we value the unique viewpoint you’ll bring to our community. Here are a few highlights of our benefits package:

• Flexible schedule
• Family-friendly workplace
• 14 days of PTO allowance (not accrued so you get it up front!) PTO + 8.75 days sick leave + 11 federal holidays + your birthday off!
• 100% coverage of the employee-only premium for HSA, HMO, or PPO plan and Employee Wellness Plan
• Tech, education / training, and snack allowances
• Free parking in downtown Baltimore / public transit coverage
• Safe Harbor 401(k) plan with employer contributions and immediate vesting

Location:

• In-person, hybrid, and remote options are available. Our offices are located in Baltimore and Montgomery.

About Fearless Digital:

Fearless Digital builds software with a soul. As a division inside Fearless, we're part of its digital services integrator model to unlock the power of organizations, people and tech. Our division designs, engineers, and delivers digital solutions to solve problems and drive impact.

Fearless believes in equal opportunity employment. We won’t discriminate against any employee or applicant on the basis of race, gender, nationality, age, religion, disability, military status, or sexual orientation. As a company and as individuals, we’re committed to providing an inclusive and welcoming environment for our team, our family members, our clients, our subcontractors, and our vendors.