Site Reliability Engineer (SRE), Senior - Topsecret
Company websiteparsons.com (Parsons, opens in new tab)
Base salary $103,500 to $181,100
Employer-published annual base salary, USD. Advertised base range in United States
You apply on the employer's own site. Six Figure Work does not handle applications.
- LocationUnited States
- WorkplaceRemote
- Status at last checkSource accepting applications when checked
- Last checked (30 min ago) · observed since
About this job
Job Description:
The Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) 4 will play a crucial role in ensuring the reliability, scalability, and performance of our systems. This position involves working closely with development and operations teams to build and maintain robust infrastructure, automate processes, and enhance system reliability. You will work closely with our partners as well as data engineers, analysts, and other stakeholders to ensure that our data-driven strategies are effective and aligned with our organizational goals.
What You'll Be Doing:
- Design, implement, and maintain scalable and reliable infrastructure solutions
- Develop and manage monitoring and alerting systems to ensure system health and performance
- Collaborate with development teams to improve system architecture and deployment processes
- Automate repetitive tasks to improve efficiency and reduce human error
- Troubleshoot and resolve complex system issues, ensuring minimal downtime
- Document processes, systems, and configurations to ensure knowledge sharing and continuity
What Required Skills You'll Bring:
- Bachelor's degree or additional years of experience in lieu of degree is considered
- Current Security+ certification
- A minimum of 5 years of experience in a DevOps or related role
- Proficient in Linux/Unix systems administration, cloud computing (AWS, Azure, GCP), automation (Python, Go, Bash, Ansible, Terraform), monitoring and alerting (Prometheus, Grafana, Datadog), and CI/CD pipelines
- Experience with incident management, performance tuning, capacity planning, and security best practices
- Strong problem-solving skills and attention to detail
- Must possess excellent communication and a willingness to continuously learn and adapt to the ever-evolving technology landscape and collaboration skills, with the ability to work effectively in a team environment
- Active Top Secret security clearance required .
What Desired Skills You'll Bring:
- Knowledge of database management and optimization
- Previous experience in a DevOps or Agile environment
Security Clearance Requirement:
An active Top Secret security clearance is required for this position.This position is part of our Federal Solutions team.The Federal Solutions segment delivers resources to our US government customers that ensure the success of missions around the globe. Our intelligent employees drive the state of the art as they provide services and solutions in the areas of defense, security, intelligence, infrastructure, and environmental. We promote a culture of excellence and close-knit teams that take pride in delivering, protecting, and sustaining our nation's most critical assets, from Earth to cyberspace. Throughout the company, our people are anticipating what’s next to deliver the solutions our customers need now.Salary Range: $103,500.00 - $181,100.00We value our employees and want our employees to take care of their overall wellbeing, which is why we offer best-in-class benefits such as medical, dental, vision, paid time off, 401(k), life insurance, flexible work schedules, and holidays to fit your busy lifestyle!This position will be posted for a minimum of 3 days and will continue to be posted for an average of 30 days until a qualified applicant is selected or the position has been cancelled.Parsons is an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, veteran status or any other protected status.We truly invest and care about our employee’s wellbeing and provide endless growth opportunities as the sky is the limit, so aim for the stars! Imagine next and join the Parsons quest—APPLY TODAY!Parsons is aware of fraudulent recruitment practices. To learn more about recruitment fraud and how to report it, please refer to https://www.parsons.com/fraudulent-recruitment/.
Source: Parsons on Workday · View original posting (opens in new tab)
Pay in context
This role's base floor ($103,500) is above 2% of the 12,899 Software Engineering roles nationwide listed on this site; 27 others list the same floor. Their median floor is $160,000; the middle half runs from $136,300 to $191,000.
Only jobs on this site count, and each one publishes a base salary of $100,000 or more, so this compares six-figure jobs with each other, not with the whole market. Computed Nov 7, 2026.
This listingSite Reliability Engineer (SRE), Senior - Topsecret$103,500 to $181,100
Construction Surveillance Technician - CST$103,500 to $181,100
Workflow Support Specialist$103,500 to $181,100
Information System Security Officer - Topsecret$103,500 to $181,100
Scheduler$103,500 to $181,100
Security Cooperation Manager$103,500 to $181,100
Project Controls Specialist$103,500 to $181,100
Chart as a table
| Role | Published base |
|---|---|
| Site Reliability Engineer (SRE), Senior - Topsecret (this listing) | $103,500 - $181,100 |
| Construction Surveillance Technician - CST | $103,500 - $181,100 |
| Workflow Support Specialist | $103,500 - $181,100 |
| Information System Security Officer - Topsecret | $103,500 - $181,100 |
| Scheduler | $103,500 - $181,100 |
| Security Cooperation Manager | $103,500 - $181,100 |
| Project Controls Specialist | $103,500 - $181,100 |
Observed changes
- Began meeting the published-salary criteria
- First observed on the employer's board
- Observed since
- Employer-stated posting date
- 2026-10-22
Where this pay comes from
Location as the employer wrote it: US - Remote (Any Location)
Salary Range: $103,500.00 - $181,100.00
- Method
- Employer text, read with fixed rules and re-verified
- Checked
- Rule set
- us-base-v2
The pay passage appears in the employer's own job text. Fixed, deterministic rules located it, and the passage below was checked against the stored copy of the posting.
What we verified
- The pay figures come from the employer's own listing, quoted exactly above.
- The pay is an annual base salary in US dollars with a minimum of at least $100,000.
- The role was publicly listed on the employer's job board when last checked.
We do not verify what the employer will actually offer, whether the employer is still recruiting for the role, or anything beyond what the employer published. Full methodology.