Full-Time

Site Reliability Engineer

Comtech

Comtech

51-200 employees

Full-service IT solutions for government contracts

No salary listed

Seattle, WA, USA

In Person

Category
DevOps & Infrastructure (1)
Required Skills
PowerShell
Chef
Bash
Dynatrace
Tomcat
Agile
Python
Puppet
Ruby
Computer Networking
Java
.NET
Perl
Go
New Relic
Ansible
Splunk
Linux/Unix
HTML/CSS
Database Administration
Requirements
  • Understanding of logs and monitoring tools (Splunk, Sumo Logic, New Relic, Dynatrace, etc)
  • Strong scripting in at least one language (Perl, PowerShell, Go, Python, etc)
  • UNIX/LINUX and Windows and server experience, including expertise in system installation, configuration, administration, troubleshooting, performance tuning, preventative maintenance, capacity planning, monitoring, and security procedures
  • Web (IIS, Apache), .Net & Java application (Tomcat, Jboss, etc) server expertise including installation, administration, configuration, troubleshooting, performance tuning, preventative maintenance, capacity planning, monitoring, and security procedures
  • Experience in at least two relevant scripting or programming languages (Ruby, Perl, Python, Shell, PowerShell, etc)
  • Experience with Configuration Management platforms (Chef, Ansible, CFEngine, Puppet, etc)
  • Database Administration – setup, configuration and basic database troubleshooting skills
  • Understanding of internet standards such as HTTP, DNS, FTP, SSH, HTML, XML, JDBC, ODBC, SNMP and other protocols
  • Understanding of high availability hardware and database systems design and implementation including cluster management, redundancy and failover testing
  • Knowledge of storage systems (SAN, NAS, RAID Array, etc)
  • Experience hardening and maintaining secure systems (Safe Harbor or PCI experience a plus)
  • Network hardware architecting experience with load balancing equipment, switches, routers, and network troubleshooting
  • Ability to produce system documentation, including writing requirements, operational specifications, system architecture, test plans and as-built documentation, all with attention to detail
  • Experience working with ITIL and Service Management best practices is a plus
  • Ability to build strong relationships and influence others across the organization
  • Demonstrated knowledge of agile project methodologies
  • 5+ years experience designing, supporting and deploying Internet-based products or services
  • 4+ years operating complex, large-scale Enterprise guest-facing Applications or web sites
Responsibilities
  • Monitoring, provisioning, resiliency, and customer interactions.
  • Working extensively with Windows including patching and certificate provisioning and renewals.
  • Map out existing infrastructure flows and dependencies.
  • Leading root cause analysis meetings.
  • Responding to incidents.
Desired Qualifications
  • ITIL and Service Management best practices is a plus
  • Ability to build strong relationships and influence others across the organization
  • Demonstrated knowledge of agile project methodologies

Comtech provides a full range of IT solutions for the Civilian Federal Government, the Department of Defense, and other Agencies, with a focus on the finance and medical sectors to help meet regulatory requirements while reducing costs and boosting agility. It delivers tailored IT services through skilled staff and contract-focused project execution, guided by an ISO 9001:2008 Quality Management System and a dedicated Quality Assurance Manager to ensure consistent, high-quality delivery. The company differentiates itself through its award-winning, customer-oriented approach and a formal QA framework that emphasizes process-driven delivery and compliance for government and regulated contracts. Its goal is to offer reliable, compliant, and cost-efficient IT solutions that improve government operations and strategic flexibility.

Company Size

51-200

Company Stage

N/A

Total Funding

N/A

Headquarters

Reston, Virginia

Founded

1998

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What believers are saying

  • DoD satellite-terrestrial network integration prioritized with $2.3B FY2026 budget allocation.
  • Healthcare cybersecurity spending increasing 18% annually for HIPAA zero-trust implementations.
  • Financial services AI-driven compliance tools market growing 22% CAGR through 2028.

What critics are saying

  • Federal budget sequestration under Fiscal Responsibility Act directly reduces primary customer base.
  • Healthcare IT consolidation by Optum and CVS Health erodes medical sector margins.
  • SpaceX Starlink and Amazon Kuiper LEO constellations commoditize legacy satellite offerings.

What makes Comtech unique

  • Sole-source Navy SATCOM modem contract awarded November 2024, $50M+ ceiling.
  • ISO 9001:2008 certified quality management system across federal and defense contracts.
  • Vertical expertise in healthcare, finance, and defense IT compliance and modernization.

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