Site Reliability Engineer (Night Shift)

Job Title: Site Reliability Engineer

Clearance: Secret Clearance

Location: Norfolk, VA preferred. Other Acceptable Location(s): Honolulu, HI and San Diego, CA

Job Type: Full-Time (afternoon/night shift Tues-Sat)

Target Salary Range*:$145,000 - $165,000

• This represents the potential salary range for this position depending on education level, years of experience and/or certifications in addition to other position specific requirements which may impact salary

Position Overview:

We are looking for a Site Reliability Engineer to focus on the reliability, performance, and scalability of complex distributed systems. Under the SMIT Contract, the Leidos team is responsible for the core backbone for the Navy-Marine Corps Intranet, including cybersecurity services, network operations, network engineering, service desk, seat support services, and data transport.

Windows Platform Services

Required Qualifications:

• Active Secret Security Clearance
• Current Security+ certification
• Ability to work an afternoon/night shift, Tuesday through Saturday
• Strong communication, analytical, and troubleshooting skills
• Typically 2–5 years of relevant IT experience

Preferred Experience

• Windows Server administration and troubleshooting
• Windows Server patching and IAVA vulnerability mitigation
• Windows Server builds, including Windows Server 2016, 2019, and 2022
• Security Technical Implementation Guide (STIG) remediation and compliance
• Experience supporting Windows platforms within a large-scale enterprise environment

Position Responsibilities:

• The Windows Platform Services team is responsible for maintaining, supporting, and securing Windows Server operating systems within a large-scale enterprise environment.
• Perform Windows Server patching, IAVA vulnerability remediation, and security compliance activities across supported environments.
• Build, configure, maintain, and troubleshoot Windows Server 2016, 2019, and 2022 systems.
• Support the full IT infrastructure lifecycle, including planning, installation, configuration, ongoing administration, monitoring, troubleshooting, upgrades, and decommissioning.
• Ensure Windows Server platforms remain compliant with established operational policies, security requirements, and industry standards.
• Identify, troubleshoot, and resolve operating system, infrastructure, patching, and application-related issues.
• Perform STIG remediation and support ongoing cybersecurity compliance activities.
• Support critical enterprise applications, infrastructure, and services in coordination with internal technical teams, customers, subcontractors, and vendors.
• Participate in projects and operational initiatives of moderate complexity, providing technical analysis, recommendations, and implementation support.
• Exercise independent judgment within established processes and procedures to identify appropriate technical solutions and corrective actions.
• Evaluate unique technical situations and provide recommendations to improve system reliability, security, and operational efficiency.

Education & Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Business, Information Technology, or a related field, or equivalent relevant work experience.
• Candidates should generally have 2–5 years of relevant experience supporting Windows Server or enterprise IT environments. Additional technical certifications related to Windows Server administration, cybersecurity, cloud technologies, or infrastructure operations are a plus.

Work Environment

• Platform Services work will be performed at the customer location which is required to support unclassified or classified environments. The position requires the ability to effectively collaborate with both internal and external teams while supporting mission-critical systems and services.