Senior Site Reliability Engineer

Join Our Innovative Team at Mile Two

Are you passionate about solving complex problems and creating cutting-edge technology solutions? Do you thrive in a dynamic, collaborative environment where your skills and creativity are valued and encouraged? If so, Mile Two might be the perfect fit for you!

At Mile Two, we are dedicated to developing advanced solutions that drive innovation and efficiency across various industries. Our team of experts works on projects leveraging the latest technologies to make a real impact for our government and commercial partners. We create seamless integrations between human expertise and advanced machine capabilities to solve complex challenges.

Our core values define who we are and guide everything we do:

• Supported Autonomy: We empower our team members to take initiative and make decisions while providing the support they need to succeed.
• Humble Expertise: We recognize and respect the knowledge and skills of each team member, fostering an environment of continuous learning and improvement.
• Success is a Team Effort: We believe that collaboration and teamwork are essential to achieving our goals and delivering exceptional results.
• Tangible Results: We are driven by the desire to create real, measurable impacts through our work, ensuring that our solutions make a difference.

As part of our team, you will have the opportunity to work on meaningful projects that challenge you and help you grow professionally. We offer a supportive and inclusive work environment, competitive benefits, and numerous opportunities for career advancement. If you are ready to take your career to the next level and be part of something extraordinary, we invite you to explore our current job openings and apply today.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Implement and maintain secure networking infrastructure (VPCs, firewalls, private service connects) following zero-trust principles
• Manage core GCP services like IAM, resource hierarchy, and organizational policies for secure and compliant resource access.
• Manage core Kubernetes and Service Mesh deployments for multiple clusters in a highly varied and complex governance environment
• Automate infrastructure provisioning and configuration using Terraform and GitOps, ensuring adherence to security and compliance standards.
• Harden foundational infrastructure components against security threats and implement automated security monitoring and alerting.
• Collaborate with security teams to integrate security best practices and tooling into the foundation layer.
• Design and implement a self-service platform that enables developers to easily deploy and manage applications in the runtime environments.
• Develop tools and APIs that abstract away infrastructure complexities, allowing developers to focus on application logic.
• Define and enforce security and compliance policies for application deployments, ensuring adherence to organizational standards.
• Collaborate with application teams to understand their needs and optimize the platform to support their development workflows.
• Drive the adoption of best practices for application development and deployment, including GitOps, CI/CD, and secure coding techniques.
• Design and implement integrations between the self-service platform and GitLab to streamline application development workflows.
• Develop tools and APIs that leverage GitLab's capabilities for managing code, deployments, and change management.
• Ensure the platform supports GitOps best practices and provides developers with the necessary tools and guidance for secure and efficient deployments.

REQUIRED:

• Strong communication skills
• Google Cloud Certified Professional Cloud Architect
• Google Cloud Certified Professional Cloud DevOps Engineer
• Istio Certified Service Mesh Administrator
• Strong knowledge of Terraform, including writing, testing, and managing Terraform modules for provisioning and configuring infrastructure resources
• Experience with Terraform state management, including remote state storage and locking
• Ability to manage and troubleshoot infrastructure solely through Terraform and other command-line tools (minimal or no console access)
• Deep understanding of Kubernetes architecture, core concepts (pods, deployments, services, ingress controllers, service mesh), and best practices
• Deep understanding of network policies, security contexts, and role-based access control (RBAC) in Kubernetes
• Strong understanding of core software design principles and practices, including modularity, reusability, and testability
• Experience with GitOps principles and workflows, including using Git for infrastructure as code and managing changes through pull requests and code reviews
• Deep understanding of GCP networking, security, and identity management services
• Experience as a Tech Lead
• Experience in designing, building, and deploying applications in Kubernetes and a deep understanding of GitLab's API
• Proficiency in a compiled programming language (C, C++, Golang, Rust, etc.)
• Proficiency in Python
• Deep understanding of Zero Trust principles and implementation across all layers of the platform
• Deep understanding of application development lifecycle and best practices for cloud-native applications

DESIRED:

• Google Cloud Professional certifications in any of the following: Security Engineer, Data Engineer, and Cloud Database Engineer
• Experience working with the Department of Defense or Government adjacent agencies