Site Reliability Engineer - Public Sector

Ovii's Interpretation of the Role

Blitzy seeks a remote Site Reliability Engineer to own the deployment, operation, and observability of its self‑hosted AI platform for a public‑sector customer. The role blends deep technical ownership with direct partnership with customer security and infrastructure teams.

Role Snapshot

• Site Reliability Engineer
• Public‑sector focus
• Remote (U.S.)
• Kubernetes‑based deployments
• Embedded engineer on customer account
• Observability & incident management

Must-Have Requirements

• Kubernetes
• Infrastructure-as-Code (Terraform / Pulumi)
• Cloud platform (AWS / Azure / GCP)
• Observability tooling
• Incident management & on‑call
• Scripting (Python, Go, Bash)
• U.S. citizenship
• Site Reliability Engineering
• Kubernetes orchestration
• Regulated network environments
• U.S. citizenship required

Nice-to-Have Signals

• Experience with government‑accredited cloud environments
• AI/ML workload infrastructure experience
• Embedded/forward‑deployed engineer background
• Startup high‑growth experience
• Familiarity with regulated‑industry security frameworks
• Government‑accredited cloud deployments
• AI/ML workload support
• AI/ML

Work Setup

• Location: United States
• Work mode: REMOTE
• Remote scope: COUNTRY_RESTRICTED
• Remote countries: United States
• Travel: occasional travel for key customer workshops
• Employment type: Full-Time

Eligibility Gates

• Work authorization: U.S. citizenship required
• Visa sponsorship: no
• Security clearance: none
• Background check: customer background/badging process

Not Specified in JD

• Visa sponsorship
• Relocation
• Notice period
• Security clearance
• Coding test
• Portfolio
• GitHub

What You'll Likely Work On

• Deploy, operate, and maintain Blitzy's self‑hosted platform inside a customer‑controlled, secure cloud environment.
• Own the Kubernetes deployment lifecycle, including releases, upgrades, capacity planning, and performance benchmarking for AI workloads.
• Design and run observability pipelines—logging, metrics, tracing, and alerting—fully within the customer's security boundary.
• Partner with customer infrastructure, security, and governance teams on provisioning, reviews, documentation, and escalations.
• Handle sensitive data per strict security requirements and champion best‑practice security controls.
• Feed operational lessons back into Blitzy's product and infrastructure roadmap for future public‑sector deployments.

Good Fit If You Have

• Strong communication with customer engineering, security, and governance stakeholders.
• Experience operating in highly regulated or restricted network environments.
• Background supporting AI/ML workloads or related infrastructure.
• Prior forward‑deployed or embedded‑engineer experience at an enterprise site.
• Adaptability from high‑growth startup environments.