Site Reliability / Performance Engineer

DecisionPoint seeks a Site Reliability and Performance Engineer to analyze and optimize system performance across a large-scale federal and DoD-aligned IT mission environment. This role monitors system health, evaluates latency and throughput, identifies bottlenecks, and ensures high availability for mission-critical services. 

The Site Reliability and Performance Engineer provides expert-level diagnostics, tuning recommendations, and technical insight that enhances system stability, reliability, and performance across cloud and on-prem environments. 

This position is fully remote. 

Note: By applying to this position, you acknowledge and consent to having your resume included in an active competitive government contract bid. 

The Site Reliability / Performance Engineer will: 

• Monitor and analyze performance metrics including latency, throughput, error rates, resource utilization, and uptime. 

• Evaluate system health across applications, hosting environments, databases, and integrations. 

• Identify performance bottlenecks and propose actionable tuning recommendations. 

• Work with infrastructure, application, and security teams to validate and implement performance fixes. 

• Conduct advanced log analysis and correlation using observability tools. 

• Analyze incident trends and identify recurring stability issues. 

• Support root cause analysis for service degradation events and outages. 

• Develop dashboards, alerts, and performance reporting for leadership and technical teams. 

• Recommend architecture changes that improve reliability, scalability, and performance. 

• Document performance profiles, baselines, and tuning guidance. 

Clearance Requirement 

Must hold an active Secret clearance, supported by a Tier 3 background investigation. 

Education (Required) 

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Systems Engineering, or a related field. 

Experience (Required) 

• Minimum 6 years of experience in system performance engineering, site reliability engineering, or systems analysis. 

• Experience analyzing system performance across applications, networks, and hosting environments. 

• Experience conducting troubleshooting and performance tuning in complex enterprise environments. 

• Experience using observability and monitoring tools. 

Technical Knowledge (Required) 

• Strong understanding of performance metrics: latency, throughput, error rates, resource usage, and availability. 

• Experience with performance monitoring tools and log analytics platforms. 

• Knowledge of cloud or hybrid hosting environments. 

• Understanding of system tuning methodologies and performance optimization strategies. 

Technical Knowledge (Preferred) 

• Experience with distributed systems analysis. 

• Familiarity with automation workflows to support performance testing. 

• Experience with DoD or federal IT performance requirements. 

Skills 

• Strong analytical problem-solving abilities. 

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills for presenting findings and recommendations. 

• Ability to work collaboratively with engineering, operations, and leadership teams. 

• High attention to detail and a proactive approach to system optimization. 

• EEO and Affirmative Action Policy: DecisionPoint Corporation is an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer. It is the policy of DecisionPoint Corporation to provide equal employment opportunity in accordance with all applicable Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action laws, directives and regulations to all employees and qualified applicants without regard to race, ethnicity, color, religion, national origin, sex, age, disability status, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other protected status under Federal, State or Local laws.
• Pay Transparency Policy: In accordance with Presidential Executive Order 13665, DecisionPoint Corporation will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor's legal duty to furnish information.
• Authorization to Share Resume and Personal Information: By expressing your interest and submitting your resume for this position, you authorize DecisionPoint Corporation to share your resume, as well as personal information included on the resume, with its subsidiaries, affiliates and teaming partners for the purpose of considering you for this position and other available positions requiring comparable skills, education and experience. Should DecisionPoint Corporation. or its affiliates and teaming partners wish to initiate pre-employment discussions, you will be asked to complete an employment application and related employment documents.