Role Overview
Maximus is hiring a Site Reliability Engineer/Operations Lead. This is a contract role in Washington. Part of Maximus's Fullstack hiring. The posted range is $120k to $160k. Full responsibilities, required qualifications, and the apply link are listed in the description below.
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Job Description
Maximus TCS (Technology and Consulting Services) Internal Job Profile Code: TCS087, T3, Band 6
Job-Specific Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
- Production Support: Lead triage, root cause analysis, and resolution of production issues, providing actionable technical insights to development teams. Serve as the primary onsite responder for system incidents, outages, and performance degradations.
- Application & Infrastructure Monitoring: Evaluate system, server, and platform health; track performance trends, proactively identify risks and service disruptions.
- Platform Administration: Perform platform upgrades & patches.
- Deployments & Configuration Management: Execute Appian and full stack application deployments, ensuring proper configuration, version control, and release quality.
- Representation: Serve as the on-site Maximus representative to a variety of IT forums.
Job-Specific Minimum Requirements:
- Minimum Years of Experience: 4 years (additional experience strongly desired).
- Location: Department of Energy client site in Washington, D.C. (Forrestal Building).
- Minimum Education Required: Bachelor's degree in information technology or related field.
- Security Clearance Required: Top Secret or DOE Q.
- Experience in IT operations, site reliability engineering, or infrastructure management.
- Hands on experience with application deployments and operations support.
- Development experience in Java, .NET, Go, Python or the low code Appian platform.
- Intermediate understanding of SQL, including developing and optimizing queries.
- Basic understanding of Linux administration.
- Excellent communication skills, with the ability to work with technical and non technical teams across multiple security domains, including secure and non-secure networks.
Preferred Skills and Qualifications:
- Appian platform administration experience.
- Strong understanding of monitoring tools, operational dashboards, and performance analysis.
- Experience with technologies including CSS, JavaScript, React, Angular, TypeScript, or jQuery.
- Java debugging skills, including log analysis, exception tracing, and root cause investigation.
- Familiarity with backend and middleware technologies: SQL/NoSQL databases, web/app servers, ESBs, and identity/access control integrations.
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Minimum Requirements
TCS087, T3, Band 6
EEO Statement
Maximus is an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, disability, veteran status, genetic information and other legally protected characteristics.
Pay Transparency
Maximus compensation is based on various factors including but not limited to job location, a candidate's education, training, experience, expected quality and quantity of work, required travel (if any), external market and internal value analysis including seniority and merit systems, as well as internal pay alignment. Annual salary is just one component of Maximus's total compensation package. Other rewards may include short- and long-term incentives as well as program-specific awards. Additionally, Maximus provides a variety of benefits to employees, including health insurance coverage, life and disability insurance, a retirement savings plan, paid holidays and paid time off. Compensation ranges may differ based on contract value but will be commensurate with job duties and relevant work experience. An applicant's salary history will not be used in determining compensation. Maximus will comply with regulatory minimum wage rates and exempt salary thresholds in all instances.
Accommodations
Maximus provides reasonable accommodations to individuals requiring assistance during any phase of the employment process due to a disability, medical condition, or physical or mental impairment. If you require assistance at any stage of the employment process-including accessing job postings, completing assessments, or participating in interviews,-please contact People Operations at applicantaccom@maximus.com .
Minimum Salary
$120,000.00
Maximum Salary
$160,000.00
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I apply for the Site Reliability Engineer/Operations Lead position at Maximus?
Use the Apply button above to submit your application directly to Maximus. Most applications take less than 5 minutes if your resume and contact details are ready, and you'll be routed to the employer's official application system to finish.
Where is the Site Reliability Engineer/Operations Lead position at Maximus located?
This position is based in Washington. Maximus has not indicated remote or hybrid options for this role, so candidates should plan for on-site work.
How much does the Site Reliability Engineer/Operations Lead role at Maximus pay?
Maximus has posted a compensation range of $120k to $160k for this position. Final offers typically vary based on candidate experience, location, and internal salary bands.
When was the Site Reliability Engineer/Operations Lead role at Maximus posted?
This role was posted on April 3, 2026 (66 days ago). It's still listed as actively hiring; we re-confirm openings against the source system multiple times per day and remove closed roles.
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