SRE Systems Engineer (TS/SCI Clearance)
Salesforce
This job at a glance
- Who can apply
- New grads, no experience needed
- Must know
- SalesforceOperationsLinuxNetworkingPythonGo
- Work
- On-site in Herndon
- Pay
- Not stated by the employer.
- Skill demand
- Operations55%Networking45%Linux43%Salesforce1%of 99 similar entry-level jobs posted in the US this week
- Listed
- Nov 6, 2026 · still open
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About the Role
The Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) team at Salesforce works with Infrastructure and Research & Development (R&D) partners to ensure the availability of Salesforce cloud services around the clock. This role involves detecting and resolving incidents, driving automation, and building resilient systems.
Key Responsibilities
- Monitor customer-facing services and respond to Severity 0 (Sev0) and Severity 1 (Sev1) incidents, leading technical reviews and contributing to root cause analyses.
- Automate the detection and resolution of recurring production issues to reduce engineering and operations toil.
- Contribute to compliance, resiliency, and self-healing initiatives, including destructive testing and game day exercises.
- Partner with and mentor teammates to stay current on industry technology and drive team development.
Requirements & Tech Stack
- Experience in enterprise-scale internet service engineering or support.
- Strong command line interface (CLI) knowledge of Unix variants, including Red Hat Enterprise Linux.
- Expertise in Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) networking technologies and protocols.
- Demonstrated experience with incident management.
- Solid understanding of IT Infrastructure Library (ITIL) service operations in a 24/7 environment.
- Proficient writing scripts in Python, Go, or similar languages.
- Experience provisioning and operating Amazon Web Services (AWS) infrastructure.
Even Better If
- Experience with configuration management tools such as Chef or Puppet.
- Experience with pipeline tools such as Jenkins, Bamboo, or Spinnaker.
- Hands-on experience supporting and managing Kubernetes-based applications and services.
- Certifications in Linux+, Red Hat, or AWS.
- Familiarity with Agile processes and DevOps practices.
Qualifications
- This candidate must be a U.S. citizen (U.S. born or naturalized) who does not hold dual citizenship.
- Must agree to complete a U.S. federal government Minimum Background Investigation (MBI) for a Moderate Public Trust position.