Site Reliability Engineer
Peraton
Washington, DC · Posted October 16, 2026
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Pay compared with the market
This listing does not state pay. Across 63 open site reliability engineer listings that state pay, the middle half runs $122,500 to $171,500 and the median is $147,500.
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Peraton has filed 3 layoff notices in the last twelve months, covering 133 workers, most recently October 2026. These are public filings with state labor departments, and an open role can sit alongside them. See the filings
About the job
Program Overview Peraton provides a secure, worldwide, high-performance communications network comprised of real-time interactive applications operating over a dedicated IP backbone with secure services for complex national and worldwide executive-level communications. Peraton provides the O&M of the network infrastructure and its components, integration for development of hardware and software solutions, and task support for the delivery of system, network, software, and security solutions.