Senior Cloud DevOps Engineer - AWS & Kubernetes

Phoenix Operations Group; Fort Belvoir, Northern (VA, KY); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental, Vision Insurance - {

401K - Company contributions

PTO - 4 weeks

Holidays - 11 paid

Birthdays off with pay

Referral Bonuses

Open Source Bonuses

Professional Development

Job summary

Phoenix Ops Group in Fort Belvoir, VA is seeking a Senior DevOps Engineer to support a mission-focused technical environment. You will build, deploy, automate, monitor, and maintain cloud infrastructure using AWS, Kubernetes, Terraform, and Ansible.

The role demands hands-on Linux, scripting in Python/Bash/Go, strong CI/CD, and DoD 8140/8570‑compliant certification, with onsite work five days a week. U.S. citizenship and TS/SCI clearance are required.

Qualifications

• Active TS/SCI U.S. Government security clearance or ability to obtain.
• Bachelor’s degree with 9+ years of relevant experience or higher.
• Strong Kubernetes experience and AWS services including EKS/EC2/S3/Lambda.
• Experience with Terraform and Ansible for IaC and config mgmt.
• Proficient in Python, Bash, or Go; Git and CI/CD tooling.
• Linux system administration and Agile software dev practices.

Responsibilities

• Develop, deploy, and maintain cloud infrastructure in AWS with EKS.
• Support on‑premises, edge, and portable infra environments.
• Improve automated deployment processes for reliability and scale.
• Deploy and troubleshoot Kubernetes-based containers.
• Integrate applications into cloud and infra environments.
• Monitor production systems and troubleshoot performance issues.
• Develop IaC and config mgmt with Terraform and Ansible.
• Support CI/CD and automated software deployment.
• Administer and troubleshoot Linux systems.
• Develop automation tooling in Python, Bash, or Go.
• Evaluate new technologies and drive improvements.

Skills

Kubernetes

AWS

Terraform

Ansible

Python

Bash

Go

Git

Linux

CI/CD

Security clearance

DoD 8140/8570 cert

Education

Bachelor's degree in a related technical discipline

Master’s degree

High school diploma/equivalent

Tools

Terraform

Ansible

AWS

Kubernetes

AWS CLI

Git

Job description

Phoenix Ops Group in Fort Belvoir, VA is seeking a Senior DevOps Engineer to support a mission-focused technical environment. You will build, deploy, automate, monitor, and maintain cloud infrastructure using AWS, Kubernetes, Terraform, and Ansible.

The role demands hands-on Linux, scripting in Python/Bash/Go, strong CI/CD, and DoD 8140/8570‑compliant certification, with onsite work five days a week. U.S. citizenship and TS/SCI clearance are required.