Senior DevOps Engineer — AWS, Kubernetes, & Secure Cloud

Socket.dev; Fort Belvoir (VA); On-site; USD 130,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental, Vision Insurance - 0%

401K

PTO 4 weeks

Holidays 11 paid

Professional Development

Job summary

Phoenix Ops Group seeks a Senior DevOps Engineer to design, deploy, and automate cloud infrastructure in a mission-centric environment at Fort Belvoir, VA. You will build scalable systems, manage Kubernetes clusters, and streamline CI/CD across development teams.

The role requires strong AWS/Kubernetes experience, IaC expertise with Terraform and Ansible, and DoD 8140/8570 certification or the ability to obtain it. On-site work five days a week.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a related technical discipline with 9+ years of relevant experience; OR a master’s degree with 7+ years; OR a high school diploma/equivalent with 13+ years of relevant experience.
• Experience with Kubernetes or comparable container orchestration technologies.
• Hands-on experience with AWS services including EKS, EC2, EBS, S3, and Lambda.
• Experience with infrastructure-as-code and configuration-management tools such as Terraform and Ansible.
• Experience deploying, scaling, managing, and troubleshooting applications, containers, and operating systems.
• Programming or scripting experience using Python, Bash, Go, or similar languages.
• Experience with Git and modern development/deployment tools.
• Strong Linux system administration and troubleshooting skills.
• Understanding of Agile software development practices.
• Current DoD 8140/8570-compliant certification or the ability to obtain one within required timeframe.
• Ability to work onsite at Fort Belvoir, VA, five days per week.

Responsibilities

• Develop, deploy, and maintain cloud infrastructure within AWS environments, with a focus on Amazon EKS.
• Support deployment and maintenance of on-premises, edge, and portable infrastructure environments.
• Build and improve automated deployment processes for reliability and scalability.
• Deploy, manage, and troubleshoot Kubernetes-based container environments.
• Collaborate with software teams to integrate applications into cloud and infrastructure environments.
• Monitor production systems and perform troubleshooting and remediation.
• Develop infrastructure-as-code and configuration-management solutions using Terraform and Ansible.
• Support CI/CD and automated software deployment processes.
• Administer and troubleshoot Linux-based systems.
• Develop automation tooling using Python, Bash, or Go.

Skills

Kubernetes

AWS

Python

Bash

Go

Git

Linux

Agile

Security clearance

Education

Bachelor's degree in a related technical discipline

Master’s degree with 7+ years of relevant experience

High school diploma/equivalent with 13+ years of relevant experience

Tools

Terraform

Ansible

AWS EKS

Job description

Phoenix Ops Group seeks a Senior DevOps Engineer to design, deploy, and automate cloud infrastructure in a mission-centric environment at Fort Belvoir, VA. You will build scalable systems, manage Kubernetes clusters, and streamline CI/CD across development teams.

The role requires strong AWS/Kubernetes experience, IaC expertise with Terraform and Ansible, and DoD 8140/8570 certification or the ability to obtain it. On-site work five days a week.