Senior DevOps Engineer | TS/SCI at Phoenix Operations Group

Location: Augusta, Georgia
Type: Full-time
Level: senior
Posted: Sep 21, 2026

Description

Phoenix Ops Group is hiring a Senior DevOps Engineer to build, deploy, automate, monitor, and maintain reliable cloud and infrastructure systems for mission-focused technical work. The role focuses on AWS, Amazon EKS, Kubernetes, infrastructure-as-code, CI/CD, Linux administration, scripting, and troubleshooting, with a requirement for a U.S. government security clearance and U.S. citizenship. The position is listed as onsite at Fort Belvoir, Virginia, five days per week, with occasional travel.

Required Skills

AWS
Amazon EKS
Kubernetes
Terraform
Ansible
CI/CD
Python
Bash
Go
Linux
Git

Additional Information

Minimum Education: Bachelor’s degree in a related technical discipline
Required Previous Experiences: 9+ years of relevant experience with a bachelor’s degree
7+ years of relevant experience with a master’s degree
13+ years of relevant experience with a high school diploma or equivalent
Strong 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
Preferred Qualifications: Experience supporting big-data or distributed-data technologies
Experience with K9s and AWS CLI
Familiarity with additional AWS services such as SNS and SQS
Experience supporting highly available, mission-critical systems in secure government environments
Translation Company Name: Phoenix Operations Group