DevOps Engineer | Secret Clearance

Phoenix Operations Group is seeking an experienced and highly motivated DevOps Engineer to support a fast-paced technical environment in Columbia, Maryland.

The ideal candidate will bring strong experience with DevOps engineering, AWS cloud infrastructure, Kubernetes/container orchestration, CI/CD, configuration management, automation, Linux systems administration, and scripting/programming.

In this role, you will help develop and maintain cloud and non-cloud infrastructure, automate deployment processes, support containerized environments, and ensure the reliability, scalability, availability, and performance of mission-critical systems.

This position operates in a hybrid environment, with an average of 1–2 days per week onsite in Columbia, MD. Onsite requirements may vary depending on customer, program, and contract needs.

Key Responsibilities

• Support the development and deployment of cloud infrastructure within AWS, with a particular focus on Amazon EKS.
• Support the development and deployment of non-cloud and edge infrastructure, including on-premises and portable systems.
• Develop and maintain automated deployment processes.
• Manage and maintain Kubernetes containers and AWS cloud infrastructure.
• Build and support reliable, scalable, and highly available infrastructure.
• Collaborate with software development teams to integrate applications into cloud and containerized environments.
• Monitor production environments and troubleshoot infrastructure, application, container, and operating system issues.
• Identify opportunities to improve automation, deployment, monitoring, reliability, and system performance.
• Support configuration management and Infrastructure as Code initiatives.
• Perform Linux systems administration and troubleshooting.
• Develop scripts and automation using technologies such as Python, Bash, and Go.
• Stay current with emerging DevOps, cloud, containerization, and infrastructure technologies.
• Perform additional duties as required to support program and customer objectives.