DevOps Engineer, Defense

Triumphant Nerd is looking for a DevOps Engineer to help deliver AI tools to government teams in the field. Our client has supported 100+ government deployments. You’ll own the pipelines that move software from build to release across commercial AWS accounts, GovCloud, and classified networks. You’ll work directly with the platform, data, and security teams. You’ll automate releases with GitHub Actions, manage infrastructure with Terraform, and work alongside customers to keep deployments running reliably at the tactical edge. **What we’re looking for:** * **4+ years in DevOps, platform engineering, or infrastructure engineering** , with hands-on ownership of production systems. * **Active TS/SCI clearance with a Full Scope Polygraph** required. * Experience building CI/CD pipelines with GitHub Actions and automating infrastructure changes with Terraform. * Deep AWS experience, including deployments in AWS GovCloud or FedRAMP environments. You should be comfortable troubleshooting releases on restricted networks. * Hands-on experience with **Docker and Kubernetes** * Experience with Pulumi, Python, Bash, Datadog, Elasticsearch, OpenSearch, and SQL. * CS degree is required. * Experience in defense, government technology, or enterprise technology is a plus. * Hybrid schedule with 40–50% of your time onsite with government customers and the remainder remote. You must live in or be willing to relocate to San Diego. If you’ve built deployment automation for classified environments, I’d love to hear what you’ve shipped. Let’s connect!