Senior DevOps Engineer

Sphinx Defense · Colorado Springs, CO · Engineering

Posted 2026-07-30

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ABOUT THE ROLE

Sphinx is hiring a Senior DevOps Engineer to join our team, building the next generation of mission planning and command and control software for space communications programs. This team is charged with creating modern, resilient services and capabilities to service the US Government for the next decade and beyond.

We're seeking an experienced Senior DevOps Engineer to help take our build and deployment automation to the next level. As a Senior DevOps Engineer, you will build the development and deployment infrastructure used by our Space Communications team, which provides infrastructure for a wide variety of US Government satellites; you will play a key role in building a cutting-edge communications platform for US government satellites. You will have a role in determining what we build and how we work. You'll work as an individual contributor and a lead for more junior engineers.

What you will be focusing on:

Working with a team to develop and operate automated build and deployment infrastructure in GitLab CI/CD and Atlantis

Developing and operating automated build and deployment infrastructure

Writing and maintaining Cloud Infrastructure

Owning technical problems end-to-end

Maintain multiple Kubernetes clusters in production

Packaging software into Helm Charts

Writing and maintaining Cloud Infrastructure with Terraform

Configure and maintain a federated message bus infrastructure

Maintaining CI/CD pipelines

Supporting software engineering teams with the use and integration of pipelines and cloud infrastructure

Ensuring developed infrastructure and CI/CD solutions seamlessly deploy/integrate with third-party platforms and infrastructures

You might be a good fit if you have:

You have 5+ years of progressively responsible software engineering experience in a DevOps role

Leveraged a major cloud provider's (AWS, Azure, GCP) services in a production setting

A habit of self-directed learning of new technologies

Strong experience with either Python or Go

Strong experience with Ansible automation

You have made enough mistakes and booked enough wins to know what not to build and what good looks like

The ability to see through the noise to the most critical problem.

The ability to provide technical leadership, guide, and mentor junior engineers

Excellent communication skills, working with end-users to design and build solutions to their needs, a habit of self-directed learning of new technologies, and the ability to learn quickly and adapt to a fast-paced environment

The ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. government TS/SCI clearance

LOCATION

This role is a hybrid role based in Colorado Springs, CO that offers flexibility while supporting collaboration on classified work. This role will require onsite work as needed to support secure program requirements.

COMPENSATION

This role is between $160,000 - $195,000 base salary.

BENEFITS

Compensation includes competitive salary, meaningful equity ownership, profit sharing, employer 401(k) contribution, and 100% employer covered medical, dental, and vision insurance for you and your dependents.

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