Big data analytics platform for US defense and intelligence operations
Phoenix Operations Group builds data analytics software for DoD and federal intelligence agencies. The stack—Java, Hadoop, Spark, Kafka, HBase, Accumulo—reflects a mature distributed-systems foundation optimized for large-scale ingestion and analysis. Engineering dominates hiring (14 of 17 active roles), skewed toward mid-level and senior talent, while pain points around developer retention and devsecops pipeline maturity suggest the company is scaling operational complexity faster than tooling. Active projects span infrastructure-as-code, cloud migration, and open-source initiatives, indicating a shift toward automation and reduced manual toil.
Phoenix Operations Group is an engineering services firm specializing in software analytics for US defense and intelligence customers. The company serves DoD organizations and inter-agency federal partners, with technical depth in big data analytics, cloud platforms, machine learning, and multi-INT applications. Based in Marriottsville, Maryland, with 11–50 employees, the firm runs a geographically distributed team and maintains an active research function, including open-source projects and white-paper publication. Core operational focus includes distributed architectures, cloud infrastructure automation, and enterprise data management across classified and unclassified environments.
Primary stack: Java, C, C++, Python on Linux/Windows. Distributed systems: Hadoop, Apache Spark, Kafka, HBase, Accumulo. Automation: Terraform, Ansible, Chef, Puppet. CI/CD: Jenkins, GitLab, GitHub. Cloud: AWS, AWS GovCloud.
Infrastructure-as-code and cloud automation; distributed big data architectures; devsecops pipeline automation; custom Linux application development; edge infrastructure deployment; open-source research initiatives and contributions.
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