Defense Unicorns

Defense Unicorns

Platform Engineer - Army

Remote, United States · Contract

No sponsorship$123k-$167kDetected 11 days ago
GitAWSGCPAzureCloud PlatformsKubernetesTerraformHelmCI/CDDevOpsPlatform EngineeringComplianceOnboardingCommunication

About the role

  • EMPLOYER IS A CONTRACTOR FOR THE U.S. GOVERNMENT.
  • THIS POSITION WILL REQUIRE AN ACTIVE SECRET CLEARANCE TO APPLY.
  • Travel Expectations: 10%-25% The listed responsibilities are not exhaustive and additional responsibilities may be assigned based on the evolving needs of the organization.

Responsibilities

  • Building and improving security delivery
  • Building Kubernetes and cloud native applications

Requirements

  • Proven experience as a Platform Engineer or similar role, with a focus on system architecture and development.
  • Hands-on experience with Azure AKS, AWS EKS, or on-perm Kubernetes (e.g RKE2, K3s, OpenShift).
  • Experience with Helm, GitOps, and Infrastructure-as-Code (Terraform, OpenTofu) for infrastructure, cluster provisioning and lifecycle management.
  • Strong analytical skills and the ability to interpret complex data for informed decision-making.
  • If you are a skilled Platform Engineer looking to contribute to the growth and success of a dynamic organization, we invite you to apply and join our team.
  • Strong knowledge of hybrid cloud architectures, including networking, RBAC, and storage for cloud and on-prem clusters.
  • Knowledgeable about DevSecOps/DevOps and CI/CD pipelines running on GitLab or GitHub.
  • Comfortable serving as the primary technical interface for customers, providing architecture guidance, production support, and platform expertise.
  • Excellent communication skills and effectiveness in a remote team environment.
  • Self-motivated, proactive, and able to work independently with minimal supervision.
  • Willingness to travel as needed for on-site training and support.
  • DoD IAT Level II certification (such as Security+).

Nice to have

  • Conferences (travel, lodging, and fees)
  • A DoD Secret or higher clearance is not required but preferred.

Compensation

  • $123k-$167k

Benefits

  • Medical/Dental/Vision
  • Health Savings Account
  • Life Insurance
  • Disability Insurance
  • 401k Retirement Plan
  • Company Stock Options
  • Home Office Budget
  • We offer all full-time Unicorns Flexible Time Off (FTO) plus all Federal Holidays, one week for Thanksgiving, and two weeks for Christmas and New Year's
  • Paid Parental Leave

Company info

  • Kubernetes
  • Cloud Environments (AWS/GCP and Azure)
  • Infrastructure-as-code (like Terraform/Pulumi)
  • Continuous Delivery and automation tooling
  • GitOps
  • Containers
  • CNCF projects and open source products and packages
  • Helm/Kustomize-Value Stream Mapping
  • Defense Unicorns delivers mission value by streamlining software delivery so our customers can focus on the most important challenges.
  • We share a vision of freedom and security for the advancement of progress and innovation.
  • Our commitment to this vision, and to our mission-driven customers, means a commitment to speed, user experience and optionality, without compromising security.
  • Our team is composed of innovators, software engineers, and veterans with decades of experience delivering technology programs across the federal market.
  • We create and deliver secure solutions for continuous software integration and delivery.
  • Defense Unicorns consolidates the best practices for security pipelines, testing, and deployment automation in order to meet the high security requirements valued by mission owners.
  • Our solutions are agnostic by design and we believe that growing a robust ecosystem of secure, cloud-native software solutions can help enterprise customers inside and outside the federal market buy and integrate software more easily.
  • Who We Serve
  • Defense Unicorns' customers are mission-focused leaders across public and private enterprises.
  • We proudly support defense and civil agencies across the U.S. government and we work closely with the creators of leading-edge software solutions to deliver value to the mission-owner by improving the security and consumability of commercial software products.
  • What We Work On
  • Benefits Our Unicorns Enjoy
  • Premiums are 100% Company Paid
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