Infrastructure Engineer - Bare Metal Kubernetes

Defense Unicorns

116d • $148,750 - $201,250

About The Position

We seek a talented and experienced Infrastructure Engineer to join our team in a remote capacity. The ideal candidate will have experience with deploying and operating Kubernetes on bare metal systems, using Infrastructure-as-Code to configure on-prem hardware, and demonstrate a strong understanding of system architecture, problem-finding and problem-solving skills. Bonus points for experience in the Navy domain, as this role will be part of a team modernizing afloat and ashore networks. You will join a team of dedicated unicorns who are focused on making software a strategic deterrent to advance freedom and independence globally. Our teams are working on architecting, building, and deploying mission critical software capabilities for the United States.

Requirements

• Active Secret Clearance.
• Strong proficiency with bare-metal Kubernetes (RKE2, K3D / K3S, EKS-D).
• Familiarity with continuous delivery, everything-as-code, containerization, and cloud services.
• Proficiency in at least one language (Python, Go) and Linux/Unix (Ubuntu, RHEL).
• Experience with Infrastructure-as-Code (Terraform/HCL, YAML, Bash) and automated CI/CD pipelines.
• Knowledge of Kubernetes networking, service meshes (Istio), ingress/egress controllers (metallb, nginx).
• Experience with observability stacks (Prometheus, Grafana, Loki, Promtail).
• Security and compliance practices: runtime security (Neuvector), policy enforcement (Kyverno, Pepr).
• Ability to produce technical design docs, ADRs, and test plans.
• Excellent communication skills and cross-team collaboration.
• Proficiency with GitHub and GitLab.

Responsibilities

• Work in a small, dedicated team architecting US Navy enterprise systems.
• Understand Navy network problems and real-world mission limitations; help recommend solutions; and develop and test those solutions to enable naval operations.
• Conceptualize, architect, prototype, and test Kubernetes on bare metal infrastructure.
• Collaborate with other teams to integrate applications with Defense Unicorns’ software delivery platform.
• Help build pipelines that automate testing, building, packaging, and deploying platform components.
• Leverage Infrastructure-as-Code to create standardized, reusable modules that automate provisioning across diverse hypervisors and cloud platforms.
• Provide grounded time and effort estimates for tasks.
• Assist in project planning and resource allocation based on estimated timelines.
• Ensure that solutions and implementations align with the outlined tasks and business requirements.
• Conduct thorough validations to maintain the integrity and efficiency of the platform.
• Rapidly understand customer mission requirements, conceptualize and prototype solutions, and rapidly iterate to deliver impact.
• Author and maintain technical design documents, architecture decision records (ADRs), and test plans.

Benefits

• Medical/Dental/Vision premiums are 100% Company Paid.
• Health Reimbursement Account.
• Life Insurance.
• Disability Insurance.
• 401k Retirement Plan.
• Company Stock Options.
• Home Office Budget.
• Unlimited paid time off, with a mandatory 10 days off on top of 11 federal government holidays, week of Thanksgiving, last two weeks of December (including New Year’s Day).
• Paid Parental Leave.
• Reimbursement for approved trainings/subscriptions.
• Conferences (travel, lodging, and fees).

What This Job Offers

• Number of Employees: 101-250 employees