Platform Engineer

Defense Unicorns

2d•$123,250 - $166,750•Remote

About The Position

Defense Unicorns is seeking a Platform Engineer to support the deployment and maintenance of UDS within a secure, bare-metal environment. You will serve as a bridge between application teams and the platform, advocating best practices and helping ensure that the platform is reliable, secure, and scalable. The ideal candidate is a strong problem-solver with hands-on experience in Kubernetes, bare-metal or on-premises infrastructure, and deploying applications onto Kubernetes-based platforms. This role requires U.S. citizenship as the employer is a contractor for the U.S. government.

Requirements

U.S. citizenship
Working knowledge of Linux/Unix operating systems and command-line administration
Ability to read and write YAML fluently for Kubernetes manifests, CRDs, Helm charts, and pipeline configurations
Strong communication and collaboration skills, including the ability to work effectively with partner engineering teams

Nice To Haves

Hold or be eligible for a security clearance
Experience deploying and operating Kubernetes or containerized platforms in bare-metal or on-premises environments (deploying, managing, and troubleshooting clusters and workloads)
Experience with infrastructure as code tools (e.g., Terraform, Pulumi, or similar)
Proficiency with CI/CD tooling, particularly GitLab CI or equivalent pipeline platforms
Experience with cloud platforms, preferably AWS (EC2, EKS, IAM, S3, VPC)
Experience supporting GPU-enabled infrastructure or workloads
Possess or ability to obtain a DoD 8570 IAT II certification (e.g., Security+ CE)

Responsibilities

Support the architecture, deployment, configuration, and testing of bare-metal infrastructure, including GPU compute, storage, and networking
Deploy, configure, maintain, and troubleshoot UDS and Kubernetes-based platform services
Develop and manage infrastructure as code (IaC) and configuration to enable consistent, repeatable deployments
Support secure software delivery, including container images, registries, packages, and deployment artifacts
Collaborate with mission stakeholders, partner organizations, and Defense Unicorns engineering teams to identify technical requirements and resolve deployment challenges
Collaborate with mission stakeholders, partner organizations, and Defense Unicorns engineering teams to identify technical requirements and resolve platform challenges