Platform Engineer

Defense Unicorns • San Antonio, TX

58d • Onsite

About The Position

Defense Unicorns is seeking a Platform Engineer to support deployment and maintenance of UDS in a secure, bare-metal environment. The role bridges application teams and the platform, promoting best practices and helping ensure that the platform is reliable, secure, and scalable. The position is onsite in San Antonio, Texas, and requires U.S. citizenship and an active Secret clearance. Travel is expected 15–25%.

Requirements

• Active Secret clearance is required.
• U.S. citizenship is required.
• Experience deploying and operating Kubernetes or containerized platforms in bare-metal or on-premises environments, including deploying, managing, and troubleshooting clusters and workloads.
• Experience with infrastructure as code tools such as Terraform, Pulumi, or similar.
• Proficiency with CI/CD tooling, particularly GitLab CI or equivalent pipeline platforms.
• Working knowledge of Linux/Unix operating systems and command-line administration.
• Ability to read and write YAML for Kubernetes manifests, CRDs, Helm charts, and pipeline configurations.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills, including the ability to work effectively with partner engineering teams.
• Possess or be able to obtain a DoD 8570 IAT II certification, such as Security+ CE.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with cloud platforms, preferably AWS, including EC2, EKS, IAM, S3, and VPC.
• Experience supporting GPU-enabled infrastructure or workloads.

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.
• Adapt to evolving organizational needs and take on additional responsibilities as they arise.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Education Level: No Education Listed