Platform Engineer
About The Position
Defense Unicorns is seeking a Platform Engineer to support deployment and maintenance of UDS within a secure, bare-metal environment. The role bridges application teams and the platform, advocates best practices, and helps ensure the platform is reliable, secure, and scalable. The ideal candidate has hands-on experience with Kubernetes, bare-metal or on-premises infrastructure, and deploying applications onto Kubernetes-based platforms. The position supports the architecture, deployment, configuration, and testing of bare-metal infrastructure, including GPU compute, storage, and networking, as well as the deployment and maintenance of UDS and Kubernetes-based platform services. It also involves infrastructure as code, secure software delivery, and collaboration with mission stakeholders, partner organizations, and Defense Unicorns engineering teams to identify technical requirements and resolve deployment and platform challenges. Travel is expected at 10%–15%. The employer is a contractor for the U.S. government, and U.S. citizenship is required. Responsibilities may evolve, and additional duties may be assigned as organizational needs change.
Requirements
- 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.
- Experience with cloud platforms, preferably AWS (EC2, EKS, IAM, S3, VPC).
- Experience supporting GPU-enabled infrastructure or workloads.
- 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.
- Possess or be able to obtain a DoD 8570 IAT II certification, such as Security+ CE.
Nice To Haves
- Active Secret or Top Secret security clearance.
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.
- Travel 10%–15%.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Education Level
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