Platform Engineer

Salary: $123,250 - 166,750 per year Requirements: U.S. citizenship is required for this position. Active Secret or Top Secret security clearance is preferred. Experience deploying and operating Kubernetes or containerized platforms in bare-metal or on-premises environments, including managing and troubleshooting clusters and workloads. Experience with infrastructure-as-code tools such as Terraform or Pulumi. Proficiency with CI/CD tools, particularly GitLab CI or equivalent platforms. Working knowledge of Linux/Unix systems and command-line administration. Experience with cloud platforms, preferably AWS services such as EC2, EKS, IAM, S3, and VPC. Experience supporting GPU-enabled infrastructure or workloads. Ability to read and write YAML for Kubernetes manifests, CRDs, Helm charts, and pipeline configurations. Strong communication and collaboration skills, including working effectively with partner engineering teams. Possess or be able to obtain a DoD 8570 IAT II certification, such as 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 and configuration to support consistent, repeatable deployments. Support secure software delivery, including container images, registries, packages, and deployment artifacts. Work with mission stakeholders, partner organizations, and our engineering teams to identify technical requirements and resolve deployment and platform challenges. Help application teams use the platform effectively, promote best practices, and support platform reliability, security, and scalability. Technologies: AWS CI/CD Cloud EC2 GitLab GitOps Helm IAM Support Kubernetes Linux Pulumi Security Terraform Unix Azure DevOps GCP Kustomize LESS More: We are Defense Unicorns, a mission-focused company that streamlines secure software delivery for customers across public and private enterprises, including U.S. defense and civil agencies. Our team brings together innovators, software engineers, and veterans with extensive federal technology experience. We build secure continuous integration and delivery solutions, working across Kubernetes, cloud environments, infrastructure as code, GitOps, containers, and automation. This is a remote U.S. role supporting UDS in a secure bare-metal environment, with expected travel of 10–15%. The salary range is $123,250–$166,750 USD, with compensation based on experience. Our benefits include company-paid medical, dental, and vision premiums, a health savings account, life and disability insurance, a 401(k), stock options, a home-office budget, flexible time off and holidays, paid parental leave, and reimbursement for approved learning and conference expenses. We are an equal opportunity employer and encourage interested candidates to apply even if they do not meet every preferred qualification. last updated 41 week of 2026