Platform Engineer - FedD180/FedD181

The role

You will join a combined DevOps and Site Reliability Engineering team to develop, maintain, and ensure the reliability of a cloud-based platform environment. You will work across infrastructure as code, automated deployments, identity and access management, monitoring, and CI/CD pipelines.

What you will do

• Build, maintain, and improve Kubernetes clusters and containerized application deployments across cloud environments
• Develop and manage infrastructure as code to provision and configure platform resources
• Own and improve CI/CD pipelines, including GitLab CI configuration and automated workflows
• Support identity and access management through tools such as Keycloak
• Implement and maintain monitoring, alerting, and logging
• Manage certificate lifecycle operations
• Contribute to platform security posture through container security practices and support for ATO processes
• Collaborate with application teams to troubleshoot deployment issues and platform integration problems
• Write and maintain technical documentation, runbooks, and operational standards
• Participate in on-call rotations and support platform incidents in a tier 2 role

Required qualifications

• Active Secret clearance to start
• Hands-on experience with Kubernetes
• Experience with infrastructure as code tools (e.g., 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)
• Familiarity with containerization (Docker, container image builds, registry management)
• Ability to read and write YAML fluently for Kubernetes manifests, CRDs, Helm charts, and pipeline configurations
• Strong problem-solving skills and ability to work independently in a remote, asynchronous environment
• Possess or ability to obtain a DoD 8570 IAT II certification (e.g., Security+ CE)

Nice to have

• Experience with UDS Core, Iron Bank, and/or Continuous Authority to Operate (C-ATO) processes
• Familiarity with identity and access management platforms such as Keycloak or similar
• Experience with monitoring and observability tooling (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana, ELK stack, or similar)
• Proficiency in one or more programming languages (Go, Python, or Bash scripting)
• Experience working in a DevSecOps model with secure coding practices and vulnerability remediation
• Familiarity with GitOps workflows and tools (e.g., Flux, ArgoCD)
• Department of Defense experience, specifically working on a production ATO’d system
• Experience with distributed architectures and everything-as-code approaches
• AWS certifications related to platform or solutions architecture
• Experience writing architecture decision records (ADRs), operational runbooks, or engineering standards

Benefits

• Medical/Dental/Vision
• Premiums are 100% Company Paid
• Health Savings Account
• Life Insurance
• Disability Insurance
• 401k Retirement Plan
• Company Stock Options
• Home Office Budget
• Flexible Time Off (FTO) plus all Federal Holidays, one week for Thanksgiving, and two weeks for Christmas and New Year’s
• Paid Parental Leave
• Reimbursement for approved trainings/subscriptions
• Conferences (travel, lodging, and fees)

Before you apply

• This position will require an active Secret clearance to apply

About the company

Defense Unicorns delivers mission value by streamlining software delivery so customers can focus on the most important challenges. They create and deliver secure solutions for continuous software integration and delivery.