Apply on company website United States of America Hybrid Full-time USD 123,250 – 166,750 / year

Defense Unicorns is hiring a Platform Engineer - FedD180/FedD181

Responsibilities

  • Design, operate, and enhance Kubernetes-based infrastructure for containerized workloads across cloud platforms including AWS, EKS, and RKE2
  • Create and manage infrastructure as code to ensure consistent, repeatable provisioning of platform resources
  • Maintain and optimize CI/CD systems, including GitLab CI, runner configurations, and automated deployment pipelines
  • Manage identity and access solutions using tools like Keycloak, handling user setup, role assignments, and issue resolution
  • Implement and monitor logging, alerting, and observability systems to support platform reliability and incident response
  • Handle certificate lifecycle management, including automation of public certificate renewals
  • Support platform security through secure container practices, compliance with Iron Bank standards, and ATO documentation
  • Work with development teams to resolve deployment failures, pipeline errors, and integration challenges
  • Develop and update technical documentation, runbooks, architecture decision records, and operational guidelines
  • Help shape long-term platform strategy by aligning technology initiatives with mission goals
  • Participate in on-call support as a tier 2 responder for platform incidents
  • Guide and train junior engineers through collaborative coding, reviews, and knowledge transfer sessions

Work Arrangement

Hybrid

Other

  • An active Secret clearance is required to be eligible for this position
  • Travel requirements range from 5% to 10% of time
  • Applicants must be U.S. citizens
Job Details
Location United States of America
Work mode Hybrid
Employment Full-time
Salary USD 123,250 – 166,750 / year
Department platform team
Category DevOps & SRE
Posted a day ago
Application On company website
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Defense Unicorns delivers mission value by streamlining software delivery so our customers can focus on the most important challenges. We create and deliver secure solutions for continuous software integration and delivery, consolidating best practices for security pipelines, testing, and deployment automation.
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