Platform Engineer
Defense Unicorns3 hours ago
San Antonio, TX, USAMid Level
Base Salary
$123k - $167k/yr
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 for consistent, repeatable deployments.
- Support secure software delivery involving container images, registries, packages, and deployment artifacts.
- Collaborate with mission stakeholders, partner organizations, and engineering teams to identify requirements and resolve deployment and platform challenges.
Requirements
- U.S. citizenship is required.
- Active Secret or Top Secret security clearance is preferred.
- Experience deploying and operating Kubernetes or containerized platforms in bare-metal or on-premises environments is preferred.
- Experience with infrastructure as code tools such as Terraform or Pulumi is preferred.
- Proficiency with CI/CD tooling, particularly GitLab CI or equivalent pipeline platforms, is preferred.
- Working knowledge of Linux/Unix operating systems and command-line administration is preferred.
- Experience with cloud platforms, preferably AWS and its EC2, EKS, IAM, S3, and VPC services, is preferred.
- Experience supporting GPU-enabled infrastructure or workloads is preferred.
- Ability to read and write YAML for Kubernetes manifests, CRDs, Helm charts, and pipeline configurations is preferred.
- Strong communication and collaboration skills are required.
- Possess or be able to obtain a DoD 8570 IAT II certification, such as Security+ CE.
Benefits
- Remote work within the United States and 10%–15% travel.
- Medical, dental, and vision coverage with premiums 100% company paid.
- Health Savings Account, life insurance, and disability insurance.
- 401(k) retirement plan, company stock options, and home office budget.
- Flexible Time Off, federal holidays, one week for Thanksgiving, and two weeks for Christmas and New Year’s.
- Paid parental leave.
- Reimbursement for approved training and subscriptions, plus conference travel, lodging, and fees.
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About Defense Unicorns
Defense Unicorns specializes in platform technologies that enable rapid and reliable delivery of capabilities across a wide range of mission and technology areas. We support open architecture platforms for secure mission systems that provide optionality for the end user, promote scalability, and allow for continuous identification and integration of new products and services while avoiding vendor lock. Our open approach creates partnership opportunities across the software ecosystem. Our people are innovators, software engineers, and veterans with decades of experience delivering technology programs across DoW and the broader federal market. Let's drive change together. Get in touch at hello@defenseunicorns.com