Platform Engineer (FedD200/ FedD201/ FedD202)
Defense Unicorns2 months ago
Remote, United StatesMid Level / Senior
Base Salary
$123k - $201k/yr
Responsibilities
- Act as the link between custom, commercial, or open-source applications and the Navy platform environment.
- Help application teams integrate, package, secure, deploy, and operate software on UDS and Kubernetes-based environments.
- Evaluate solutions to complex technical problems spanning multiple technical domains.
- Implement infrastructure as code and contribute to building and maintaining Kubernetes clusters.
- Support cloud-native deployments, secure coding practices, vulnerability remediation, CI/CD components, runner deployments, observability, and process automation.
- Troubleshoot application and platform issues involving source code, APIs, containers, runtime dependencies, and deployment requirements.
- Collaborate with application teams, platform teams, external teams, and other stakeholders.
- Mentor and develop engineers through pairing, technical guidance, or code reviews.
Requirements
- Professional experience developing, deploying, supporting, or operating production applications or platform environments.
- Hands-on experience with cloud-native technologies, containers, infrastructure as code, Kubernetes-based environments, or related deployment systems.
- Strong Linux/Unix skills and ability to troubleshoot across application and platform layers.
- Experience with application architectures, source code, APIs, containers, runtime dependencies, or deployment requirements.
- Experience with YAML-based configuration, including Kubernetes manifests, Helm configuration, CRDs, or deployment pipelines.
- Familiarity with application, API, container, and cloud-infrastructure security practices and vulnerability remediation.
- Strong problem-solving, independent-work, collaboration, and adaptability skills.
- Eligibility to apply for and maintain a U.S. government security clearance.
- Ability to obtain a DoD 8570 IAT II certification.
- Preferred: expertise in full-stack application development, Kubernetes, GitOps, CI/CD, Tofu, AWS, Go, or related technologies.
- Preferred: production Kubernetes experience with EKS, RKE2, or similar distributions and experience with APIs and backend services.
- Preferred: experience with C#/.NET, Python/FastAPI, React, Vue, or NGINX-hosted applications.
- Preferred: experience with Helm, GitOps, observability, distributed architectures, security automation, or everything-as-code practices.
- Preferred: active U.S. government clearance or current DoD 8570 IAT II certification, Department of Defense experience, production ATO systems, UDS Core, Iron Bank, or C-ATO processes.
Benefits
- Remote position in the USA.
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance 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, Thanksgiving week, and Christmas/New Year’s holidays.
- Paid parental leave.
- Reimbursement for approved training and subscriptions.
- Conference support including travel, lodging, and fees.
- Expected travel 4–12 times per year.
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About Defense Unicorns
Defense Unicorns builds platform software and services that streamline secure, cloud-native delivery for defense and federal programs, with emphasis on DevSecOps, Kubernetes, and air‑gapped environments. It provides software and professional services under government contracts to deploy open-architecture platforms and CI/CD pipelines across classified and disconnected systems. Founded in 2021 and headquartered in Colorado Springs, the privately held company serves U.S. defense and national security agencies.