Navy Platform Engineer — Remote (Secret Clearance)

Defense Unicorns, Inc; United States; Remote; USD 148,750 - 201,250; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Company-paid health insurance

401k Retirement Plan

Stock options

Home office budget

Life Insurance

Disability Insurance

Job summary

Defense Unicorns, Inc is seeking a Platform Engineer for Navy engagements, focusing on DevOps, platform security, and cloud-native infrastructure. You will help design, build, and maintain the Navy delivery platform, bridging application teams and platform operations while guiding junior engineers.

The role requires strong Linux, Kubernetes, GitOps, and AWS skills, with DoD compliance and active secret clearance eligibility. Remote in the United States; travel 4–12 times per year.

Qualifications

• Experience with Kubernetes manifests using YAML.
• Proficiency in GitOps and CI/CD workflows.
• Cloud-native architecture and security practices.
• Ability to mentor junior engineers.

Responsibilities

• Serve as a bridge between applications and Navy platform environment.
• Innovate and solve complex technical problems across domains.
• Build and maintain Kubernetes clusters (EKS & RKE2) with IaC.
• Apply secure coding practices and vulnerability remediation.
• Collaborate with external teams and platform teams.

Skills

Kubernetes

GitOps

AWS

Go

CI/CD

Security

Cloud-native

Leadership

Tools

UDS Core

Iron Bank

C-ATO

Job description

Defense Unicorns, Inc is seeking a Platform Engineer for Navy engagements, focusing on DevOps, platform security, and cloud-native infrastructure. You will help design, build, and maintain the Navy delivery platform, bridging application teams and platform operations while guiding junior engineers.

The role requires strong Linux, Kubernetes, GitOps, and AWS skills, with DoD compliance and active secret clearance eligibility. Remote in the United States; travel 4–12 times per year.