Platform Engineer: Cloud, Kubernetes & CI/CD (Secret)

Devconnectplatform; United States; Remote; USD 123,000 - 167,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health Insurance

401k Plan

Life Insurance

Disability Insurance

Home Office Budget

Paid Time Off

Federal Holidays

Parental Leave

Training & Conferences

Job summary

Defense Unicorns seeks a Platform Engineer to join our cloud-first platform team. You will deploy and operate Kubernetes clusters across AWS, build IaC, and own CI/CD pipelines. You will work closely with application teams to ensure secure, reliable, and scalable platform services.

The role requires an active Secret clearance to start, strong Kubernetes and cloud experience, and a remote, async work environment. This is a mid-level platform engineering position under a US government contract.

Qualifications

• Active Secret clearance to start
• Hands-on experience with Kubernetes (deploying, managing, and troubleshooting clusters)
• Experience with infrastructure as code tools (Terraform, Pulumi)
• Proficiency with CI/CD tooling (GitLab CI)
• Working knowledge of Linux/Unix systems
• Experience with AWS cloud services (EC2, EKS, IAM, S3, VPC)
• Familiarity with containerization (Docker) and YAML for manifests
• Ability to read/write YAML fluently for Kubernetes manifests/Helm charts
• Strong problem-solving skills; able to work independently in remote environments
• DoD 8570 IAT II certification or ability to obtain one

Responsibilities

• Build and improve Kubernetes clusters and containerized deployments across cloud environments (AWS, EKS)
• Develop and manage infrastructure as code to provision resources
• Own and enhance CI/CD pipelines, including GitLab CI configurations
• Support IAM through Keycloak; user onboarding and role configuration
• Implement monitoring and logging to ensure platform health and incident response
• Manage certificate lifecycle and automation
• Contribute to platform security via container security practices and ATO processes
• Collaborate with application teams to troubleshoot deployments and pipeline issues
• Write and maintain runbooks, ADRs, and engineering standards
• Participate in on-call rotations and mentor junior engineers

Skills

Kubernetes

Terraform/Pulumi

GitLab CI

Linux/Unix

AWS

Docker

YAML

Go/Python/Bash

DoD 8570 IAT II

Tools

GitLab CI

Helm/Kustomize

Job description

Defense Unicorns seeks a Platform Engineer to join our cloud-first platform team. You will deploy and operate Kubernetes clusters across AWS, build IaC, and own CI/CD pipelines. You will work closely with application teams to ensure secure, reliable, and scalable platform services.

The role requires an active Secret clearance to start, strong Kubernetes and cloud experience, and a remote, async work environment. This is a mid-level platform engineering position under a US government contract.