Platform Engineer - Kubernetes, CI/CD & Security

Defense Unicorns; Colorado Springs (CO); On-site; USD 123,000 - 201,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health Insurance

401k Retirement Plan

Home Office Budget

Paid Holidays

Stock Options

Job summary

Defense Unicorns is seeking a Platform Engineer to join the Navy Delivery team, blending platform engineering, DevOps, and security to enable deployment of software on the Unicorn Delivery Service and Kubernetes-based environments.

You will work across application and platform boundaries, implementing IaC, CI/CD components, and secure, repeatable deployment artifacts while collaborating with application teams on diverse technology stacks such as React, Vue, NGINX, C#/.NET, and Python/FastAPI.

Qualifications

• Professional experience developing, deploying, supporting, or operating production applications or platform environments.
• Hands-on experience with cloud-native technologies, containers, CI/CD, infrastructure as code, or Kubernetes-based environments.
• Strong Linux/Unix skills and the ability to troubleshoot technical issues across application and platform layers.
• Experience working with application architectures, source code, APIs, containers, runtime dependencies, or deployment requirements.
• Experience with YAML-based configuration such as Kubernetes manifests, Helm configuration, CRDs, or CI/CD pipelines.
• Familiarity with security practices related to applications, APIs, containers, cloud infrastructure, or vulnerability remediation.
• Strong problem-solving skills with the ability to work independently and adapt to unfamiliar technologies and ambiguous technical problems.
• Ability to collaborate effectively with application, platform, and external teams.
• Eligible to apply for and maintain a U.S. government security clearance.
• Ability to obtain a DoD 8570 IAT II certification.

Responsibilities

• Innovate and Solve Problems: Evaluate and weigh different methods for solving complex technical problems; identify innovative solutions.
• Demonstrate Technical Skill: Solve technical problems that span 2-3 knowledge domains, showcasing a broad understanding of diverse technological landscapes. Demonstrate expert knowledge in 1-2 key technologies such as full-stack application development, CI/CD, GitOps, Kubernetes, Tofu, AWS, Go, or others, contributing to the team's technical excellence.
• Influence the Strategic Vision: Contribute to the strategic planning that aligns technological advancements with the mission objectives.
• Exhibit strong programming skills and deep familiarity with Linux/Unix operating systems.
• Implement infrastructure as code and contribute to the build/maintenance of kubernetes clusters on various distributions (i.e EKS & RKE2).
• Apply extensive experience with cloud native technology deployments, emphasizing secure coding practices and vulnerability remediation.
• Build relationships with external teams and collaborate with other platform teams.

Skills

Kubernetes

CI/CD

GitOps

Linux/Unix

Full-stack development

AWS

Go

Python

Tools

Helm

Terraform

Pulumi

NGINX

Docker

Job description

Defense Unicorns is seeking a Platform Engineer to join the Navy Delivery team, blending platform engineering, DevOps, and security to enable deployment of software on the Unicorn Delivery Service and Kubernetes-based environments.

You will work across application and platform boundaries, implementing IaC, CI/CD components, and secure, repeatable deployment artifacts while collaborating with application teams on diverse technology stacks such as React, Vue, NGINX, C#/.NET, and Python/FastAPI.