Platform Engineer: Kubernetes & Cloud Platform (Secret Clearance)

Defense Unicorns; Colorado Springs (CO); Hybrid; USD 123,250 - 166,750; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical/Dental/Vision

401k Retirement Plan

Company Stock Options

Home Office Budget

Job summary

Defense Unicorns is seeking a Platform Engineer to design, automate, and maintain a secure Production Environment across diverse engagements. You will bridge Application Development and platform teams, guiding best practices in IaC automation, security, and deployment pipelines.

The role emphasizes cross-functional collaboration, problem solving, and strong cloud-native skills with Kubernetes, CI/CD, and security automation in a DoD context. Travel 10–25% is possible.

Qualifications

• Must hold Active Secret Clearance.
• DoD 8570 IAT II certification is required.
• Experience with Kubernetes, cloud-native architectures, and security automation.
• Proficiency in at least one programming language and shell scripting.

Responsibilities

• Automate and build a runtime Production Environment and serve as a bridge between Applications and the Production Environment.
• Validate solutions and implementations against business requirements.
• Independently solve problems and develop small components without relying on full architecture diagrams.
• Estimate time and effort for medium-sized tasks and assist in planning.
• Demonstrate programming language proficiency and shell scripting knowledge.
• Own the handoff between Application Development teams and the Production Environment.

Skills

Kubernetes

Docker

YAML

CI/CD

Python

Go

Shell scripting

DevSecOps

Security automation

Programming languages

Education

Active Secret Clearance

DoD 8570 IAT II certification

Tools

Terraform

Pulumi

Helm

Kustomize

GitOps

Job description

Defense Unicorns is seeking a Platform Engineer to design, automate, and maintain a secure Production Environment across diverse engagements. You will bridge Application Development and platform teams, guiding best practices in IaC automation, security, and deployment pipelines.

The role emphasizes cross-functional collaboration, problem solving, and strong cloud-native skills with Kubernetes, CI/CD, and security automation in a DoD context. Travel 10–25% is possible.