Platform Engineer - Remote: Kubernetes & Bare-Metal

QuickCruit, Inc.; Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 123,000 - 167,000; Full time

Job summary

Defense Unicorns is seeking a Platform Engineer to support the deployment and maintenance of UDS within a secure, bare-metal environment. The role bridges application teams and the platform, promoting best practices to keep the platform reliable, secure, and scalable.

The ideal candidate has hands-on experience with Kubernetes, on-premises infrastructure, and deploying applications onto Kubernetes-based platforms, with travel 15-25% and a strong focus on security and reliability.

Qualifications

• Experience deploying and operating Kubernetes or container platforms in bare-metal or on-prem environments.
• Hold or be eligible for a security clearance.
• Experience with infrastructure as code tools (Terraform, Pulumi, or similar).

Responsibilities

• Support architecture, deployment, configuration, and testing of bare-metal infrastructure including GPU compute, storage, and networking.
• Deploy, configure, maintain, and troubleshoot Kubernetes-based platform services.
• Develop and manage infrastructure as code to enable repeatable deployments.
• Assist secure software delivery including container images, registries, and deployment artifacts.

Skills

Kubernetes

Bare-metal deployment

Infrastructure as Code

Tools

Terraform

Pulumi

Job description

Defense Unicorns is seeking a Platform Engineer to support the deployment and maintenance of UDS within a secure, bare-metal environment. The role bridges application teams and the platform, promoting best practices to keep the platform reliable, secure, and scalable.

The ideal candidate has hands-on experience with Kubernetes, on-premises infrastructure, and deploying applications onto Kubernetes-based platforms, with travel 15-25% and a strong focus on security and reliability.