Remote Platform Engineer: Secure Kubernetes on Bare-Metal

Remote Genie; Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 123,000 - 167,000; Full time

Job summary

Defense Unicorns seeks a Platform Engineer to deploy and maintain a Kubernetes-based platform in a secure, bare-metal environment. You will bridge application teams and platform disciplines, emphasizing reliability, security, and scalability.

Ideal candidates possess hands-on Kubernetes, on-prem infrastructure, IaC experience, and YAML fluency; U.S. citizenship and security clearance eligibility are required for this government-facing role.

Qualifications

• Must hold or be eligible for a security clearance.
• Experience deploying Kubernetes on bare-metal or on-prem environments.
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code tools such as Terraform or Pulumi.
• Proficient with CI/CD tooling, especially GitLab CI.
• Linux/Unix administration knowledge.
• Experience with AWS (EC2, EKS, IAM, S3, VPC).
• Ability to read/write YAML for Kubernetes manifests and Helm charts.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills.
• DoD 8570 IAT II certification (e.g., Security+ CE).

Responsibilities

• Support architecture, deployment, configuration, and testing of bare-metal infrastructure, including GPU compute, storage, and networking.
• Deploy, configure, maintain, and troubleshoot UDS and Kubernetes-based platform services.
• Develop and manage infrastructure as code (IaC) and configuration to enable consistent, repeatable deployments.
• Support secure software delivery, including container images, registries, packages, and deployment artifacts.
• Collaborate with mission stakeholders, partner organizations, and Defense Unicorns engineering teams to identify technical requirements and resolve deployment challenges.
• Collaborate with mission stakeholders, partner organizations, and Defense Unicorns engineering teams to identify technical requirements and resolve platform challenges.

Skills

Kubernetes

Bare-metal

Security clearance

IaC (Terraform/Pulumi)

CI/CD (GitLab CI)

Linux/Unix

AWS

YAML

Communication

DoD 8570 IAT II cert

Tools

Terraform

Pulumi

GitLab CI

Kubernetes

AWS

Job description

Defense Unicorns seeks a Platform Engineer to deploy and maintain a Kubernetes-based platform in a secure, bare-metal environment. You will bridge application teams and platform disciplines, emphasizing reliability, security, and scalability.

Ideal candidates possess hands-on Kubernetes, on-prem infrastructure, IaC experience, and YAML fluency; U.S. citizenship and security clearance eligibility are required for this government-facing role.