Senior Platform Engineer | Kubernetes & DevSecOps (Secret)

Defense Unicorns; United States; Remote; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401k Retirement Plan

Company Stock Options

Home Office Budget

Flexible Time Off

Paid Parental Leave

Job summary

Defense Unicorns is seeking a Senior Platform Engineer to design, build, and own the runtime production environment bridging applications to the platform. You will drive platform architecture decisions, set engineering standards, and mentor engineers across teams to deliver secure, scalable solutions.

This hands‑on technical leadership role requires transforming applications into Kubernetes‑friendly deployments, defining roadmaps, and collaborating with mission managers, product teams, and

Qualifications

• US citizenship and eligible to obtain a Secret security clearance.
• Experience solving highly technical problems across domains.
• Deep knowledge in 1-2 key technologies such as pipelines, GitOps, Kubernetes, or Go.
• Demonstrated experience with Kubernetes and container-based systems.
• Proficient with YAML and security automation.

Responsibilities

• Architect and maintain scalable runtime production environments across cloud-native and containerized systems, including transforming applications into Kubernetes-friendly formats for bare-metal deployment.
• Own the technical roadmap for the platform vertical, identifying gaps, planning initiatives, and aligning engineering effort to mission objectives.
• Provide mentorship to engineers across the team, fostering professional development and raising the technical bar.
• Identify technical overlap across projects and guide teams on leveraging each other for efficient delivery.
• Work closely with Mission Managers, providing insights on engineering competency, capacity, velocity, and alignment with mission objectives.
• Collaborate with product teams, providing feedback on product fit and contributing to product direction based on production usage.
• Work with customers to define technical roadmaps that align to mission objectives.
• Advocate for and enforce DevSecOps practices across the platform layer, including security automation, container security, and compliance.
• Evaluate and select optimal methods for solving complex business problems, assessing new products and their potential impact on mission objectives.
• Drive continuous improvement in CI/CD pipelines, deployment patterns, and operational tooling.

Skills

Kubernetes

Go

Pipelines

Security automation

Container security

Cloud security

CI/CD

DevSecOps

Agile

Communication

Tools

Kubernetes

YAML

Terraform

Pulumi

GitOps

CI/CD

Job description

Defense Unicorns is seeking a Senior Platform Engineer to design, build, and own the runtime production environment bridging applications to the platform. You will drive platform architecture decisions, set engineering standards, and mentor engineers across teams to deliver secure, scalable solutions.

This hands‑on technical leadership role requires transforming applications into Kubernetes‑friendly deployments, defining roadmaps, and collaborating with mission managers, product teams, and