Senior Platform Engineer Remote US | Kubernetes & DevSecOps

defenseunicorns; United States; Remote; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote within United States

Up to 25% travel

Job summary

defenseunicorns is seeking a Senior Platform Engineer to own and evolve the runtime production environment bridging custom, COTS, and OSS applications to the platform. You will drive platform architecture, set engineering standards, and serve as the technical anchor between application and platform teams.

You will mentor engineers, lead the technical roadmap, and enforce DevSecOps practices while collaborating with Mission Managers and product teams to ensure alignment with mission objectives.

Qualifications

• US citizenship and ability to obtain a Secret clearance.
• Deep expertise across pipelines, GitOps, Kubernetes, or Go.
• Proven experience with Kubernetes, container-based systems, and YAML.
• Strong security automation and familiarity with API, container, and cloud security.
• Experience in CD, distributed architectures, everything-as-code, containerization and cloud services.
• Excellent communication and independent work in Agile, remote settings.

Responsibilities

• Architect and maintain scalable runtime production environments across cloud-native and containerized systems.
• Own the technical roadmap for the platform vertical and align work to mission objectives.
• Mentor engineers, raise the technical bar, and drive cross-project delivery.
• Collaborate with product teams to influence direction based on production usage.
• Advocate for DevSecOps practices, security automation, and compliance.
• Improve CI/CD pipelines, deployment patterns, and operational tooling.

Skills

US citizenship

Secret clearance eligibility

Kubernetes

GitOps

Go

CI/CD

Everything-as-code

Cloud security

Security automation

Distributed architectures

Agile/remote work

Communication

Education

DoD 8570 IAT II certification

DoD production ATO experience

Big Bang / Iron Bank / C-ATO familiarity

Tools

Kubernetes

YAML

CI/CD tooling

Job description

defenseunicorns is seeking a Senior Platform Engineer to own and evolve the runtime production environment bridging custom, COTS, and OSS applications to the platform. You will drive platform architecture, set engineering standards, and serve as the technical anchor between application and platform teams.

You will mentor engineers, lead the technical roadmap, and enforce DevSecOps practices while collaborating with Mission Managers and product teams to ensure alignment with mission objectives.