Senior SDN Engineer — Secret Clearance, Secure Modernization

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

Benefits offered by this job

Company-paid health premiums

401k with stock options

Home office budget

Job summary

Defense Unicorns seeks a software engineer to assess, harden, test, and modernize a government-provided SDN baseline, working directly with source code, build systems, dependencies, runtime behavior, and test suites.

Candidates will diagnose issues across application, Linux, and network boundaries; own the SDN codebase assessment, design secure changes, and partner on container readiness, CI/CD, deployment workflows, and automated security scanning.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of software engineering with C++, Python, and Bash.
• Strong Linux and networking fundamentals (TCP/IP, routing, DNS).
• Active US Government SECRET clearance or higher.
• 100% company-paid medical, dental and vision premiums.
• 401k retirement plan, company stock options, and home office budget.

Responsibilities

• Own the technical assessment of the SDN codebase, including architecture, build process, security posture, and upstream relationships.
• Design and implement secure, maintainable changes and develop trustworthy tests across multiple levels.
• Partner with platform engineers on container readiness, CI/CD, deployment workflows, and automated security scanning.

Skills

C++

Python

Bash scripting

Job description

Defense Unicorns seeks a software engineer to assess, harden, test, and modernize a government-provided SDN baseline, working directly with source code, build systems, dependencies, runtime behavior, and test suites.

Candidates will diagnose issues across application, Linux, and network boundaries; own the SDN codebase assessment, design secure changes, and partner on container readiness, CI/CD, deployment workflows, and automated security scanning.