Defense Unicorns
Platform Engineer - FedD180/FedD181
About this role
Defense Unicorns is hiring a Platform Engineer to build and maintain cloud-based Kubernetes infrastructure for a U.S. government contractor. You'll own CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure-as-code, identity management, and monitoring while supporting application teams and ensuring platform security and reliability. This role requires an active Secret clearance and U.S. citizenship.
What you'll do
- Build and manage Kubernetes clusters on AWS/EKS/RKE2 with containerized deployments
- Develop infrastructure-as-code solutions using Terraform or similar tools for consistent resource provisioning
- Design and improve GitLab CI pipelines, runners, and automated deployment workflows
- Manage identity and access systems including Keycloak configuration and user onboarding
- Implement monitoring, alerting, and logging to ensure platform health and incident response
- Collaborate with application teams on deployment troubleshooting and platform integration issues
What they're looking for
- Kubernetes (cluster deployment, management, troubleshooting)
- Infrastructure-as-Code (Terraform, Pulumi, or equivalent)
- GitLab CI and CI/CD pipeline development
- AWS cloud platforms (EC2, EKS, IAM, S3, VPC)
- Linux/Unix system administration and command-line tools
- Docker and container image management
- YAML fluency for Kubernetes manifests and Helm charts
- Problem-solving in remote, asynchronous environments
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Defense Unicorns
Defense Unicorns builds software platforms and infrastructure services for defense and government customers, including containerized applications, package management systems, and Kubernetes-based deployment environments for disconnected or hybrid cloud settings. The company is hiring software engineers, platform engineers, technical writers, and military SkillBridge interns to develop, deploy, and support these mission-critical systems.
- Website
- defenseunicorns.com
Likely interview questions
- Describe your experience managing Kubernetes clusters in production environments—what challenges have you faced and how did you resolve them?
- Walk us through how you've designed and optimized a CI/CD pipeline from scratch, including your choice of tooling and automation strategies.