Platform Engineer
Defenseunicorns · San Antonio, Texas
About this role
## Platform Engineer **Employer Note:** Employer is a contractor for the U.S. Government. **This position requires U.S. citizenship.** ### Role Description Defense Unicorns is seeking a **Platform Engineer** to support the deployment and maintenance of **UDS** within a **secure, bare-metal environment**. You will act as a bridge between application teams and the platform—advocating best practices and helping ensure the platform is **reliable, secure, and scalable**. The ideal candidate is a strong problem-solver with hands-on experience in **Kubernetes**, **bare-metal/on-premises infrastructure**, and deploying applications onto **Kubernetes-based platforms**. ### Responsibilities - Support the 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 for 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/platform challenges ### Travel Expectations - **10%–15%** ### Preferred Experience & Qualifications - **Active Secret/Top Secret Security Clearance** - Experience deploying and operating **Kubernetes/containerized platforms** in **bare-metal or on-premises** environments (clusters and workloads) - Experience with **IaC tools** (e.g., **Terraform**, **Pulumi**, or similar) - Proficiency with **CI/CD tooling**, particularly **GitLab CI** or equivalent - Working knowledge of **Linux/Unix** and command-line administration - Experience with **cloud platforms**, preferably **AWS** (EC2, EKS, IAM, S3, VPC) - Experience supporting **GPU-enabled infrastructure/workloads** - Ability to read/write **YAML** for Kubernetes manifests, **CRDs**, **Helm charts**, and pipeline configurations - Strong communication and collaboration skills with partner engineering teams - Ability to possess or obtain a **DoD 8570 IAT II** certification (e.g., **Security+ CE**)
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