Platform Engineer - FedD180/FedD181
Defenseunicorns · Remote, United States
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## Platform Engineer - FedD180/FedD181 **Defense Unicorns is seeking a Platform Engineer** to join our platform team—a combined DevOps and Site Reliability Engineering team responsible for the development, maintenance, and reliability of a cloud-based platform environment. > **Security Note:** Employer is a contractor for the U.S. Government. This position will require an **active Secret clearance to apply**. --- ### Responsibilities - Build, maintain, and improve **Kubernetes clusters** and containerized application deployments across cloud environments (**AWS, EKS, RKE2**) - Develop and manage **Infrastructure as Code (IaC)** to provision and configure platform resources consistently and repeatably - Own and improve **CI/CD pipelines**, including **GitLab CI** configuration, runner deployments, and automated build/deployment workflows - Support **identity and access management** using tools such as **Keycloak** (onboarding, role configuration, troubleshooting) - Implement and maintain **monitoring, alerting, and logging** to ensure platform health and support incident investigation - Manage **certificate lifecycle operations**, including renewal of public certificates and related automation - Contribute to platform security posture through **container security practices**, **Iron Bank** image compliance, and support for **ATO processes** - Collaborate with application teams to troubleshoot deployment issues, broken pipelines, and platform integration problems - Write and maintain **technical documentation**, runbooks, **ADRs**, and operational standards - Influence strategic planning by aligning technological advancements with mission objectives - Participate in **on-call rotations** and support platform incidents in a **tier 2** role - Mentor and support junior engineers through pairing, code reviews, and knowledge sharing *The listed responsibilities are not exhaustive and additional responsibilities may be assigned based on evolving organizational needs.* --- ### Travel Expectations/Requirements - **5–10%** --- ### Minimum Experience and Qualifications - **Active Secret clearance to start** - Hands-on experience with **Kubernetes** (deploying, managing, and troubleshooting clusters/workloads) - Experience with **Infrastructure as Code** tools (e.g., **Terraform, Pulumi**, or similar) - Proficiency with **CI/CD tooling**, particularly **GitLab CI** or equivalent pipeline platforms - Working knowledge of **Linux/Unix** and command-line administration - Experience with cloud platforms, preferably **AWS** (**EC2, EKS, IAM, S3, VPC**) - Familiarity with **containerization** (Docker, container image builds, registry management) - Ability to read/write **YAML** fluently for Kubernetes manifests, **CRDs**, **Helm charts**, and pipeline configurations - Strong problem-solving skills; ability to work independently in a remote/asynchronous environment - Ability to obtain a **DoD 8570 IAT II** certification (e.g., **Security+ CE**) --- ### Preferred Experience and Qualifications - Experience with **UDS Core**, **Iron Bank**, and/or **Continuous Authority to Operate (C-ATO)** processes - Familiarity with identity and access management platforms such as **Keycloak** (or similar) - Experience with monitoring/observability tooling (e.g., **Prometheus, Grafana, ELK**, or similar) - Proficiency in one or more programming languages (**Go, Python, Bash scripting**) - Experience working in a **DevSecOps** model with secure coding practices a
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