Senior Platform Engineer (FedD144)
Defenseunicorns · Remote, United States
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**Senior Platform Engineer (FedD144)** **Employer Notice** - Employer is a contractor for the U.S. Government. - **Active Secret clearance is required to apply.** --- ## About the Role Defense Unicorns is seeking a **Senior Platform Engineer** to design, build, and own the **runtime production environment** that bridges applications (custom development, COTS, and OSS) to the underlying platform. You’ll drive platform architecture decisions, set engineering standards, and serve as the technical anchor between application teams and platform teams. This is a **hands-on technical leadership** role—owning platform strategy and implementation end-to-end, defining technical roadmaps, solving complex cross-domain problems, improving cross-team delivery efficiency, and mentoring engineers. --- ## Key Responsibilities - Architect and maintain **scalable runtime production environments** across cloud-native and containerized systems, including transforming applications into **Kubernetes-friendly formats** for bare-metal deployment. - Own the **technical roadmap** for the platform vertical: identify gaps, plan initiatives, and align engineering effort to mission objectives. - Mentor engineers and **raise the technical bar**. - Identify technical overlap across projects and guide teams to leverage each other for efficient delivery. - Partner with **Mission Managers** on engineering competency, capacity, velocity, and mission alignment. - Collaborate with product teams: provide feedback on product fit and contribute to product direction based on production usage. - Work with customers to define technical roadmaps aligned to mission objectives. - Advocate for and enforce **DevSecOps** practices across the platform layer (security automation, container security, compliance). - Evaluate and select optimal methods for solving complex business problems; assess new products and their impact on mission objectives. - Drive continuous improvement in **CI/CD pipelines**, deployment patterns, and operational tooling. **Travel:** 25% --- ## Required Qualifications - **U.S. citizenship** and eligible to obtain a **Secret security clearance**. - Expertise solving highly technical problems across multiple domains. - Deep knowledge in **1–2 key technologies** such as pipelines, GitOps, Kubernetes, or Go. - Demonstrated experience with **Kubernetes** and container-based systems. - Expert with **YAML**. - Proficient with **security automation** and familiarity with API Security, Container Security, and Cloud Security. - Proficient in architecture security design, monitoring, and performance instrumentation in complex enterprise environments. - Experience with continuous delivery, distributed architectures, everything-as-code, containerization, and cloud services. - Ability to identify and articulate gaps in existing processes and iterate toward better ways of working. - Proven track record evaluating and selecting optimal methods for complex business problems. - Strong problem-solving skills and ability to operate independently in ambiguous environments. - Strong communication skills and ability to collaborate across cross-functional teams. - Experience working in an **Agile** framework in a **remote** environment. --- ## Preferred Qualifications - **DoD 8570 IAT II** certification (or ability to obtain). - Experience with **Department of Defense** work, specifically on a production **ATO** system. - Experience with **Big Bang**, **Iron Bank**, and/or **C-A
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