defenseunicorns

Senior Platform Engineer (FedD144)

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At a Glance

Location
United States
Work Regime
remote
Posted
2026-07-10T17:09:00-04:00

Key Requirements

Required Skills

AWSAgileAzureCI/CDDevOpsGCPKubernetesTerraform

Domain Knowledge

  • Automation
  • Defense
  • Finance
  • Government
  • Insurance
  • Medical

Requirements

Deep knowledge in 1-2 key technologies such as pipelines, GitOps, Kubernetes, or Go

Demonstrated experience with Kubernetes and container-based systems

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

Proven track record of evaluating and selecting optimal methods for solving complex business problems

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, identifying gaps, planning initiatives, and aligning engineering effort to mission objectives

Provide mentorship to engineers across the team, fostering professional development and raising the technical bar

Identify technical overlap across projects and guide teams on leveraging each other for efficient delivery

Work closely with Mission Managers, providing insights on engineering competency, capacity, velocity, and alignment with mission objectives

Collaborate with product teams, providing feedback on product fit and contributing to product direction based on production usage