Platform Engineer - Secret/Top Secret

Defense Unicorns is seeking a Platform Engineer to join a team of dedicated unicorns advancing freedom and independence globally. The role involves building and sustaining a self-managed production environment and contributing to the growth of Defense Unicorns' capabilities and open source products.

Requirements

• 3+ years of experience operating production cloud-native systems within the Kubernetes ecosystem
• Proficiency in IaC, particularly Terraform or OpenTofu
• Experience with automation in Go, Python, Bash, or similar languages
• Experience with CI/CD methodologies and systems such as GitLab Runners or GitHub Actions
• Experience designing, deploying, and maintaining cloud infrastructure in AWS, Azure, or GCP environments
• Experience building and operating observability platforms, particularly those built on OpenSearch/ELK, Prometheus, Loki, and Grafana
• Understanding of NIST 800-171/800-53 and FedRAMP requirements
• Experience in an on-call capacity for platform reliability; ability to monitor, improve, and restore operations within a DevSecOps team

Benefits

• Health: Medical/Dental/Vision
• Premiums are 100% Company Paid
• Health Savings Account
• Life Insurance
• Disability Insurance
• Financial: 401k Retirement Plan
• Company Stock Options
• Home Office Budget
• Leave: Flexible Time Off (FTO) plus all Federal Holidays
• Paid Parental Leave
• Learning: Reimbursement for approved trainings/subscriptions
• Conferences (travel, lodging, and fees)