Platform Engineer - Army
EMPLOYER IS A CONTRACTOR FOR THE U.S. GOVERNMENT. THIS POSITION WILL REQUIRE AN ACTIVE SECRET CLEARANCE TO APPLY.
Role Description
In this position, you will be expected to:
- Possess strong proficiency with Kubernetes, Helm, and containerized applications, enabling robust platform deployment and management.
- Deploy and manage UDS environments across AWS EKS, Azure AKS, and on-prem for government-backed commercial vendors.
- Build and maintain custom UDS packages and application-specific modules, enabling streamlined deployment of customer environments.
- Implement and manage Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) modules to reliably provision and configure customer environments.
- Adhere to SLA commitments, including on-call support for critical UDS issues in customer environments.
- Serve as the primary technical interface for customers, providing guidance, troubleshooting, and resolution of complex UDS issues.
- Develop and deliver technical training content tailored to customer needs, including remote and on-site sessions demonstrating platform features and best practices.
- Coordinate customer onboarding and ensure smooth adoption of UDS deployments.
- Gather feedback from customers and the community to provide actionable insights to internal teams, improving products, services, and deployment processes.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to experiment with new tools, techniques, and strategies for improving deployment efficiency and customer outcomes.
- Analyze operational and usage data to identify trends, optimize delivery strategies, and drive process improvement.
- Experiment with new tools, techniques, and technologies to improve growth outcomes.
- Contribute to a culture of innovation and continuous improvement within the organization.
Travel Expectations: 10%-25%
The listed responsibilities are not exhaustive and additional responsibilities may be assigned based on the evolving needs of the organization. We are seeking a dynamic individual who is able to adapt and take on new responsibilities as they arise.
Preferred Experience and Qualifications:
- Proven experience as a Platform Engineer or similar role, with a focus on system architecture and development.
- Strong knowledge of hybrid cloud architectures, including networking, RBAC, and storage for cloud and on-prem clusters.
- Hands-on experience with Azure AKS, AWS EKS, or on-perm Kubernetes (e.g RKE2, K3s, OpenShift).
- Experience with Helm, GitOps, and Infrastructure-as-Code (Terraform, OpenTofu) for infrastructure, cluster provisioning and lifecycle management.
- Knowledgeable about DevSecOps/DevOps and CI/CD pipelines running on GitLab or GitHub.
- Comfortable serving as the primary technical interface for customers, providing architecture guidance, production support, and platform expertise.
- Strong analytical skills and the ability to interpret complex data for informed decision-making.
- Excellent communication skills and effectiveness in a remote team environment.
- Self-motivated, proactive, and able to work independently with minimal supervision.
- Willingness to travel as needed for on-site training and support.
- DoD IAT Level II certification (such as Security+).
- A DoD Secret or higher clearance is not required but preferred.
If you are a skilled Platform Engineer looking to contribute to the growth and success of a dynamic organization, we invite you to apply and join our team.
Mid Platform Engineer: $123,250 - $166,750
Who We Are
Defense Unicorns delivers mission value by streamlining software delivery so our customers can focus on the most important challenges. We share a vision of freedom and security for the advancement of progress and innovation. Our commitment to this vision, and to our mission-driven customers, means a commitment to speed, user experience and optionality, without compromising security. Our team is composed of innovators, software engineers, and vete