Platform Engineer

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States.

📋 Description

• Assist in the architecture, deployment, configuration, and testing of bare-metal infrastructure, which includes GPU compute, storage, and networking.

• Implement, configure, maintain, and troubleshoot UDS and Kubernetes-based platform services.

• Develop and oversee infrastructure as code and configurations to ensure consistent and repeatable deployments.

• Facilitate secure software delivery, encompassing container images, registries, packages, and deployment artifacts.

• Work collaboratively with mission stakeholders, partner organizations, and Defense Unicorns engineering teams to determine technical requirements and address deployment challenges.

• Partner with mission stakeholders, partner organizations, and Defense Unicorns engineering teams to identify technical needs and tackle platform challenges.

• Willingness to travel 15–25%.

⛳️ Requirements

• U.S. citizenship is mandatory.

• Must hold or be eligible for a security clearance.

• Proven experience in deploying and operating Kubernetes or containerized platforms in bare-metal or on-premises settings.

• Familiarity with infrastructure as code tools such as Terraform or Pulumi.

• Proficient in CI/CD tooling, especially GitLab CI or similar pipeline platforms.

• Solid understanding of Linux/Unix operating systems and command-line administration.

• Experience with cloud platforms, ideally AWS, including EC2, EKS, IAM, S3, and VPC.

• Background in supporting GPU-enabled infrastructure or workloads.

• Ability to read and write YAML proficiently for Kubernetes manifests, CRDs, Helm charts, and pipeline configurations.

• Excellent communication and collaboration skills.

• Must possess or be capable of obtaining a DoD 8570 IAT II certification, such as Security+ CE.

🏝️ Benefits

• Medical/Dental/Vision.

• Premiums are fully covered by the Company.

• Health Savings Account.

• Life Insurance.

• Disability Insurance.

• 401k Retirement Plan.

• Company Stock Options.

• Home Office Budget.

• Flexible Time Off (FTO).

• Observance of Federal Holidays.

• One week off for Thanksgiving.

• Two weeks off for Christmas and New Year’s.

• Paid Parental Leave.

• Reimbursement for pre-approved training and subscriptions.

• Coverage for conferences (travel, lodging, and fees).