Platform Engineer - Navy (FedD174/FedD175)

📋 Job Overview

EMPLOYER IS A CONTRACTOR FOR THE U.S. GOVERNMENT. THIS POSITION WILL REQUIRE AN ACTIVE SECRET CLEARANCE TO APPLY.

We are seeking a talented Platform Engineer to join the Navy Delivery team, which translates to a mix of a DevOps and a platform application security team. The ideal candidate will play a crucial role in the development and maintenance of our platform, demonstrating a strong understanding of system architecture, problem-solving skills, and the ability to guide other engineers. An experienced professional who can fulfill both technical responsibilities and contribute to the strategic vision and innovation of our products will succeed in this role.

🏢 About Defense Unicorns

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 veterans with decades of experience delivering technology programs across the federal market.

🎯 The Role

As a Platform Engineer within our organization, you will join a team of dedicated unicorns who are focused on advancing freedom and independence globally. Our teams work on various different technical baselines depending on specific engagements. We focus our Products on the Platform layer but to deliver for our Heroes, we may also work on CI/CD components, runner deployments and maintenance, UDS packaging, and automating processes.

✅ Key Responsibilities

• You will serve as a crucial link between applications, either custom development, COTS, or OSS, and the Navy platform environment, advocating best practices and facilitating communication between application teams and platform teams.
• In this position, you will be expected to:
• Innovate and Solve Problems: Evaluate and weigh different methods for solving complex technical problems; identify innovative solutions.
• Demonstrate Technical Skill: Solve technical problems that span 2-3 knowledge domains, showcasing a broad understanding of diverse technological landscapes. Demonstrate expert knowledge in 1-2 key technologies such as full-stack application development, CI/CD, GitOps, Kubernetes, Tofu, AWS, Go, or others, contributing to the team's technical excellence.
• Influence the Strategic Vision: Contribute to the strategic planning that aligns technological advancements with the mission objectives.
• Exhibit strong programming skills and deep familiarity with Linux/Unix operating systems.
• Implement infrastructure as code and contribute to the build/maintenance of kubernetes clusters on various distributions (i.e EKS & RKE2).
• Apply extensive experience with cloud native technology deployments, emphasizing secure coding practices and vulnerability remediation.
• Build relationships with external teams and collaborate with other platform teams.

📌 Required Qualifications

• Expertise in solving technical problems that span multiple knowledge domains.
• Deep knowledge in 1-2 key technologies, demonstrating proficiency in areas such as full-stack application development, GitOps, Kubernetes, Tofu, AWS, Go, or others.
• Experience working with YAML to create Kubernetes manifests, Kubernetes CRDs, and pipeline configurations.
• Proficient with security automation and familiarity with API Security, Container Security, and Cloud Security.
• Proficient in architecture security design, monitoring, and performance instrumentation in a complex enterprise environment.
• Experience with continuous delivery, distributed architectures, systems, everything-as-code, containerization, and cloud services.
• Experienced in working on a team following an Agile framework in a remote environment. Comfortable leading a team, as required.
• Proficient in identifying and articulating gaps in existing processes, helping us iterate to better ways of working.
• Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to work independently.
• Proven track record of evaluating and selecting optimal methods for solving complex technical problems.
• Experienced at assessing and making decisions on new products, understanding their potential impact on mission objectives.
• Ability to mentor, develop and grow junior level engineers in their role through pairing and code reviews.
• Hold a security clearance/Eligible to apply for a security clearance.
• Possess or ability to obtain a DoD 8570 IAT II certification.
• Experienced in Department of Defense work, specifically working on a production Authority to Operate (ATO'd) system.
• Experienced with UDS Core, Iron Bank, and/or C-ATO processes.

🎁 Benefits

Full compensation packages are based on candidate experience. Compensation ranges are established using national benchmarking data and apply across all geographic locations within the United States.

Remote - USA
$148,750 - $201,250 USD

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:

• We offer all full-time Unicorns Flexible Time Off (FTO) plus all Federal Holidays, one week for Thanksgiving, and two weeks for Christmas and New Year's
• Paid Parental Leave

Learning:

• Reimbursement for approved trainings/subscriptions
• Conferences (travel, lodging, and fees)

🛂 Visa & Eligibility

EMPLOYER IS A CONTRACTOR FOR THE U.S. GOVERNMENT. THIS POSITION WILL REQUIRE AN ACTIVE SECRET CLEARANCE TO APPLY.