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Senior Platform Engineer (FedD202)
Defense Unicorns · United States · Remote
United States148,750-201,250 USD/yearlyRemote
Remuneration
148,750-201,250 USD/yearly
Location
United States · Remote
Eastern Daylight Time (UTC-4)
Visa sponsorship
Not specified
Job summary
The Senior Platform Engineer bridges application development and Kubernetes platform operations, helping teams securely package, deploy, and operate production software in Navy environments. The role develops CI/CD and infrastructure-as-code workflows, maintains Kubernetes clusters and Helm configurations, and troubleshoots issues across application and platform layers. Relevant technologies include AWS, EKS, RKE2, GitOps, Linux, and application stacks such as React, C#/.NET, and Python/FastAPI.
Benefits
Medical, dental, and vision insurance with fully paid premiumsHealth Savings AccountLife insuranceDisability insurance401(k) retirement planCompany stock optionsHome office budgetFlexible time offFederal holidays and additional Thanksgiving and Christmas/New Year holidaysPaid parental leaveTraining and subscription reimbursementConference travel, lodging, and fees
Qualifications
- Professional experience developing, deploying, supporting, or operating production applications or platforms
- Hands-on experience with cloud-native technologies, containers, CI/CD, infrastructure as code, or Kubernetes
- Strong Linux/Unix skills
- Experience with application architectures, source code, APIs, containers, runtime dependencies, or deployment requirements
- Experience with YAML-based configuration
- Familiarity with security practices and vulnerability remediation
- Independent problem-solving skills and adaptability to unfamiliar technologies
- Ability to collaborate with application, platform, and external teams
- Eligibility to apply for and maintain a U.S. government security clearance
- Ability to obtain a DoD 8570 IAT II certification
Responsibilities
- Connect application and platform teams and advise on deployment practices
- Help teams integrate, package, secure, deploy, and operate applications on UDS and Kubernetes
- Develop and maintain CI/CD components, runners, deployment artifacts, and automation
- Implement infrastructure as code and build or maintain Kubernetes clusters
- Configure Kubernetes resources, Helm charts, and application runtime environments
- Troubleshoot application, API, container, and platform issues
- Improve observability, security controls, and vulnerability remediation
- Contribute to technical planning and collaborate with external teams
Skills
AWSAzureC#.NETEKSGCPGoHelmKubernetesKustomizeLinuxNGINXOpenTofuPulumiPythonTerraform
Certifications
DoD 8570 IAT II
Travel
4–12 times per year
Industry
Government contractingDefenseCloud-native software delivery
Security clearance
Must be eligible to apply for and maintain a U.S. government security clearanceActive U.S. government security clearance preferred
Relocation
No