About the role#
Defense Unicorns is seeking Platform Engineer SkillBridge interns to join our team in a remote capacity. This role is open to Service members within 180 days of separating from Service. You will join a team focused on architecting, building, and deploying on-premises platforms for hosting cybersecurity applications. This position requires U.S. citizenship.
What you'll do#
- Transform cybersecurity applications into a Kubernetes-friendly format and deploy them within a Kubernetes environment on bare-metal platforms.
- Act as a bridge between the Application Development team and the Production Environment, advocating for best practices.
- Envision and articulate the long-term vision for our products to guide their evolution.
- Evaluate methods for solving complex business problems with a focus on product excellence.
- Identify innovative solutions and contribute to our open source projects and product repositories.
- Demonstrate expert knowledge in 1-2 key technologies, such as pipelines, GitOps, Kubernetes, or Go.
What you'll need#
- U.S. citizenship and the ability to hold or obtain a Top Secret security clearance.
- Expertise in solving highly technical problems that span multiple knowledge domains.
- Demonstrated ability to contribute to product vision and align technical solutions with long-term objectives.
- Experience with Big Bang, Iron Bank, or C-ATO processes.
- Proficiency with K8s deployment and security, hardware familiarity, full-stack development, and scripting languages like Python, Go, or Ansible.
- Experience in a relevant field such as Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Cybersecurity, Electrical Engineering, or Data Science.
Location & details#
- This is a full-time, paid, remote position.
- We recruit for SkillBridge roles on a rolling basis.
About Defense Unicorns
Defense Unicorns builds platform technologies for secure mission systems. Founded in 2021, the company operates out of Colorado Springs. It employs between 51 and 200 people. The firm focuses on open architecture platforms to support federal and Department of Defense programs. Its work centers on software development and integration.
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