Platform Engineer
Core
Build and maintain a secure, cloud-native runtime production environment, acting as the bridge between application teams and infrastructure to automate CI/CD pipelines and ensure security compliance.
Role type
Senior Platform Engineer (Cloud-Native Infrastructure)
Builds
Production runtime environments, CI/CD automation tooling, and secure cloud-native application deployments (via careerplan.io/jobs/143041-platform-engineer-at-defense-unicorns)
Domain
Defense & Government / Cloud-Native Infrastructure
Deliverable
production ML models | infrastructure
Required skills
Kubernetes, Infrastructure-as-Code (Terraform/Pulumi), Cloud Platforms (AWS/GCP/Azure), GitOps, Containerization, Programming Languages, System Architecture, Problem Solving
Preferred skills
Helm/Kustomize, Value Stream Mapping, Security Pipeline Design, Open Source Contribution
Technologies
Kubernetes, Terraform, Pulumi, AWS, GCP, Azure, GitOps, Helm, Kustomize
Responsibilities
Validate solutions and implementations against business requirements; Independently identify and solve complex business problems; Collaborate with cross-functional teams to integrate components; Estimate time and effort for medium-sized tasks; Own the bridge between application development and the production environment
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC