# Platform Engineer at Allen Control Systems

- Company: Allen Control Systems
- What the company does: Allen Control Systems is a robotics defense company purpose-built to deliver advanced robotic capabilities to fill modernization demands across the defense industry and national security communities.
- Company website: https://www.allencontrolsystems.com
- Type: Startups
- Level: Mid level
- Location: Austin, TX
- Work setup: On-site
- Posted: 2026-03-05
- Apply by: 2026-10-08
- Apply: https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/allencontrolsystems/jobs/5140775008
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/allen-control-systems-platform-engineer/

## About the role

We are seeking an experienced Platform Engineer to design, build, and own the infrastructure powering the development of ACS’s autonomous counter-drone systems. You will manage a 130+ GPU bare-metal Kubernetes cluster, own our CI/CD pipelines, and ensure our systems run reliably in both lab and field environments.

## What they're looking for

- Deploy and operate Kubernetes clusters on bare-metal infrastructure hosting 130+ NVIDIA GPUs, with hybrid burst capability to AWS for scalable compute and storage workloads
- Manage NVIDIA GPU clusters for ML training
- Own the full CI/CD pipeline from source to deployment, including artifact signing, build automation, and version pinning, ensuring repeatable delivery to cloud and edge targets
- Define and enforce infrastructure-as-code practices using Terraform, Helm, or Ansible across on-prem and cloud deployments
- Manage network configuration, storage provisioning, and security hardening for the bare-metal cluster in compliance with applicable defense security requirements
- Skill at Python programming and Bash scripting

Tags: Engineering