# Platform Engineer - Navy (FedD174/FedD175) at Defenseunicorns

- Company: Defenseunicorns
- What the company does: At Defense Unicorns, we make software a strategic deterrent with solutions that promote data independence, portability, and efficiency. Backed by Sapphire.
- Company website: https://defenseunicorns.com
- Type: Startups
- Level: Mid level
- Location: Remote, United States
- Work setup: Remote
- Posted: 2026-07-24
- Apply by: 2026-10-08
- Apply: https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/defenseunicorns/jobs/5196143007
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/defenseunicorns-platform-engineer-navy-fedd174-fedd175/

## About the role

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.

## What they're looking for

- 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

Tags: Federal Delivery