Jobs at Defense Unicorns

Customer-facing senior Solutions Architect leading and mentoring engineers to design and deliver cloud-native, secure CI/CD solutions. Own POCs and packaging (Zarf/UDS), build CI/CD pipelines, deploy and troubleshoot containers and Helm/Kustomize artifacts across AWS/GCP/Azure, and drive process improvements and enablement for Defense customers.

Plan, coordinate, and execute company-hosted events from venue sourcing through teardown. Manage vendors, budgets, project plans, staffing, shipping, and on-site problem-solving while working cross-functionally with marketing, growth, delivery, and leadership to ensure brand-consistent event experiences.

Lead and grow a distributed engineering team to design, architect, and deliver interfaces and fleet management for autonomous and unmanned systems. Integrate frontend UIs with backend/platform services, handle complex state and asynchronous data flows, define roadmaps, enforce secure CI/CD practices, support mission integrations and testing, and translate operational needs into resilient, usable software for tactical-edge environments.

Build data-rich, operational UIs for managing individual assets and fleets of autonomous and unmanned systems in distributed, bandwidth-constrained environments. Integrate frontends with backend APIs and platform services, handle complex asynchronous state, apply secure cloud-native deployment practices, and collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver mission-focused software.

Lead full-cycle technical recruiting for a remote, fast-paced startup: source, screen, schedule, and guide hiring teams; maintain ATS data; build early-career pipelines and university partnerships; represent the company at events; ensure excellent candidate and hiring-manager experiences and compliance. Travel 30–40% required.

Lead design, implementation, and deployment of core platform tooling enabling secure, cloud-native application delivery. Integrate with defense systems, own architecture, mentor engineers, contribute to open source, maintain documentation, and participate in a shared 24x7 on-call rotation.

Work on a DevOps/SRE platform team to build and maintain Kubernetes clusters, IaC, CI/CD pipelines, identity management, monitoring, certificate lifecycle, and security compliance. Troubleshoot deployments, support on-call incidents, document runbooks/ADRs, mentor junior engineers, and contribute to strategic platform planning and automation to ensure a reliable, secure, and scalable cloud platform.

Design, build, and own cloud-native runtime production environments and platform architecture. Drive platform roadmaps, DevSecOps practices, CI/CD pipelines, security automation, and mentor engineers while aligning platform delivery to mission objectives and collaborating with product and customer teams.

Manage transformation and deployment of cybersecurity applications into Kubernetes-based environments. Coordinate between Application Development and Platform teams to remove blockers, track timelines, align product and delivery roadmaps, and communicate technical progress. Serve as Mission Manager for assigned delivery efforts, foster team mentorship and growth, and support adoption of engineering best practices to deliver scalable mission value.

The Account Executive will drive new customer acquisition in the Cyber sector, executing capture plans and building strategic partnerships to meet growth goals.

Own product vision and roadmap for a DevSecOps Platform-as-a-Service supporting DoD authorization workflows. Lead and mentor engineers, prioritize backlog, balance compliance and developer experience, collaborate with Growth, Delivery, and Engineering, engage customers, and adapt strategy to changing DoD requirements.

Seeking Account Executives to lead capture efforts for Navy, develop win strategies, engage stakeholders, and drive new customer acquisition, influencing pipeline and revenue.

Lead RMF/FedRAMP/ATO accreditation efforts for DoD systems; develop and implement security policies and controls; perform risk assessments, vulnerability scanning, and STIG/ACAS-based testing; produce SSPs/SARs and compliance artifacts; integrate security into SDLC and support compliance-as-code and continuous monitoring.

The Platform Engineer SkillBridge intern will support the development and deployment of cybersecurity applications in a Kubernetes environment, contributing to product strategy and innovation while guiding junior engineers.

Lead and operate revenue systems, owning HubSpot administration, integrations, pipeline hygiene, forecasting, deal desk/pricing, and enablement. Partner with sales, solutions architecture, finance, and legal to document GTM processes, run forecast cadence, and improve CRM adoption and data-driven pipeline reliability.

Platform Engineer responsible for building and securing cloud-native platform infrastructure. Work includes IaC, Kubernetes cluster build/maintenance (EKS/RKE2), CI/CD and GitOps automation, secure coding and vulnerability remediation, mentoring engineers, and coordinating application-to-platform integrations for DoD/Navy environments.

Design, build, and operate always-on, reproducible platform environments for demos, dogfooding, and testing. Integrate Fleet and Edge components, create feature-branch/preview environments, automate infrastructure as code, improve developer experience, and support product demos and stakeholder access.

Lead mission-aligned delivery for Navy domain by coordinating tech and product roadmaps, aligning delivery with product priorities, facilitating feedback between delivery and product teams, mentoring team members, and ensuring scalable, secure software delivery for mission outcomes. Coordinate with Tech Leads and stakeholders to drive adoption and mission value.

Build and maintain cloud-native platform infrastructure and CI/CD for Navy environments. Implement IaC, manage Kubernetes clusters (EKS, RKE2), apply secure coding and vulnerability remediation, integrate applications with platform services, mentor engineers, and collaborate across teams to align technical solutions with mission needs.

Lead mission-focused cyber delivery by aligning technical and product roadmaps, coordinating with cyber tech leads and stakeholders, managing cross-functional engineering teams, and driving secure cloud-native DevSecOps delivery for DoD contracts.