Senior Solutions Architect

Responsibilities

• Act as the primary point of contact and trusted advisor for customers and their technical needs
• Lead, mentor, and develop a team of engineers
• Manage "proof of concept" work and build continuous delivery (CI/CD) pipelines
• Build, deploy, test, and troubleshoot UDS Bundles, Zarf packages, and UDS packages
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams for research and growth strategies
• Conduct market research and competitor analysis

Requirements

• 7+ years of experience in software engineering
• 1+ years in a manager role
• Extensive knowledge in containerization and Kubernetes
• Proficiency in Python or JavaScript
• Experience with full-stack development
• 5+ years of experience with Defense-based customer-facing interactions
• U.S. Citizenship required

Preferred Qualifications

• Knowledge in the CNCF ecosystem and tooling
• Experience with Helm, Kustomize, and GitOps
• Knowledge of system architecture (cloud and on-prem)
• Experience with Infrastructure-as-code (Terraform/Pulumi)
• Experience in a tech startup environment

Benefits

• 100% company-paid medical, dental, and vision premiums
• 401k retirement plan and company stock options
• Flexible Time Off (FTO) plus federal holidays and seasonal breaks
• Home office budget
• Reimbursement for approved trainings, subscriptions, and conferences

About the Company

Defense Unicorns delivers mission value by streamlining software delivery for defense and civil agencies. We create secure solutions for continuous software integration and delivery, focusing on cloud-native, agnostic, and highly secure environments.