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Overview
Defense Unicorns is a software technology firm headquartered in Colorado Springs, Colorado, and was established in 2021. The company provides the Unicorn Delivery Service platform, which facilitates the secure packaging and deployment of cloud-native applications to airgapped, edge, and cloud environments. It operates as a remote-first organization primarily serving the United States Department of Defense and national security agencies through open-source DevSecOps and compliance automation solutions.
Technologies
Tech DNA
Python
Go
TypeScript
FastAPI
Dagster
Flink
Apache Hudi
Apache Iceberg
ClickHouse
AWS
Azure
GCP
Gemma
Llama
LLM
AI/ML
Python
SQL
AWS
Azure
CI/CD
GCP
GitOps
Helm
Kubernetes
Kustomize
Pulumi
Terraform
Amazon EKS
GitHub
OpenTofu
Docker
Amazon S3
ArgoCD
Grafana
GitLab
Amazon EC2
GitLab CI
Platform Engineering
Argo Workflows
Ansible
IAM
Redpanda
Git
Prometheus
Loki
Vector
Velero
Airflow
Dagster
Flink
Spark
Apache Hudi
Apache Iceberg
ClickHouse
DuckDB
pgvector
PostgreSQL
Trino
Azure AKS
K3s
OpenShift
SLI/SLO/SLA
Shift-Left
Nginx
Amazon Kinesis
Fine-tuning
Gemma
Llama
LLM
Mixtral
RAG
Reranking
Mistral
Context Engineering
Structured Outputs
AI Agents
Edge AI
Human-in-the-Loop
ElasticSearch
OpenSearch
Security
Go
Bash
JavaScript
Rust
Keycloak
Polaris
Shift-Left Security
FedRAMP
NIST 800-53
Backend
C#
Apache Kafka
FastAPI
ASP.NET Core
.NET
GraphQL
Other
TypeScript
Slack
ETL/ELT
Angular
React.js
Svelte
Clean Architecture
Offline-First
MAVLink
ROS2
Notion
HubSpot
Linear
Jira
Google Workspace
Stack modernity
81/100
How modern this stack is, based on technology relevance, AI adoption and the share of legacy tools.
In-demand technologies
Terraform
38 jobs
Required
$185k
+2% vs market
GCP
38 jobs
Required
$185k
-3% vs market
Helm
38 jobs
Required
$185k
+7% vs market
Kustomize
38 jobs
Required
$185k
-1% vs market
Pulumi
38 jobs
Required
$185k
-15% vs market
Azure
38 jobs
Required
$185k
+10% vs market
CI/CD
38 jobs
Required
$185k
+16% vs market
GitOps
38 jobs
Required
$185k
+3% vs market
Salary medians are calculated from this company's open jobs and compared with the market.
Industry adoption
Python
23%
CI/CD
21%
JavaScript
20%
SQL
20%
AWS
18%
Docker
17%
Share of companies in the same industry that use each technology.
Stack changes
Human-in-the-Loop
Aug 2026
Edge AI
Aug 2026
ETL/ELT
Aug 2026
Amazon Kinesis
Aug 2026
IAM
Aug 2026
GitLab
Aug 2026
Amazon S3
Aug 2026
GitHub
Aug 2026
Technologies recently added to or removed from this company's stack - a signal of tech migrations and new initiatives.
Jobgether
Emagine
Booz Allen Hamilton
Leidos
Weekday
Bosch
Salary insights
Compensation ranges based on this company's open jobs
Median
$185k
Typical range
$144k – $185k
Open positions
11
7
Jobs
Senior
14.3%
Architect
85.7%
| Level | Jobs | Median | Typical range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senior | 1 | $144k | $144k |
| Architect | 6 | $185k | $185k |
Highest paying role
Mission Director - Army
$185k
Normalized to USD per year
Growth
Hiring Momentum
68/100
Growing
Open positions
38
4 opened / 6 closed in 30 days
Median time-to-fill
75 days
faster than 21% of the market
ATS activity
Every ~13 hours
Today
Hiring Dynamics
+100%
Hiring Focus
The percentage next to each role is its share of the company's job openings over the last 90 days; the arrow shows the shift versus the previous period.
DevOps
55% ▲
Backend
18% ▲
Data Science
6% ▼
Security
6% ▼
Management
6% ▼
Executive
3% ▲
Actively hiring for DevOps (+9 in 30 days)
Activity Timeline
New location: San Antonio
Aug 2026
Added Human-in-the-Loop to stack
Aug 2026
Added Edge AI to stack
Aug 2026
Added ETL/ELT to stack
Aug 2026
Added Amazon Kinesis to stack
Aug 2026
Added IAM to stack
Aug 2026
Added GitLab to stack
Aug 2026
Added Amazon S3 to stack
Aug 2026
Added GitHub to stack
Aug 2026
Added AI Agents to stack
Aug 2026
Added Structured Outputs to stack
Aug 2026
Added Context Engineering to stack
Aug 2026
Jobs
≈ $95k – $214k per year (Estimated) • Equity • In office • Contractor • San Antonio
Amazon EC2
Amazon EKS
AWS
Azure
CI/CD
GCP
GitLab CI
GitOps
Helm
Kubernetes
Kustomize
Pulumi
Terraform
Amazon S3
GitLab
IAM
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≈ $95k – $214k per year (Estimated) • Equity • Remote • Contractor
C#
Go
Python
.NET
Python
FastAPI
DevOps
Amazon EKS
AWS
Azure
CI/CD
GCP
GitOps
Helm
Kubernetes
Kustomize
Nginx
Platform Engineering
Pulumi
Terraform
Apply
$145k – $185k per year • Equity • Remote • Full-Time
AWS
Azure
CI/CD
GCP
GitOps
Helm
Kubernetes
Kustomize
Pulumi
Terraform
Apply
≈ $149k – $247k per year (Estimated) • Equity • Remote • Full-Time • 6+ years exp
AWS
Azure
CI/CD
GCP
GitOps
Helm
Kubernetes
Kustomize
Pulumi
Terraform
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≈ $141k – $234k per year (Estimated) • Equity • Remote • Full-Time
Rust
Human-in-the-Loop
Mobile
Offline-First
DevOps
AWS
Azure
CI/CD
GCP
GitOps
Helm
Kubernetes
Kustomize
Pulumi
Terraform
Apply
$145k – $185k per year • Equity • Remote • Full-Time
AWS
Azure
CI/CD
GCP
GitOps
Helm
Kubernetes
Kustomize
Pulumi
Terraform
Apply
$145k – $185k per year • Equity • Remote • Full-Time
AWS
Azure
CI/CD
GCP
GitOps
Helm
Kubernetes
Kustomize
Pulumi
Terraform
Apply
$145k – $185k per year • Equity • Remote • Full-Time
AWS
Azure
CI/CD
GCP
GitOps
Helm
Kubernetes
Kustomize
Pulumi
Terraform
Apply
Solution Architect - Autonomous Systems & Industrial Base (ComS058)
Verified live · 1 hour ago 11 days ago≈ $121k – $258k per year (Estimated) • Equity • In office • Full-Time • San Francisco
AWS
Azure
CI/CD
GCP
GitOps
Helm
Kubernetes
Kustomize
Pulumi
Terraform
Apply
$145k – $185k per year • Equity • Remote • Full-Time
AWS
Azure
CI/CD
GCP
GitOps
Helm
Kubernetes
Kustomize
Pulumi
Terraform
Apply
$145k – $185k per year • Equity • Remote • Full-Time
AWS
Azure
CI/CD
GCP
GitOps
Helm
Kubernetes
Kustomize
Pulumi
Terraform
Apply
Equity • Remote • Full-Time
AWS
Azure
CI/CD
GCP
GitOps
Helm
Kubernetes
Kustomize
Platform Engineering
Pulumi
Terraform
GitHub
Management
Notion
Marketing
HubSpot
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