Senior Engineer
Raft Company Website2 months ago
Arlington, VA, USASenior
Base Salary
$110k - $180k/yr
Responsibilities
- Architect, develop, and implement end-to-end cluster and application lifecycles.
- Work with clients to architect, develop, and implement Kubernetes or Docker solutions in cloud and on-premises environments.
- Develop and implement CI/CD pipelines.
- Implement GitOps for software delivery.
- Collaborate hands-on with a team supporting a real-time DoD data platform that aggregates data from more than 750 sensors.
Requirements
- At least 3 years of relevant industry experience.
- At least 3 years of experience with Docker and Kubernetes, including provisioning production clusters and maintaining compliance.
- Experience building and managing data-intensive platforms with streaming technologies such as Kafka, Pinot, or Flink.
- Experience with ETL processing, data governance, and data storage technologies.
- Experience with AWS or other cloud computing solutions.
- Experience with building, deploying, releasing, automating, or orchestrating systems.
- Experience with Kubernetes monitoring and logging solutions such as Prometheus, Grafana, Fluent Bit, Kibana, or Loki.
- Experience with infrastructure as code tools such as Terraform or Ansible.
- Experience configuring CI/CD pipelines using GitLab Runners.
- Ability to obtain a Security+ certification within the first 90 days of employment.
- Active Secret or Top Secret clearance is highly preferred, with the ability to obtain and maintain TS.
- Understanding of Helm Charts is highly preferred.
- Experience with Maven, Gradle, NPM, and Yarn is highly preferred.
- Knowledge of Istio is highly preferred.
- Experience supporting enterprise cloud applications or infrastructure is highly preferred.
- Experience with automation languages such as Python or Go is highly preferred.
- Ability to provision and debug complex CI/CD pipelines.
- U.S. citizenship is required, and all work must be conducted within the continental U.S.
Benefits
- Hybrid work in Arlington, VA; Rome, NY; Hanscom, MA; or Tacoma, WA, with remote and flexible work options
- May require up to 25% travel
- Fully covered healthcare, dental, and vision coverage
- 401(k) with company match
- Flexible PTO and 11 paid holidays
- Education and training benefits
- Annual budget for technology and gadgets
- Monthly snack box
- Team off-sites
- Referral bonuses
Tech Stack
AnsibleApache FlinkApache KafkaAWSDockerGoGradleGrafanaIstioJavaKibanaKubernetesMavennpmPrometheusPythonScalaTerraformYarn
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About Raft Company Website
Raft is a defense technology company that builds AI/ML, autonomous data fusion, and cloud-native software platforms for U.S. military and government agencies. It develops distributed data systems, DevSecOps/GitOps platforms, and applications to operate at scale in secure environments. Headquartered in McLean, Virginia, the privately held firm is backed by Washington Harbour Partners, which invested $60M in private equity funding in 2024.