Staff Engineer
Raft Company Websiteabout 3 hours ago
Remote, WorldwideStaff+
Base Salary
$180k - $190k/yr
Responsibilities
- Architect, secure, and operate production Kubernetes platforms across AWS and hybrid environments.
- Design reusable Infrastructure as Code using Terraform, Ansible, or similar tools.
- Lead development of secure CI/CD and GitOps workflows using GitLab, Argo CD, Flux, or equivalent technologies.
- Deploy and support highly available, multi-tenant platform services across multiple impact levels.
- Establish standards for Kubernetes, networking, automation, observability, reliability, and software delivery.
- Implement security controls for identity, access, networking, secrets, vulnerabilities, and the software supply chain.
- Lead troubleshooting, incident response, root-cause analysis, and platform reliability improvements.
- Mentor engineers, lead design reviews, and communicate technical risks and tradeoffs to customers and leadership.
Requirements
- 8+ years of experience in DevOps, DevSecOps, Platform Engineering, Site Reliability Engineering, or related fields.
- 7+ years of hands-on experience operating and securing production Kubernetes environments.
- Demonstrated experience leading complex platform or infrastructure initiatives.
- Expert knowledge of Kubernetes architecture, Helm, networking, storage, security, and workload management.
- Experience with AWS, hybrid infrastructure, and highly available or multi-tenant platforms.
- Advanced experience with Terraform, Ansible, GitLab CI/CD, GitLab Runners, and GitOps tooling.
- Experience with Calico, Cilium, Istio, or similar networking and service-mesh technologies.
- Experience with observability tools like Prometheus, Grafana, Fluent Bit, Loki, Kibana, OpenTelemetry.
- Experience with artifact repositories, container registries, vulnerability scanning, SBOMs, and policy enforcement.
- Proficiency in Python, Go, or another automation language.
- Strong technical leadership, troubleshooting, communication, and documentation skills.
- Experience supporting DoD, federal, or other regulated environments.
- Ability to obtain Security+ certification within 90 days.
- Ability to obtain and maintain an active Secret security clearance.
Benefits
- Highly competitive salary.
- Fully covered healthcare, dental, and vision coverage.
- 401(k) and company match.
- Take as you need PTO + 11 paid holidays.
- Education & training benefits.
- Generous Referral Bonuses.