Senior Engineer
Raft Company Website4 days ago
Washington, DC, USASenior
Base Salary
$150k - $200k/yr
Responsibilities
- Design, implement, and maintain secure Kubernetes infrastructure for data-platform workloads across cloud and on-premises environments.
- Build and improve GitLab CI/CD pipelines and GitOps-based delivery patterns across multiple classification levels.
- Develop and maintain Infrastructure as Code using Terraform and Ansible.
- Collaborate with software engineers on service architectures, runtime behavior, deployability, reliability, and observability, including code-level changes.
- Support and optimize Kafka, Kafka Streams, Flink, and Pinot data-streaming and processing pipelines.
- Implement monitoring, logging, tracing, and alerting using the platform observability stack.
- Apply DevSecOps practices including container hardening, vulnerability scanning, software supply-chain security, and compliance-driven deployments.
- Manage Helm charts, Istio service mesh configurations, Kubernetes networking, and multi-cluster environments.
- Operate platforms across AWS, Azure, on-premises data centers, and edge or tactical environments.
- Write automation and platform tooling in Java or Go.
- Engage directly with customers at operationally demanding Department of War locations.
Requirements
- At least 5 years of relevant hands-on DevOps or platform engineering experience.
- At least 5 years of production experience provisioning, operating, and troubleshooting Docker and Kubernetes clusters.
- Strong experience with CI/CD, GitLab CI, and GitOps workflows including Flux and ArgoCD.
- Experience operating data-intensive platforms using Kafka or Flink, including configuration and tuning.
- Understanding of ETL/ELT design, data storage patterns, data governance, and downstream integrations.
- Proficiency with Terraform and experience with Ansible or similar configuration-management tools.
- Strong Helm experience, including authoring and maintaining charts for complex multi-service deployments.
- Hands-on experience with Prometheus, Grafana, Fluentbit, Loki, Elasticsearch, or Kibana.
- Software development experience in Java and/or Go, including modifying and contributing to application codebases.
- Experience with AWS and/or Azure infrastructure, including networking, IAM, storage, and managed Kubernetes services.
- Experience with secure and compliant deployments in regulated or government environments.
- Active Secret clearance required, with eligibility and willingness to obtain and maintain TS/SCI clearance.
- Ability to obtain Security+ certification within the first 90 days of employment.
- Ability to travel up to 25%.
- Preferred qualifications include Istio service mesh experience, Kubernetes-based ML/AI platform experience with Kubeflow, KServe, or Ray, GPU workload support, software supply-chain security, classified or air-gapped deployments, polyglot package management, RMF/STIGs/IL4-IL6 familiarity, internal developer-platform ownership, distributed tracing/APM experience, and existing TS/SCI clearance.
Benefits
- Hybrid work arrangement with up to 25% travel.
- Fully covered healthcare, dental, and vision coverage.
- 401(k) with company match.
- Flexible take-as-needed PTO and 11 paid holidays.
- Education and training benefits.
- Generous referral bonuses.
- U.S.-based work conducted within the continental United States; U.S. citizenship is required for supported programs.
Tech Stack
AnsibleApache FlinkApache KafkaAWSAzureDockerElasticsearchGitLab CI/CDGoGradleGrafanaHelmIstioJavaKibanaKubernetesMavennpmPrometheusTerraformYarn
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About Raft Company Website
Raft is a leading defense technology company dedicated to empowering the U.S. military and government agencies with cutting-edge AI/ML and data solutions. We transform complex data into actionable insights, enabling mission-critical decisions, and changing the way we fight on earth, and beyond.