Staff Engineer
Raft Company Website5 days ago
Colorado Springs, CO, USAStaff+
Base Salary
$170k - $200k/yr
Responsibilities
- Architect, develop, and implement end-to-end cluster and application lifecycles.
- Architect, develop, and implement Kubernetes or Docker solutions for cloud and on-premises environments with clients.
- Develop and implement CI/CD pipelines and GitOps software delivery.
- Build and manage data-intensive platforms using streaming technologies.
- Implement monitoring, logging, infrastructure automation, deployment, release automation, and orchestration solutions.
Requirements
- 5+ years of relevant industry experience.
- 5+ years of experience with Docker and Kubernetes, including provisioning production clusters and maintaining compliance.
- Experience with Kafka, Pinot, Flink, or other streaming technologies and with data management, ETL processing, data governance, and data storage.
- 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.
- Highly preferred: active Secret or Top Secret clearance with the ability to obtain and maintain TS clearance.
- Highly preferred: experience with Helm Charts, Maven, Gradle, NPM, Yarn, Istio, enterprise cloud applications or infrastructure, and Python or Go automation.
Benefits
- Fully covered healthcare, dental, and vision coverage.
- 401(k) with company match.
- Take-as-needed PTO and 11 paid holidays.
- Education and training benefits.
- Annual budget for technology and gadget needs.
- Monthly snack box, team off-sites, referral bonuses, and other benefits.
- Hybrid work in Colorado Springs, CO, with remote, hybrid, and flexible work options stated; the role may require up to 25% travel.
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.