Staff Engineer

🔥 15 hours ago

⚔️ Virginia – Remote

⚔️ Virginia – Remote

💵 $180k - $190k / year

⏰ Full Time

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Raft

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51 - 200 employees

💼 Consulting

🎖️ Defense

🏥 Healthcare

Consulting • Defense • Healthcare

Raft is a company that partners with public agencies to solve complex problems affecting the lives of millions of Americans. Specializing in cutting-edge digital solutions, Raft focuses on data and AI, digital platforms at scale, and complex software applications. The company emphasizes software architecture, UX/UI design, and automated testing to modernize legacy applications and data systems for speed, security, and scalability. Raft also implements sustainable data governance strategies and human-centered AI systems to enhance decision-making. As a government and commercial partner in advancing technology solutions, Raft is dedicated to empowering organizations with products that prioritize user outcomes over features.

📋 Description

• 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 Prometheus, Grafana, Fluent Bit, Loki, Kibana, OpenTelemetry, or similar observability tools. • 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 • And More!