DevSecOps Engineer - Reston, United States - Raft Company Website

Description

This is a U.S. based position. All of the programs we support require

U.S. citizenship to be eligible for employment. All work must be conducted within the continental U.S.

Who we are:
Raft ) is a customer-obsessed non-traditional small business with a purposeful focus on Distributed Data Systems, Platforms at Scale, and Complex Application Development, with headquarters in Reston, VA. Our range of clients includes innovative federal and public agencies leveraging design thinking, cutting-edge tech stack, and cloud-native ecosystem. We build digital solutions that impact the lives of millions of Americans.
We're looking for an experienced

Staff DevSecOps Engineer

to support our customers and join our passionate team of high-impact problem solvers.

About the role:
As a

Staff DevSecOps Engineer , you will spearhead initiatives related to developing and implementing end-to-end cluster and application lifecycles, setting the benchmark for security and efficiency.

Raft is building a real-time data platform for the Department of Defense (DoD), aimed at enhancing operators' awareness of critical events.

Central to this data platform is the aggregation of real-time data from various sensors.

This data is ultimately presented as a mission planning and execution UI to empower operators to make time-critical and pertinent decisions.

Key technologies include Kafka, Kafka Streams, Pinot, Java, Scala, and Kubernetes. Your involvement in this role will encompass hands-on collaboration with a team of accomplished individuals collectively striving towards excellence.

What we are looking for:
6-7 years experience with Kubernetes or Docker, with a proven track record
Developed supporting tools and infrastructure as code for clustered and distributed application lifecycles
Worked with clients architecting, developing, and implementing Kubernetes or Docker solutions both in the Cloud and on-premises
Developed and implemented CI/CD pipelines
Implement GitOps for Software Delivery
Five years' experience with Docker and Kubernetes, provisioning production clusters and maintaining their compliance
Experience with deploying and managing data-intensive platforms using popular streaming technologies such as Kafka, Pinot, or Flink
Solid understanding of Helm Charts, Kubernetes networking technologies (Calico, Cilium, etc.), and related concepts.
Hands-on operating stateful and data-intensive services in orchestrated environments
Experience with AWS and/or other cloud computing solutions
Experience with software packaging, build, and delivery approaches in distributed applications.
Has experience Kubernetes monitoring (i.e. Prometheus, Grafana) and logging (i.e. Fluentbit, Kibana, Loki) solutions
Experience with Infrastructure as Code (e.g. Terraform, Ansible, etc.)
Has configured CI/CD pipelines using GitLab Runners
Obtain Security+ within the first 90 days of employment with Raft

Highly preferred:
Advanced expertise in writing custom Helm Charts
Experience using a variety of package managers/dependency managers including Maven, Gradle, NPM, and Yarn
Knowledge of Istio
Experience supporting enterprise Cloud applications or infrastructure
Experience in automation languages like Python or GoLang
Comfortable provisioning and debugging complex CI/CD pipelines

Clearance Requirements:

Work Type:
On customer site in Dulles, VA
May require up to 25% travel

Salary Range :
$120,000 - $190,000
The determination of compensation is predicated upon a candidate's comprehensive experience, demonstrated skill, and proven abilities

What we will offer you:
Highly competitive salary
Fully covered healthcare, dental, and vision coverage
401(k) and company match
Take as you need PTO + 11 paid holidays
Monthly box of yummy snacks to eat while doing meaningful work
Remote, hybrid, and flexible work options
And More

Our Vision Statement:
We bridge the gap between humans and data through radical transparency and our obsession with the mission.

Our Customer Obsession:
We will approach every deliverable like it's a product. We will adopt a customer-obsessed mentality.

As we grow, and our footprint becomes larger, teams and employees will treat each other not only as teammates but customers.

We must live the customer-obsessed mindset, always.

This will help us scale and it will translate to the interactions that our Rafters have with their clients and other product teams that they integrate with.

Our culture will enable our success and set us apart from other companies.
How do we get there?
Public-sector modernization is critical for us to live in a better world. We, at Raft, want to innovate and solve complex problems.

And, if we are successful, our generation and the ones that follow us will live in a delightful, efficient, and accessible world where out-of-box thinking, and collaboration is a norm.

Raft's core philosophy is

Ubuntu:
I Am, Because We are . We support our

"nadi"

by elevating the other Rafters.

We work as a hyper collaborative team where each team member brings a unique perspective, adding value that did not exist before.

People make Raft special. We celebrate each other and our cognitive and cultural diversity. We are devoted to our practice of innovation and collaboration.
We're an equal opportunity employer.

All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran or disability status.

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