Staff DevSecOps Engineer

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 (https://TeamRaft.com) 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 McLean, 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, your day begins with architecting, developing, and implementing end-to-end cluster and application lifecycles, ensuring secure and efficient processes. Collaborate with clients, designing and executing bespoke Kubernetes or Docker solutions tailored to their unique requirements, be they cloud-based or on-premises. A significant portion of my day is dedicated to constructing and perfecting CI/CD pipelines, which aids in the rapid and reliable delivery of software updates. Finally, oversee the application of GitOps principles for software delivery, reinforcing the use of version control and enabling a more streamlined and dependable deployment process.

What we are looking for:

• 7+ years' experience with Kubernetes or Docker, provisioning production clusters and maintaining their compliance 
  
• Architect, develop and implement end-to-end cluster and application lifecycles 
  
• Work with clients architecting, developing and implementing Kubernetes or Experience with AWS and cloud technologies
  
• Knowledgeable in Agile, DevOps and DevSecOps methodologies, practices and culture
  
• Strong networking experience at all levels of the OSI model
  
• Experience with managing and integrating Service-Mesh, such as Istio
  
• Strong knowledge of version control systems like Gitlab, ability to maintain/operate Gitlab in the Cloud or on-premises
  
• Proven experience in software systems development via CI/CD pipelines 
  
• Problem solving aptitude
  
• Passionate about automation, system efficiency, and security
  
• Experience with designing and implementing enterprise-grade, scalable cloud-based services to support our development teams
  
• Implement GitOps for Software Delivery, i.e., FluxCD, ArgoCD
  
• Experience with Log Management and Analytics tools such as PLG/Splunk/ELK
  
• Ability to lead the development, maintenance, and improvement of our continuous integration/continuous delivery (CI/CD) pipeline using cloud services and automation tools
  
• Experience with building, deployment, release automation, or orchestration
  
• Demonstrated experience setting up one or more of the following tools: AWS Cloud Services, Gitlab, Ansible, Maven, Gradle, Single-Sign-On
  
• Experience with Unit/Integration Testing (e.g., Junit, SonarQube, Fortify, Trivy)
  
• Experienced with building, deployment, release automation, or orchestration 
  
• Experience with securing and hardening Linux virtual machines and containers
  
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code (e.g., Terraform, Ansible, etc.) 
  
• Experience building and consuming microservices - RESTful APIs, SOAP APIs, Web Services
  
• Stay current with industry trends, making recommendations as needed to help the company excel
  
• Able to obtain a Security+ certification within the first 90 days of employment with Raft
• Bachelors degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Physics, Mathematics or a related field 

Highly preferred:

• Solid understanding of writing custom Helm Charts
• Experience with Big Data such as Kafka, Hadoop, and Cassandra
• Polyglot experience using a variety of programming languages and their package managers/dependency managers s