Your Dream. Our Team.

About Rise8

We’re transforming the United States Government and we know that takes a dream team. 

We believe customer experience starts with employee experience, so we take care of our employees. We offer competitive pay and benefits, invest in employee growth, and offer a culture you can’t find anywhere else.

At Rise8, we continuously achieve unreached heights through next-level tech, and on-the-level collaboration. Together, we create continuous impact. We turn breakdowns into breakthroughs, make small steps into giant leaps, and deliver game-changing products through culture-changing process.

We pair Risers with their customer counterparts and practice pairing at every moment to elevate people and teams and deliver results fast and forever. We work in small teams and rotate between them frequently so that we are able to meet new challenges and explore new ideas.

Our methodology is about experimenting and learning, and our culture is empowering. We subscribe to an ethos of kindness. We make a point to bring empathy to each and every project and are guided by a promise and a purpose: to deploy critical outcomes to prod in order to drive relentless progress. Not just an idea. But an outcome. A better world. A world where every day, fewer bad things happen because of bad software.

Rise8 is certified as a Great Place to Work with 100% of employees saying they love working here.

About You

• You want to make tomorrow better than today. 
• You have a passion for high-speed security and you care about risk management over compliance.
• You believe the biggest vulnerability in any system is time. You live to securely reduce cycle time.
• You enjoy daily decision making and real product delivery.
• You help ensure project success and client satisfaction. 
• You enjoy collaborative teams, pairing with team members, and inviting your clients to participate. 
• You like to work alongside, and learn from, lean and agile leaders. 
• You are a creative problem solver who is comfortable with uncertainty.
• You are a curious and keen learner who thrives on enhancing your (and our) practices and knowledge.

As a Senior Platform Engineer - Cloud & Cold Storage Ops at Rise8, you will: 

• Create and implement automated configuration and deployment processes to enhance the performance, accessibility, and ease of management of the platform and its related services.
• Establish and manage administrator and service accounts, while also maintaining accurate system documentation and effectively resolving technical issues.
• Utilize scripting tools to craft self-service capabilities within the Platform as a Service (PaaS), fostering a seamless developer experience for development teams.
• Collaborate closely with developers to diagnose and troubleshoot problems, ensuring smooth operations.
• Take on the operational responsibility for the services under your team's ownership.
• Design and implement solutions for large-volume, long-term cold data storage, including Tier 2 on-prem to Tier 3 cloud migrations, with large capacity expectations.
• Integrate with existing and emerging data lakes by establishing and managing Authorizations to Connect (ATCs).
• Support mission data access, archive, and playback solutions in collaboration with partners ensuring program alignment and modernization baselines.
• Engineer resilient, secure, multi-site cold storage solutions at Secret-level classification, optimized for infrequent access and data older than one year.
• Thrive in an environment that nurtures your personal development and growth.
• Continuously enhance the product, delivering software that resonates positively with users and meets their needs effectively.

Qualifications 

• A background of 6-10 years in cloud/platform operations or related roles across diverse environments
• Hands-on experience with large-scale cold data storage systems (MDL/UDL preferred), archive tiering, and long-term data lifecycle management
• Knowledge of secure data connectivity and ATC processes for classified environments
• Proficiency in administering AWS and/or Azure Gov Cloud environments
• Expertise in container orchestration, specifically Kubernetes
• Proficient use of Infrastructure as Code (IAC) tools, with a focus on Terraform.
• Subject Matter Expertise in Linux Operating Systems administration
• Skilled in developing automation solutions using scripting languages to streamline recurring tasks
• Familiarity with networking concepts and practical experience involving technologies like Load Balancers, DNS, SSL, Firewal