Senior Software Engineer

Raft is building a real-time data platform for the Department of Defense (DoD), aimed at enhancing operators' awareness of critical events. The Senior Software Engineer will architect, develop, and implement end-to-end cluster and application lifecycles, working with clients to develop Kubernetes or Docker solutions in both Cloud and on-premises environments.

Responsibilities:

• Architect, develop and implement end-to-end cluster and application lifecycles
• Work with clients architecting, developing and implementing Kubernetes or Docker solutions both in the Cloud and on-premises
• Develop and implement CI/CD pipelines
• Implement GitOps for Software Delivery

Requirements:

• 3+ years of relevant DOD industry experience
• 3+ years' experience with Docker and Kubernetes, provisioning production clusters and maintaining their compliance
• Experience with building and managing data-intensive platforms using popular streaming technologies such as Kafka, Pinot, or Flink
• Experience in data management technologies including ETL processing, data governance, and data storage
• Experience with AWS and/or other cloud computing solutions
• Experienced with building, deployment, release automation, or orchestration
• Experience with Kubernetes monitoring (i.e. Prometheus, Grafana) and logging (i.e. Fluentbit, Kibana, Loki) solutions
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code (e.g. Terraform, Ansible, etc.)
• Experience with configuring CI/CD pipelines using GitLab Runners
• Obtain Security+ within the first 90 days of employment with Raft
• Ability to obtain and maintain a Secret clearance
• Ability to travel up to 25%
• Solid understanding of Helm Charts
• Experience using a variety of package managers/dependency managers including Maven, Gradle, NPM, and Yarn
• Knowledge of Istio
• Experience with supporting enterprise Cloud applications or infrastructure
• Experience in automation languages like Python or GoLang
• Comfortable provisioning and debugging complex CI/CD pipelines