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 defense tech company dedicated to empowering U.S. military and government agencies with cutting-edge AI/ML and data solutions. We are a leader in autonomous data fusion and Agentic AI, 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.
About the role:
As a Senior Software Engineer on the Defensive Cyber Operations for Space (DCO-S) Kraken (in band) development team, you will be the backbone of our in band value stream for the Digital Blood Hound project, building and maintaining the COTS tools, Deployment automation, and CI/CD pipelines that enable our software teams to ship code efficiently and securely. You will move away from application-layer development to focus on Detection as Code (DaC), value stream model, within a Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) Operating System and Event-Driven Ansible (EDA) deployment model. This is a hands-on technical role for someone who loves solving technical design patterns with the approved Tools and building stable value streams that allow our mission site end users to uncover threats that are outside the Heuristic Baseline Machine Learning models discovered at the air gapped mission system network and application levels.
Responsibilities will include:
- Build step-by-step approach to setting up basic event-driven automation using Ansible Rulebooks and ansible.eda.range module.
- Infrastructure Automation: Design, develop, and maintain Ansible EDA playbooks and roles to automate the provisioning and configuration of RHEL servers and infrastructure
- CI/CD Pipeline Management: Own the Kraken GitLab CI/CD pipelines to ensure seamless integration and delivery of software artifacts
- Containerization: Manage containerized applications and environments using Podman, ensuring efficient resource utilization and isolation
- System Administration: Perform advanced administration of COTS tools and Cloud Dev environments, including patching, security hardening, and performance tuning
- Tooling & Scripting: Develop custom automation scripts and tools using EDA, Python and Shell (Bash) to streamline operational tasks
- Collaboration: Work closely with security, platform and Cloud engineers to troubleshoot deployment issues and optimize the development feedback loop
What we are looking for:
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Physics, Mathematics, or a related field with 18+ years of experience, or a Master’s degree with 10+ year of experience
- Deep understanding of Linux fundamentals, specifically Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)
- Hands-on experience with Ansible for automation and configuration management
- Proficiency with GitLab (administering runners, writing .gitlab-ci.yml configurations, and managing repositories)
- Strong programming skills in Ansible, Python and Shell/Bash scripting for automation and system tasks
- Experience running and managing containers using Docker or Podman
- Obtain Security+ within the first 90 days of employment with Raft
Highly preferred:
- Experience configuring and managing Red Hat IdM (Identity Management) or FreeIPA
- Experience with Kubernetes (K8s) or OpenShift for container orchestration
- Experience with the Elastic Security, Elastic Observability, Elastic Machine Learning and the ELK Stack (Elasticsearch, Logstash, Kibana) for centralized logging and monitoring with AWS or Azure cloud environments
- Red Hat Certified Engineer (RHCE), Red Hat Certified System Administrator (RHCSA), or AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
Clearance Requirements:
- Active Secret Clearance required
Salary: $160,000.00-$185,000.00
Work Type:
- On-site Colorado Springs, Co
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
- Education & training benefits
- Generous Referral Bonuses
- 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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What We Do
Raft is a digital consulting firm with niche expertise in the rapid delivery of modern, user-first, scalable, and data-intensive digital solutions. We accelerate the missions of our federal partners through human-centered design (HCD) and agile development practices, bringing deep technical expertise in DevSecOps, Kubernetes management, cloud-native microservice architectures, and secure, open source delivery. We put our people and our culture first. We work with some of the smartest, hardest working experts in their field. We owe it to them to make sure our team is free of meaningless restrictions and internal politics so they can focus on what they love, finding innovative solutions. We build off the Open-Source and resist vendor lock in. That way you’re not paying us to reinvent the wheel, our solutions play nice with others and are always adaptable. We know digital innovation doesn’t always operate during bank hours, so neither do we. (It's also why we don’t dress like bankers.) We aren’t afraid to go the extra mile or put in the extra time to find a solution. We get it right the first time; we won’t waste our time (and your money) trying to fix something that’s fundamentally broken. It’s kind of like making an exceptional cup of coffee, if the beans are roasted wrong, it doesn’t matter how much pumpkin spice you dump in your cup, it’s still not going to taste great. And above all else we’re up for a challenge; it’s in our DNA. Ask us about something that’s never been done, or better yet something that can’t be done, and we’ll find a way to do it. It’s just who we are. If you need a partner that’s looking toward the future and not the past, don’t go traditional, go Raft.
Why Work With Us
Raft partners with public agencies to solve hard complex problems that impact the lives of millions of Americans. We work hard to make it easy for humans to connect with data.
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