Engineer

Raft Company Website•Colorado Springs, CO

6d•$140,000 - $165,000•Onsite

About The Position

Raft is seeking an experienced DevOps Engineer to join their passionate team. This role involves actively developing and implementing end-to-end cluster and application lifecycles, ensuring secure and efficient processes. The engineer will collaborate with clients on designing and implementing Kubernetes or Docker solutions, build CI/CD pipelines for smooth software updates, and apply GitOps principles for software delivery. A key aspect of the role is ensuring development and continuous integration/delivery processes adhere to security best practices, meet security requirements, and pass testing. The position also involves working with cloud deployment activities to ensure configurations meet STIG or DOD required security standards.

Requirements

Masters level Degree + 10 years of relevant hands-on experience with DevSecOps principles OR Bachelors Degree + 18 years of relevant hands-on experience with DevSecOps principles
Experience with AWS and cloud technologies
Good grasp of Agile, DevOps, and DevSecOps methodologies
Networking experience
Experience or knowledge of Service-Mesh, such as Istio
Good knowledge of version control systems like Gitlab
Experience in software systems development using CI/CD pipelines
Strong problem-solving skills
Familiar with Java, Node.js, Terraform Ansible, Chef, Puppet, Python
Passionate about automation, system efficiency, and security
Experience with Log Management and Analytics tools
Proficient in tools like AWS Cloud Services, Gitlab, Ansible, Maven, Gradle
Experience with Unit/Integration Testing
Familiarity with Infrastructure as Code
Able to obtain a Security+ certification within 90 days of employment with Raft
Bachelors degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Physics, Mathematics or a related field
Active Secret security clearance
U.S. citizenship

Nice To Haves

Experience with writing custom Helm Charts
Basic experience with Big Data
Multilingual programming abilities
Knowledge in automation languages like Python or GoLang

Responsibilities

Actively developing and implementing end-to-end cluster and application lifecycles
Ensuring processes are both secure and efficient
Collaborate with clients, designing and implementing Kubernetes or Docker solutions
Take part in building CI/CD pipelines, ensuring a smooth software update process
Actively participate in the application of GitOps principles for software delivery
Ensure that development and software continuous delivery and integrations uses security best practices throughout the process
Ensure capabilities deployed meet security requirements and test
Work with cloud deployment activities to ensure configurations meet STIG or DOD required security standards