Senior Engineer

Raft•San Diego, CA

2d•Hybrid

About The Position

As a Senior Engineer at Raft, you’ll build the code and automation that powers secure, mission-critical platforms in Department of Defense environments. This is a development-focused role. You won’t be responsible for maintaining day-to-day infrastructure. Instead, you’ll write the code that builds, configures, secures, and deploys it. You’ll collaborate with developers, platform engineers, and integration teams to create reusable infrastructure components that can be reliably deployed across customer environments, including disconnected and air-gapped systems.

Requirements

Active TS/SCI clearance is required
5+ years of experience in infrastructure/platform development
Hands-on expertise in: Kubernetes (RKE2 preferred)
Helm chart development
CI/CD pipeline creation in GitLab
Puppet module and Hiera development
Bash and Python scripting
Ansible
Strong understanding of RHEL Linux environments
Ability to write clean, modular code intended for handoff

Nice To Haves

Masters Degree in related field preferred
10+ years of experience in infrastructure/platform development
Experience with container tools and registries (Harbor, Trivy, Skopeo)
Familiarity with LDAP, Keycloak, or centralized auth systems
Previous experience supporting DoD/IC environments
Experience developing for disconnected or air-gapped systems
Contributions to open-source infrastructure automation projects

Responsibilities

Collaborate with other developers to produce: Puppet modules that enforce secure configurations and compliance
Helm charts for Kubernetes-based deployments
CI/CD pipelines using GitLab
Automation scripts in Bash and Python
Work closely with platform and integration engineers to support handoff and implementation of your codebase
Contribute to reusable, modular infrastructure code libraries
Align all code with DoD security requirements and STIG compliance
Support customer success by occasionally joining on-site meetings or integration efforts