Who we are:

Raft (https://TeamRaft.com) is a customer-obsessed non-traditional small business 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.

We’re looking for an experienced Senior Platform Engineer to support our customers and join our passionate team of high-impact problem solvers.

About the role:

The Senior Platform Engineer has substantial experience with hybrid-infrastructure developer platforms. This engineer is proficient in deploying Kubernetes and automating platform management. The engineer is adept at developing platform APIs and is comfortable hosting containerized applications. They provide mentoring to less experienced engineers and communicate effectively with both internal and external stakeholders.

What we are looking for:

• 4+ years of relevant hands-on experience, including working with cloud native solutions, federal network engineering best practices, automated work testing, and monitoring tools.
• Solid working experience troubleshooting network related latency issues in a cloud native, clustered environment.
• 2+ years of deep experience with Kubernetes
• Hands-on experience configuring, deploying, and administering AWS services, such as S3, EC2 instances, and RDS 
• In-depth experience applying network concepts and implementation details, from low-level TCP/IP stack, to Virtual Private Cloud Subnets, and gateway device, load balancer, such as AWS ALB
• Knowledge and experience with modern programming languages 
• Experience provisioning and troubleshooting CI/CD pipelines 
• Mastery in containerizing applications using Docker 
• Experience with agile methodologies 
• Actively participate in team demos

Highly preferred: 

• At least 2 years experience configuring and managing Docker, DockerHub, Docker Trusted Registry (DTR), and K8s
• In-depth experience with relational and non-relational databases

Clearance Requirements:

• Ability to obtain and maintain a public trust security clearance

Work Type: 

• Remote
• May require up to 10% travel

Salary Range:

• $110,000 – $180,000 
• The determination of compensation is predicated upon a candidate’s comprehensive experience, demonstrated skill, and proven abilities

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
• Annual budget for your tech/gadgets needs
• Monthly box of yummy snacks to eat while doing meaningful work
• Remote, hybrid, and flexible work options
• Team off-site in fun places!
• 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.