DevSecOps Engineer (Remote)

Remote, US

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 small business with a purposeful focus on Distributed Data Systems, Platforms at Scale, and Complex Application Development, with headquarters in Reston, VA. Our range of clients include 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 DevSecOps Engineer to support our customers and join our passionate team of high-impact problem solvers. This is a unique opportunity to help build and shape a game-changing organization where we put our customers and people first. 

About the role:

As a DevSecOps Engineer, you'll be embedded on a team that manages and maintains critical applications that developers use to deploy applications that deliver serious impact! You'll help out via CI/CD pipeline deployments of all critical application infrastructure. Of course, as a DevSecOps Engineer, you'll be able to optimize these processes with automation and maintenance using Terraform or via scripts.

What we are looking for:  

• 5+ years of relevant hands-on experience in DevOps
• Problem solving and critical thinking skills
• Experience with CI/CD technologies like Gitlab, Jenkins, etc
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code frameworks like Terraform
• Experience with building services using Cloud providers like AWS, GCP, or Azure
• Experience securing applications via CI/CD pipelines leveraging static code analysis or unit and integration testing
• Experience with developing containerized services deployed on orchestration platforms like Kubernetes, Mesos, etc
• Obtain Security + Certification within first 90 day with Raft

Highly preferred: 

• Proficiency in Python scripting
• Experience with monitoring and logging
• Experience with Terragrunt wrapper
• Experience with Ansible automation platform

Clearance Requirements:  

• Ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. SECRET Security Clearance 

Work Type:  

• Remote;
• Must live within 1 hour driving distance from one of these locations: 
• Dayton OH, Boston MA, Destin FL, Oklahoma City OK, San Antonio TX, Salt Lake City UT, Arlington VA

What we will offer you:  

• Highly competitive salary 
• Fully covered healthcare, dental, and vision coverage 
• 401(k) and company match 
• Unlimited 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 
• 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.

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.

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.