Senior Software Engineer

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 willinclude:

• Build step-by-step approach to setting up basic event-driven automation using Ansible Rulebooks andansible.eda.rangemodule.
• 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.ymlconfigurations, 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 first90 daysof employment with Raft

Highly preferred:

• Experience configuring and managing Red HatIdM(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 withthemission.

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 isUbuntu: IAm, BecauseWe 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.