Principal Platform Engineer (OCONUS)

Raft Company Website · Other US Location

Company

Raft Company Website

Location

Other US Location

Type

Full Time

Job Description

This is a U.S. based position. The majority of the programs we support require U.S. citizenship to be eligible for employment.

Who we are:

Raft (https://goraft.tech) is a customer-obsessed non-traditional small business with 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 Principal Platform Engineer to support our customer and join our passionate team of high-impact problem solvers. This position will be temporarily located overseas in either Korea or Qatar for 90-day rotations which may last for a year. After that time frame, this position will be located at Langley AFB in Hampton, VA and will include shift/hybrid work. 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:

This position is responsible for supporting the Air Force as a Platform Engineer, building and operating hybrid-infrastructure developer platforms. This person will ideally have a solid Kubernetes background, supporting automation of platform management at enterprise scale. This position requires that the engineer feel comfortable maintaining the underlying services required to host containerized applications.

Required Qualifications:

  • 5+ years experience leading teams building and developing containerized services deployed in production on platforms like Kubernetes
  • 5+ years experience building developer platform services and APIs that scale to production
  • Experience building production services using Cloud Infrastructure Providers like AWS
  • Demonstrates deep understanding of modern microservices architectures, design patterns, resiliency techniques, and optimizations.
  • Bachelor’s degree in a technical field or equivalent industry experience
  • Comfortable with modern languages, including Java, Python, Go, or NodeJS

Highly preferred:

  • Security+ certification OR ability to obtain within 90 days of hire
  • Pivotal Cloud Foundry (PCF) experience
  • Current Active Secret Clearance

Clearance Requirements:

  • Ability to obtain and maintain a SECRET clearance or higher

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
  • 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. 

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.

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09/29/2022

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