Senior Platform Architect

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 Senior Platform Architect to support our customer and join our passionate team of high-impact problem solvers. You will work cross-functionally to help our customer design, plan, implement, and guide enterprise strategies. In this role, you will be a technical advisor who will help to lead and direct the execution of the cloud strategy by combining expertise and business insights. You will partner with other teams to drive strategic initiatives for solutions. 

About the role:

The Senior Platform Architect shall have extensive experience in cloud computing that includes on premise, hybrid, and commercial cloud management. The engineer will be, at least, a mid to senior-level engineer capable of mentoring junior developers and engineers.  The engineer shall be able to provision, manage, and secure cloud infrastructure with expertise through infrastructure as code implementations at an Individual Contributor Level. The engineer will possess effective communication skills to interact with various stakeholders internal and external to the organization.

What we are looking for:

• Three-plus years of experience developing production software leveraging modern languages (including: Java, Python, Go, NodeJS, etc.)
• One-plus years of experience developing containerized services deployed in production on orchestration platforms such as Kubernetes, Mesos, Swarm, etc.
• Three-plus years of experience with agile and lean software development philosophies
• One-plus years of experience working with relational and/or non-relational databases e.g. PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB, Elasticsearch etc.
• Two-plus years of demonstrated experience with modern version control systems such as Git, Subversion, Mercurial, etc.
• Obtain Security + within the first 90 days of employment

Highly preferred:

• Five-plus years of demonstrated experience working as a software engineer leveraging large-scale cloud infrastructure as their primary application platform
• Five-plus years of demonstrated experience building declarative infrastructure using modern Infrastructure as Code techniques
• Experience successfully leading software, data center, and/or on-premise infrastructure engineering teams in adoption of cloud, hybrid and on-premise cloud-native architecture
• A deep understanding of modern security best practices for cloud infrastructure and networks
• Three-plus years of demonstrated experience building declarative infrastructure using modern Infrastructure as Code techniques
• Two-plus experience in scripting (PowerShell, JSON, and Python)

Clearance Requirements:

• Current Active TS/SCI Security Clearance

Position Type and Location:

• Hybrid - San Antonio, TX

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
• 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.