Senior DevOps Engineer – Secure Data Platform (Hybrid)

Raft; McLean (VA); Hybrid; USD 150,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

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

Job summary

Raft is seeking a Senior DevOps Engineer to design and manage secure Kubernetes infrastructure for critical data platforms. The role involves building CI/CD pipelines, collaborating with software engineers, and ensuring operational reliability across environments. Candidates must have 5+ years of experience and an active Secret clearance.

With a salary range of $150,000 - $200,000, this hybrid position allows for up to 25% travel. Raft offers competitive benefits including healthcare coverage, 401(k) matching, and generous PTO.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of production experience with Docker and Kubernetes.
• Strong experience building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines.
• Experience supporting data-intensive platforms using streaming technologies like Kafka.

Responsibilities

• Design and maintain Kubernetes infrastructure for data platforms.
• Build and manage CI/CD pipelines using GitLab and GitOps.
• Collaborate with software engineers to improve deployability and reliability.

Skills

Kubernetes

Docker

CI/CD pipelines

Infrastructure as Code

Java

Go

Kafka

Education

5+ years of relevant experience in DevOps or platform engineering roles

Tools

Terraform

Ansible

GitLab

Prometheus

Grafana

Job description

Raft is seeking a Senior DevOps Engineer to design and manage secure Kubernetes infrastructure for critical data platforms. The role involves building CI/CD pipelines, collaborating with software engineers, and ensuring operational reliability across environments. Candidates must have 5+ years of experience and an active Secret clearance.

With a salary range of $150,000 - $200,000, this hybrid position allows for up to 25% travel. Raft offers competitive benefits including healthcare coverage, 401(k) matching, and generous PTO.