Senior DevSecOps Engineer - Kubernetes & CI/CD Lead

Raft Company Website; Illinois; Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare coverage

401(k) match

PTO + holidays

Education benefits

Referral bonuses

Job summary

Raft is seeking a Senior DevSecOps Engineer to design, build, and operate secure, scalable platform infrastructure across cloud, on-prem, and hybrid environments. You will lead IaC, Kubernetes deployments, and secure CI/CD pipelines while partnering with software, security, and customer teams.

You will implement GitOps, container networking, and observability solutions, ensuring compliance and high availability for mission-critical applications at Scott AFB.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of professional experience in DevOps, DevSecOps, Platform Engineering, Site Reliability Engineering, or a related field.
• 3+ years of hands-on experience deploying, operating, and securing production Kubernetes and Docker environments.
• Experience provisioning, hardening, and maintaining compliant Kubernetes clusters.
• Understanding of Kubernetes architecture, Helm Charts, and container networking technologies including Calico, Cilium, or similar solutions.
• Experience operating stateful, highly available, and distributed services in Kubernetes environments.
• Experience with AWS or other cloud platforms supporting enterprise workloads.
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code using Terraform, Ansible, or similar automation frameworks.
• Experience configuring and maintaining CI/CD pipelines using GitLab Runners.
• Experience with software packaging, artifact repositories, and build automation for distributed applications.
• Experience implementing monitoring and logging solutions using Prometheus, Grafana, Fluent Bit, Loki, Kibana, or similar observability tools.
• Able to troubleshoot and problem-solving in complex production environment.
• Must have Sec+ certification.
• Must have CKA, CKAD, CKS, or similar certification.
• Must have local to Scott AFB, IL area.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain IaC supporting distributed, containerized, and cloud-native lifecycles.
• Architect, deploy, and manage Kubernetes platforms across AWS and other cloud environments.
• Design, implement, and optimize secure, performant CI/CD pipelines that automate testing, security scanning, deployment, and release management.
• Implement and mature GitOps workflows using modern GitOps tooling for continuous software delivery.
• Deploy, configure, and support platform hosted services in support of DOW tenant application teams across multiple impact levels.
• Build and maintain highly available, production-grade Kubernetes clusters while ensuring compliance with security and operational standards.
• Securely provide multi-tenant access to cloud native services.
• Develop automation to improve platform reliability, scalability, and operational efficiency.
• Configure and maintain Kubernetes networking technologies including Calico, Cilium, or equivalent CNIs.
• Deploy and support observability platforms using Prometheus, Grafana, Fluent Bit, Loki, Kibana, and related monitoring and logging solutions.
• Collaborate with software, platform, and security engineers to integrate security throughout the development lifecycle.

Skills

Kubernetes

AWS

Terraform

Ansible

GitLab CI

GitOps

CI/CD pipelines

Observability tools

Security compliance

DoD experience

Education

Security+ certification

CKA/CKAD/CKS certification

Tools

Prometheus

Grafana

Fluent Bit

Loki

Kibana

Calico

Cilium

Argo CD

Flux

Job description

Raft is seeking a Senior DevSecOps Engineer to design, build, and operate secure, scalable platform infrastructure across cloud, on-prem, and hybrid environments. You will lead IaC, Kubernetes deployments, and secure CI/CD pipelines while partnering with software, security, and customer teams.

You will implement GitOps, container networking, and observability solutions, ensuring compliance and high availability for mission-critical applications at Scott AFB.