SENIOR ENGINEER

<div class="content-intro"><p><strong>This is a U.S. based position. All of the programs we support require </strong><strong>U.S. citizenship to be eligible for employment. All work must be conducted within the continental U.S.</strong></p></div><p><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Who we are:</strong></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Raft (<a class="theme markdown__link" href="https://teamraft.com/" target="_blank">https://TeamRaft.com</a>) 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.</span></p> <p><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><strong>About the role: </strong></span></p> <div class="ewa-rteLine"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">As a Senior Engineer, you will take on more responsibilities in the cybersecurity domain. You will work on implementing and maintaining security solutions, participating in security testing, and assisting with incident response activities.</span></div> <div class="ewa-rteLine"> </div> <div class="ewa-rteLine"><strong><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">What We Are Looking For:</span></strong></div> <div class="ewa-rteLine"> <ul> <li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">5+ years of experience implementing IAM, SIEM, IaC, and CaC solutions such as Okta, Keycloak, Splunk, ELK, Terraform, Puppet, Chef, or MITRE SAF</span></li> <li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">2+ years of experience configuring &amp; maintaining security tooling such as vulnerability &amp; compliance scanners, SAST &amp; DAST, EDR, audit logging, etc.</span></li> <li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">2+ years of experience with AWS cloud security offerings such as CloudTrail, CloudWatch, Inspector, GuardDuty, Shield, Secrets Manager, etc.</span></li> <li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">2+ years of experience implementing automated validations of RMF controls (e.g., NIST 800-53) in container or VM images</span></li> <li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Experience with securing and hardening Linux virtual machines and containers</span></li> <li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Proven experience in software systems development via CI/CD pipelines (Gitlab Pipelines)</span></li> <li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Understanding of secure network &amp; system architectures, virtualization &amp; cloud technologies, application security, encryption technologies, and IPS/IDS technologies</span></li> <li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Experience with defense-in-depth security engineering and conducting security testing against the environment</span></li> <li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Working knowledge of DevSecOps methodologies &amp; implementing security tooling within CI/CD pipelines</span></li> <li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Familiarity with containerization technologies such as Kubernetes &amp; Docker and related scanning tools such as TwistLock, Trivy, Zarf, JFrog Xray, or Anchore</span></li> <li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Understanding of on-prem &amp; cloud-based Linux &amp; Windows systems hardening using DISA STIGs &amp; SRGs or other industry best practices</span></li> <li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Hands-on experience with relevant security documentation such as SBOMs, PPS lists, data flow &amp; network diagrams, and SSPs</span></li> <li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Willing to occasionally work in a classified environment such as a Closed Area or SCIF on a quarterly basis</span></li> <li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Stay current with industry trends, making recommendations as needed to help the company excel</span></li> <li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Obtain CompTIA Security+ or other DoD 8570 IAT Level II or higher certification within the first 90 days of employment with Raft</span></li> </ul> </div> <p><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><strong>Highly preferred:</strong></span></p> <ul> <li style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"> <div class="ewa-rteLine"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Familiarity with the NIST RMF or other security/risk frameworks</span></div> </li> <li style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"> <div class="ewa-rteLine"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Experience with programming languages such as Python, Go, Java, JavaScript, TypeScript, C#</span></div> </li> <li style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"> <div class="ewa-rteLine"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Implement and improve development and security best practices by building necessary CICD pipeline jobs (Linting, SCA, SAST, Vulnerability scanning)</span></div> </li> <li style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"> <div class="ewa-rteLine"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Hands-on keyboard experience with AWS Cloud offerings</span></div> </li> <li style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"> <div class="ewa-rteLine"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Experience with implementing Sigstore and Cosign to sign container images as well as SBOMs</span></div> </li> <li style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"> <div class="ewa-rteLine"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Experience with hardening application containers</span></div> </li> <li style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"> <div class="ewa-rteLine"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Proven experience with Istio service mesh</span></div> </li> <li style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"> <div class="ewa-rteLine"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Certifications such as:</span></div> <div class="ewa-rteLine"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">o CKS or CKA</span></div> <div class="ewa-rteLine"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">o AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate or Professional</span></div> <div class="ewa-rteLine"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">o AWS Certified DevOps Engineer – Associate or Professional</span></div> <div class="ewa-rteLine"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">o CCSP</span></div> </li> </ul> <p><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><strong>Clearance Requirements:</strong></span></p> <ul> <li style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Ability to obtain and maintain an active TS SCI security clearance</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Candidates must already have at minimum an active TS clearance</span></li> </ul> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Salary Range: $150,000.00 - $170,000.00</strong></span></p> <p><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><strong>Work Type:</strong></span></p> <ul> <li style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Remote with a preference for candidates local to San Antonio, TX</span></li> </ul> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>What we will offer you: </strong></span></p> <ul> <li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Highly competitive salary</span></li> <li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Fully covered healthcare, dental, and vision coverage</span></li> <li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">401(k) and company match</span></li> <li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Take as you need PTO + 11 paid holidays</span></li> <li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Education &amp; training benefits</span></li> <li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Generous Referral Bonuses</span></li> <li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">And More!</span></li> </ul> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Our Vision Statement: </strong></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">We bridge the gap between humans and data through radical transparency and our obsession with the mission. </span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Our Customer Obsession:</strong> </span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">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.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>How do we get there?</strong> </span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">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. </span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Raft’s core philosophy is <strong>Ubuntu: I Am, Because We are</strong>. We support our <em>“nadi”</em> 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. </span></p><div class="content-conclusion"><p><strong>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.</strong></p></div>