Remote
Senior Engineer
About this role
This is a U.S. based position. All of the programs we support require U.S. citizenship to be eligible for employment. All work must be conducted within the continental U.S. Who we are: Raft ( https://TeamRaft.com ) 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. About the role: Raft is seeking a Senior Cybersecurity Engineer to support the program's core support team. This role will help secure, operate, and continuously improve the program environment as it provides secure access to protected DoD resources across cloud environments and multiple security classifications.
You will work alongside Product, DevSecOps, Site Reliability, and Software Engineering personnel to support team operations and develop security capabilities specific to the cloud platform environment. What You’ll Do Maintain and improve the cybersecurity posture of the cloud platform stack across classified and unclassified environments. Support Authority to Operate (ATO) and continuous Authority to Operate (cATO) requirements and ensure platform changes remain aligned with the applicable DoD Reference Design and approved security baseline.
Identify, analyze, prioritize, and remediate vulnerabilities across cloud infrastructure, Kubernetes environments, containers, applications, and supporting technologies. Integrate security controls and automated security testing into DevSecOps and GitOps workflows. Support continuous monitoring and integration with applicable DoD Cyber Service Providers. Develop and maintain security automation using Infrastructure as Code and Configuration as Code, including technologies such as Terraform, Ansible, Helm, Kubernetes Operators, and similar tooling.