Senior Software Developer - KubernetesNative Platform
Location: Columbia, MD
Clearance Required: TS/SCI with Polygraph
Telework: Based on tasking
About the Role
We're looking for a Senior Software Developer to take technical ownership of a Kubernetesnative application that orchestrates and deploys workloads directly within its own cluster. You'll help evolve a modern platform built on containerized microservices, cloudnative components, and a clean, webbased UI/UX. This role is perfect for someone who thrives in distributed systems, enjoys working across backend and frontend technologies, and values collaboration across multiple engineering teams.
What You'll Work On
- Advancing a Kubernetesnative orchestration platform
- Designing and developing backend services in Go, Python, and cloudnative architectures
- Building and enhancing frontend components using TypeScript, HTML, and CSS
- Working with containerized microservices and orchestration tools such as Docker, RKE2, and Helm
- Implementing GitOps workflows using ArgoCD
- Integrating eventdriven systems and message brokers like Kafka
- Contributing to system design, RESTful API development, and microservice architecture
- Collaborating with multiple teams to ensure operational excellence
- Maintaining and improving documentation and internal development standards
Basic Qualifications
- 10+ years of software development experience, with a strong focus on backend and cloudnative applications
- TS/SCI with Polygraph
- Experience with:
- Hardware and software integration
- Infrastructure and provisioning
- Ansible configuration management
- Kubernetes, cloud technologies, and Rancher
- ContainersasaService (CaaS) environments
- Proficiency in Go (Golang) for productiongrade services
- Experience building modern frontends with TypeScript, HTML, and CSS
- Strong understanding of:
- Kubernetes, Helm, GitOps (ArgoCD)
- Eventdriven architectures and Kafka
- Docker and container orchestration
- System design, RESTful APIs, and microservices
- SQL databases in containerized environments
- Excellent debugging, problemsolving, and communication skills
Preferred Qualifications
- Familiarity with the Atlassian Suite (Jira, Bamboo, Fisheye)
- Experience with Agile development and Continuous Integration
- Linux/UNIX administration experience
- Knowledge of SIGINT systems and dataflows
- Experience with:
- Kafka, NiFi, MetalLB, MinIO
- Infrastructureascode (cloudinit, Terraform)
- CI/CD pipelines and Gitbased workflows
- Observability tools (Prometheus, Grafana)
- Rancher Suite (Harvester, Longhorn, KubeVirt)
- AWS services (EKS, S3, Lambda, RDS)
- Ability to work effectively in a team environment
- Commitment to maintaining and improving documentation and development standards