Senior Software Engineer - Dept 17

Que Technology Group

  • Fort Meade, MD
  • Contract
  • Full-time
  • 15 days ago
*** Only candidates with current TS/SCI clearance will be considered ***** We are unable to sponsor a clearance at this time ***** A POLYGRAPH is required for this position **JOB DESCRIPTION:
  • We are seeking an experienced Senior Software Developer to take ownership of a Kubernetes-native application designed to orchestrate and deploy workloads within the cluster it runs in.
  • The role involves advancing a platform that integrates a modern web-based UI/UX, containerized microservices, and cloud-native components.
  • The ideal candidate will have strong expertise inGo, TypeScript, Python, and Kubernetes, and will be comfortable working with containerization, orchestration, and event-driven systems.
  • In addition, the candidate must be willing to collaborate with multiple teams to ensure operational excellence and maintain and improve documentation while adhering to internal development standards.
REQUIRED SKILLS:
  • Hardware and software integration, Infrastructure, provisioning, Ansible CM, Kubernetes, Cloud Technologies, Rancher, Containers as a service (Caas)
  • Proficiency in Go (Golang), with practical experience developing production services
  • Experience building frontends using TypeScript, HTML, and CSS
  • Solid experience with Kubernetes, Helm, and GitOps workflows (ArgoCD)
  • Familiarity with event-driven architectures and message brokers like Kafka
  • Hands-on experience with container technologies like Docker, and orchestration via RKE2 or similar
  • Strong understanding of system design, RESTful APIs, and microservices
  • Familiarity with SQL databases and integration in containerized environments
  • Strong debugging, problem-solving, and communication skills
DESIRED SKILLS:
  • Familiar with Atlassian Tool Suite (Jira, Bamboo, Fisheye)
  • Experience with Agile development
  • Experience with Continuous IntegrationLINUX or UNIX administration/maintenance experience
  • Knowledge of SIGINT systems and dataflows
  • Ability to perform in a team environment
  • Experience with Kafka, NiFi, MetalLB, and MinIO in production environments
  • Familiar with infrastructure-as-code and automation using cloud-init or Terraform
  • Experience with CI/CD pipelines and Git-based workflows
  • Background in observability (Prometheus, Grafana, or similar)
  • Experience with Rancher Suite (Harvester, Longhorn, KubeVirt)
  • Prior work with AWS (EKS, S3, Lambda, RDS) or other cloud platforms
  • Maintain and improve documentation and internal development standards
EDUCATION:
  • 20+ years of software development experience, with a strong focus on backend and cloud-native applications
** You must have TS/SCI Clearance for this position **
** A POLYGRAPH is required for this position **BENEFITS:
  • Company Medical/Dental/Vision plans – Company paid
  • Short-term Disability, Long-term disability and Life Insurance– Company paid
  • First Class travel upgrade for 7 hour or longer flights & company card will be provided for expenses
  • Vacation / Personal days granted at 25 days per year
  • Paid Federal Holidays – 11 days
  • $5,000 Annual Professional Development Fund plus 40 paid hours if in class
  • 401K with 6% company match; all contributions are immediately vested by Employee
  • Employee will be paid a bonus of $10,000 per employee hired based on their referral
  • Up to 3 paid Code Red days due to customer closure
We are an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, age, national origin, disability status, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

Que Technology Group