Software Engineer 3 (QKS - 043)

Serving Maryland and the Greater Washington D.C. area, SageCor Solutions (SageCor) is a growing company bringing complete engineering services and true full lifecycle System Engineering services to areas requiring (or desiring) nationally-recognized expertise in high performance computing, large data analytics and cutting edge information technologies.

Active TS/SCI W/ Polygraph Required.

Responsibilities:

• Design scalable workflows for deploying and managing Kubernetes-native applications
• Lead the development of reusable Helm charts, GitOps templates, and deployment strategies
• Build system-aware controllers or agents that automate app lifecycle tasks
• Contribute to platform-wide architecture decisions (e.g., deployment strategy, multi-cluster config, observability)
• Mentor junior engineers and review code for reliability, clarity, and best practices
• Collaborate with DevOps and platform teams to ensure secure and compliant deployments

Core Skills:

• Deep experience with Go or Python in cloud-native contexts
• Strong Kubernetes experience: CRDs, Helm, GitOps, multi-tenant app deployments
• Experience with event-driven or agent-based systems (e.g., Kafka, controller patterns)
• Familiar with infrastructure automation (Terraform, cloud-init, Ansible)
• Comfortable balancing automation and operator oversight in complex environments

Leadership Traits:

• Owns end-to-end delivery of system components
• Helps shape internal standards and shared tooling
• Guides team through design decisions and tradeoffs
• Thinks in systems, not just services

Consistent with federal and state law where SageCor conducts business, SageCor Solutions provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or veteran status, or any other protected class.