Job Description
Skill Level 3 20 years with BS
Profile: A senior engineer who can design, implement, and improve distributed application orchestration logic, mentor peers, and contribute to the architectural direction of the system.
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
Profile: A senior engineer who can design, implement, and improve distributed application orchestration logic, mentor peers, and contribute to the architectural direction of the system.
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
Numbers & Facts
| Location | Annapolis Junction, Maryland |
| Industry | Other/Not Classified |
| Company Size | 100 to 499 employees |
| Year Founded | 2011 |
| Website | https://beyondsof.com/ |
About Company
Beyond SOF, LLC is a SDVOSB (registered with CVE) which offers the following services:
Special Operations Integration and Recruitment
Business Development/Brokerage
Tech Integration
Sensitive Technical Solutions
Skills
- Ansibleunmatched
- Automationunmatched
- Best Practicesunmatched
- Cloud Computingunmatched
- Code Reviewsunmatched
- DevOpsunmatched
- Distributed Applicationsunmatched
- Leadershipunmatched
- Machine Toolunmatched
- Mentoringunmatched
- Python Programming/Scripting Languageunmatched
- Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC)unmatched
- Software Engineeringunmatched
- System Architectureunmatched
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