Senior TS/SCI Software Engineer — Kubernetes & Cloud Onsite

The Fountain Group; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 123,984 - 137,760; Full time

Job summary

A leading software solutions provider is looking for a Senior Software Engineer to support critical programs within the Intelligence Community. The position requires an active TS/SCI clearance and expertise in Kubernetes. The successful candidate will design, implement, and enhance applications in classified environments, while leading projects and mentoring junior staff. Strong programming skills in Go or Python are needed, along with a deep understanding of cloud-native development, making this an essential role for innovative software delivery.

Qualifications

• Active TS/SCI clearance with Full Scope Polygraph required.
• 8+ years of software engineering experience focused on cloud-native or distributed systems.
• Experience mentoring and leading technical teams.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement distributed application orchestration logic.
• Lead the development of reusable Helm charts and deployment strategies.
• Guide junior engineers through design decisions.

Skills

Go

Python

Kubernetes expertise

Event-driven systems

Infrastructure automation

Technical leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience

Tools

Terraform

Ansible

Kafka

Prometheus

Grafana

AWS GovCloud

Job description

A leading software solutions provider is looking for a Senior Software Engineer to support critical programs within the Intelligence Community. The position requires an active TS/SCI clearance and expertise in Kubernetes. The successful candidate will design, implement, and enhance applications in classified environments, while leading projects and mentoring junior staff. Strong programming skills in Go or Python are needed, along with a deep understanding of cloud-native development, making this an essential role for innovative software delivery.