What are the responsibilities and job description for the Software Engineer L3 QKFO - TS/SCI FS Poly required position at EMTAK LLC?
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 in Go, 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.
Basic Qualifications:
- 10 years of software development experience, with a strong focus on backend and cloud-native applications.
- TS SCI w/Poly
- This position will be looking for the following skillsets: 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.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Familiar with Atlassian Tool Suite (Jira, Bamboo, Fisheye).
- Experience with Agile development
- Experience with Continuous Integration
- LINUX 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.
- Familiarity 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