Software Engineer Level 3

Software Engineer Level 3

Jovian Concepts, LLC is looking to hire a Software Engineer Level 3 for a great opportunity in the Annapolis Junction, MD area. A current and active TS/SCI Clearance with a Polygraph is required to be considered. Seeking 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

Leadership Traits

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

Requirements

• Twenty (20) years experience as a SWE in programs and contracts of similar scope, type, and complexity is required.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related discipline from an accredited college or university is required. Four (4) years of additional SWE experience on projects with similar software processes may be substituted for a bachelor's degree.

Core Skills Required:

• 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