Software Engineer

Ardent Principles, Inc. • Chantilly, VA

16h • Onsite

About The Position

REQUIRED: TS/SCI with Full Scope Polygraph
LOCATION: Full-time, onsite in Chantilly, VA

We are hiring for a highly skilled Software Engineer with real Kubernetes delivery experience—someone who has owned the full lifecycle from design through operations. You should be comfortable building and maintaining custom Helm charts, enforcing RBAC, structuring namespaces, configuring granular workload permissions and building CI/CD or GitOps pipelines that interface directly with Kubernetes orchestration

Who We Are:
We offer advanced services in data science, data engineering, software engineering, AI solutions, cybersecurity, staff augmentation, and IT program management.

With a competitive salary range and industry-leading benefits, Ardent Principles offers more than just a job - we offer a career path filled with growth and opportunities.

Passionate Integrity, Driven by Excellence
"Ardent Principles" signifies our unwavering commitment to excellence, driven by a profound passion and a strict adherence to ethical values. We believe that happy employees make for happy clients. Our mission is to act as a bridge between satisfied clients and fulfilled employees, ensuring that your job and well-being are our top priorities because your satisfaction leads to the success of our clients.

Join us and let's shape the future together!

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or closely-related field; or equivalent practical experience.

Nice To Haves

• Developing custom Kubernetes controllers, including mutating and validating admission webhooks to enforce policy and standardization.
• Hands-on with advanced security policy enforcement using Istio service mesh (e.g., mTLS, policy, traffic management).
• Defining custom Kubernetes-native network policies (CNI) for zero-trust segmentation.
• Track record managing multiple, isolated tenants within a single Kubernetes environment.
• Generating and collecting workload metrics using standard endpoints (e.g., Prometheus, OpenMetrics) and exposing health probes.
• Integration of Kubernetes workloads with AWS cloud-native services using IAM role permissions (e.g., IRSA, service account <-> role mapping).

Responsibilities

• Full development lifecycle experience delivering capabilities on Kubernetes (design, build, test, deploy, operate).
• Hands-on experience building and maintaining custom Kubernetes Helm charts or an equivalent resource manager (e.g., Kustomize).
• Proven expertise with Kubernetes RBAC policy configuration and enforcement.
• Practical use of namespaces to separate and manage workloads.
• Configuring granular workload permissions using native roles and role bindings.
• Building automation pipelines (CI/CD) that interface directly with Kubernetes orchestration (e.g., GitOps, progressive delivery).

Benefits

• Highly Competitive Salary: Recognizing and rewarding your expertise and contributions.
• Generous Paid Time Off: Providing ample time for rest, relaxation, and personal pursuits.
• Dedicated Training Budget: Supporting continuous learning and professional development.
• 100% Employer-Covered Family Vision, Dental, and Health Insurance: Ensuring comprehensive health coverage for you and your family.
• 100% Employer-Covered Life and Disability Insurance: Offering financial security and peace of mind.
• 401(k) Plan with a 6% Employer Match: Helping you plan and save for a secure retirement, with 100% vesting from day one.
• 11 Paid Government Holidays: Observing national holidays to ensure time off with family and friends.
• Spot Bonuses for Exceptional Performance: Rewarding outstanding contributions and achievements.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 1-10 employees