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# Software Developer 700 at Freedom Technology Solutions Group

- **Company:** Freedom Technology Solutions Group
- **Location:** St Louis, MO
- **Posted:** 2026-07-06
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-08
- **Apply:** https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/freedomconsulting/jobs/5178341007

## Job description

Freedom Technology Solutions Group is seeking a Software Developer to add to our Platform Mission Applications Team. The Platform Mission Applications team members are responsible for integrating, deploying and ensuring Continuous Delivery (CD) of Mission Partner Mission Applications across all the fabrics utilizing tools such as Istio, Kiali, K9s, Grafana, Keycloak, Gitlab, Kustomize, Helm and ArgoCD. We develop deployment and integration manifests used to create required kubernetes objects, resources, policies, and components in order to deploy Mission Partners applications into our ecosystem.

## What You'll Do

The Platform Mission Applications team members are responsible for integrating, deploying and ensuring Continuous Delivery (CD) of Mission Partner Mission Applications across all the fabrics utilizing tools such as Istio, Kiali, K9s, Grafana, Keycloak, Gitlab, Kustomize, Helm and ArgoCD. We develop deployment and integration manifests used to create required kubernetes objects, resources, policies, and components in order to deploy Mission Partners applications into our ecosystem.

Platform Mission Apps Development & Engineering (MADE): This team focusses on automation development and sustainment (i.e. GitLab Mission Partner self service deployment pipelines, and Infrastructure as Code). MADE also develops and maintains the Mission Apps Padawan site. Platform Mission Apps Customer Empowerment (MACE): This team focuses on Mission Partner onboarding (e.g. mission manifest project development/integration, mission-bootstrap integration), configuration management sustainment, and catalog sustainment. Platform Mission Apps Tier 3 (MAT3, read "MATE"): This team focuses on Mission Partner Tier 3 support to include SOP/troubleshooting guide sustainment and sustaining Mission Applications infrastructure (e.g. mTLS gateways, third party tools, and Istio/Kyverno configurations and policies).

Key Technologies:

- Linux
- Containerization (Docker, Kubernetes, ...)
- AWS Services
- GitLab
- Data Types: Structured and Unstructured, Parquet, JSON, XML, etc.
- Prometheus, Grafana, ELK stack
- Kustomize and Helm

Required Qualifications:

- IAT or IAM Level II DoD 8570 Certification
- Active TS/SCI clearance
- Ability to access secure facilities with SIPR & JWICS
- Experience with microservice orchestration, with a heavy emphasis on Kubernetes
- Experience with Kustomize and Helm
- Experience with Linux
- Experience with GitOps and CI/CD, with a heavy emphasis on Gitlab
- 5+ years of experience in application deployment and release management.
- 3+ years of experience with containerization technologies (Docker, Kubernetes, OpenShift).
- 3+ years of experience with CI/CD tools (Jenkins, GitLab CI, CircleCI, ArgoCD).
- Experience with infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform, Ansible, or similar tools.
- Experience with monitoring and logging tools (Prometheus, Grafana, ELK stack).
- Proficiency in at least one scripting language (Python, Bash).
- Strong understanding of application deployment strategies (blue/green, canary).

Desired Qualifications:

- Experience with advanced application and network troubleshooting, database administration, and PKI management
- Experience with cloud providers, with an emphasis on AWS services.
- Experience with Agile Methodologies.
- Experience with various forms of automation, including simple batch scripting, pipeline automation, Kubernetes operators, and infrastructure-as-code (including terraform and ansible)
- Experience with cloud-native application architectures.
- Experience with service mesh technologies (Istio, Linkerd).
- Experience with security scanning and vulnerability management tools.
- Experience with platform engineering concepts.

What’s in It for You?

Flexible work environment

A team mentality – work with friendly, like-minded professionals

Work with innovative, cutting edge technologies

Enjoy extremely competitive compensation and benefits

A work-life balance you can count on

Opportunities to grow and advance your career on our dime

The Benefits You Get with Freedom

Amazing benefits including matching 401k, fully paid medical, and more

Generous paid time off – including paid site closure days

Competitive salary offerings

Paid training and tuition reimbursement

Referral bonuses

Fully paid life and disability

Annual logo wear allowance

Company sponsored events (game nights, holiday party, summer party, happy hours)

Interested in learning more about Freedom and our culture?  Contact us today!  We’re constantly hosting hiring events in our office and elsewhere, to help you get a sense of what life is like at Freedom before joining the team.

As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, age, marital status, disability or veteran status

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VEVRAA Federal Contractor

Accessibility: If you need an accommodation as part of the employment process, please contact Human Resources at

Phone: 410-290-9035

Email: recruiting@goftsg.com

Equal Opportunity Employer, including disabled and veterans.

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## About Freedom Technology Solutions Group

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Freedom Technology Solutions Group provides IT services and solutions in geographic information systems, software engineering, cloud computing, business intelligence, DevSecOps, and data security primarily for U.S. government and intelligence community clients.
- **Entity Type**: Private (Privately Held)
- **Headquarters**: Columbia, Maryland, United States
- **Founded**: 2004
- **Founders**: Not publicly available

## Core Business
- **Primary industries**: Information Technology & Services, Government Contracting, Geospatial Intelligence
- **Target customers**: B2G – U.S. federal government, intelligence community, defense agencies
- **Mission statement**: “Provide employees with the ‘Freedom’ to grow and focus on their skills, and not worry about red tape or jumping through corporate hoops” while ensuring clients receive top-quality, mission-focused solutions. [goftsg.com](https://goftsg.com/about-freedom/)

## Products & Services
Freedom offers a suite of professional services rather than packaged products. Major service lines include:

- **Geographic Information Systems (GIS)**: Development of large raster enterprise systems and geospatial solutions.
- **Software Engineering**: Secure, scalable application development tailored for the intelligence community.
- **Business Intelligence**: Data visualization, dashboard development, ad-hoc reporting, and advanced analytics.
- **Data Engineering/Analytics**: Relational/SQL and big data/NoSQL database design and maintenance.
- **DevSecOps**: Implementation to accelerate software releases by removing bottlenecks.
- **Cloud Computing**: IT infrastructure support, cloud migration, and scalable cloud solutions.
- **Data Security**: Safeguarding critical information and systems from internal and external threats.

[goftsg.com](https://goftsg.com/)

## Market Standing
- **Valuation**: Not disclosed (private company)
- **Key Metric – Annual Revenue**: USD $8.5 million (LinkedIn estimate)
- **Key Metric – Total Funding**: Venture round raised on 2021-10-01 (amount not publicly disclosed)
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: Acquired Geodata IT, LLC in March 2020. Clients include U.S. government agencies and prime contractors.
- **Growth Signals**:
  - Headcount: 116 employees (+14.2% YoY, +21 people)
  - Active job postings: 80 (yearly increase of +37.9%, quarterly increase of +33.3%)
  - Offices in Columbia (HQ), Annapolis Junction, Chantilly, Springfield, St. Louis, McLean, Herndon
  - Key talent sources include Marathon TS, Lockheed Martin, SAIC, Peraton, Leidos, and others.

[linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/company/goftsg)

## Competitive Advantages
- **Security Clearance Expertise**: Strong focus on TS/SCI with Full Scope Polygraph positions – a high barrier to entry for competitors.
- **Deep Government/IC Relationships**: Proven track record delivering mission-critical solutions for intelligence and defense clients.
- **Culture of Autonomy**: “No red tape” environment that attracts experienced engineers who want to focus on technical work.
- **Employee Benefits Package**: Fully paid medical insurance, 160% 401(k) match with no vesting period, $10k/year tuition reimbursement, unlimited training dollars, and referral bonuses up to $20k.
- **Acquisition of Geodata IT**: Expanded capabilities and client base in geospatial and IT services.

[goftsg.com/benefits](https://goftsg.com/benefits/)

## Strategic Focus
- Continue serving the intelligence community and U.S. government with specialized IT and geospatial solutions.
- Expand capabilities in cloud computing, DevSecOps, and data analytics.
- Grow through targeted acquisitions (e.g., Geodata IT) and organic hiring.
- Maintain a culture that retains top talent through exceptional benefits and career development opportunities.

## Why Work Here
- **Culture**: Rated 4.5/5 on Glassdoor-style metrics (Work-Life: 4.6, Compensation: 4.5, Culture: 4.5, Career: 4.0). Emphasizes employee freedom, collaboration, and professional growth.
- **Work Policy**: Most roles are on-site at client locations in Maryland, Virginia, and Missouri (e.g., Annapolis Junction, Chantilly, St. Louis). Some positions may allow hybrid arrangements; remote is not typical due to security requirements.
- **Benefits Highlights**:
  - Fully paid medical, dental, and vision insurance (Cigna)
  - 401(k) with 160% match, no vesting period
  - $10,000/year college tuition reimbursement
  - Unlimited training dollars for courses and conferences
  - Certification bonuses
  - Referral bonuses up to $20,000 for employee referrals, $10,000 for external referrals with active TS/SCI
  - Employee recognition platform with monthly peer-to-peer awards
  - Paid site closure days (additional PTO)
- **Engineering Culture**: Technical teams focus on “using the right technology to create flexible, long-lasting solutions.” Knowledge sharing between junior and senior engineers is encouraged.

## Sources
1. [goftsg.com – Homepage](https://goftsg.com/)
2. [goftsg.com – About Freedom](https://goftsg.com/about-freedom/)
3. [Greenhouse – Jobs at Freedom Technology Solutions Group](http://job-boards.greenhouse.io/freedomconsulting)
4. [LinkedIn – Freedom Technology Solutions Group](https://www.linkedin.com/company/goftsg)
5. [goftsg.com – Employee Benefits](https://goftsg.com/benefits/)

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