In March 2025, Angel Bejarano enhanced the nebius/soperator repository by implementing configurable annotations for Slurm worker pods, addressing the need for greater deployment flexibility within Kubernetes clusters. He introduced a workerAnnotations field to the SlurmNodeWorker specification, updating both the CustomResourceDefinition and Helm chart to support this new capability. This work, developed primarily in Go and YAML, enables users to apply custom Kubernetes annotations to worker pods, facilitating alignment with diverse cluster policies. While the scope was focused on a single feature, the solution demonstrated depth in CRD development and operator design, providing a maintainable approach to customizable pod deployments.