DevOps Software Engineer

Job Description

Position Summary

Base-2 Solutions is seeking a TS/SCI-cleared DevOps Software Engineer to work with a dynamic, mission-focused, solutions-oriented, and adaptive team to design, develop, and deploy a state-of-the-art technology stack supporting the DOMEX Data Discovery Platform (D3P) Modernization program as well as the mission to centralize and standardize Tasking, Collection, Processing, Exploitation and Dissemination (TCPED) of Open Source Intelligence (OSINT) across the Defense Intelligence Enterprise (DIE). You will have impact as part of a mission focused, solutions oriented, and adaptive team that values inclusion, innovation, collaboration, and professional development. Most work is conducted on-site at the client location in Bethesda, MD, with a flexible schedule and, occasionally, some tasks may be performed remotely.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• As a DevOps Engineer you will contribute to the design, deployment, and maintenance of a full stack containerized microservices architecture as well as technical systems administration, installation, and configuration.
• You will participate in fostering a DevOps culture, building strong cross functional collaboration with systems engineering, architecture, development, security, operations, and integration teams, in a dynamic and fast paced environment.
• You will work closely with a multi-disciplinary team of developers, other software integrators and system administrators on the following key tasks:
• To deploy, triage and maintain a production big data pipeline using a microservice architecture running on Kubernetes, Elasticsearch backend, and Kafka messaging.
• Enhance and maintain CI/CD and DevOps scripts and processes including AI-integrated solutions for failure analysis, security and compliance to facilitate faster development, quicker error detection and resilient deployments.
• Design, develop, and support scalable, redundant infrastructure to include physical and virtualized environments.
• Configure Kubernetes (Helm, YAML, etc.) continuous deployments using ArgoCD.
• Collaborate with System Engineers to design solutions for new features and requirements.
• Provide technical input to systems engineering documentation and diagrams/models working in coordination/collaboration with SE team members and Architect team.
• Participate in Agile release planning, scrum of scrums, bug triage, design sessions and other meetings.
• Develop PaaS solutions for hybrid deployments and secure multi-tenant GPU sharing solutions in the Kubernetes environments.

Required Qualifications

• Meet an applicable education and experience pathway in the equivalency section.
• You bring enthusiasm, the ability to work well with people from different disciplines with varying degrees of technical experience, and meet the following qualifications.
• Knowledgeable in navigating Linux OS, specifically: Knowledgeable about K8s environments.
• Possess at least one DoD 8570.01-M IAT Level II or higher certification, e.g., CCNA Security, CySA+, Security+ CE, SSCP, CISSP (or Associate).
• GitLab CI/CD pipeline development experience including: Ability to obtain Privileged User Account (PUA) certification per DoD 8570 policy.
• Experienced with container/container orchestration, specifically Kubernetes and troubleshooting experience with: Ingress/Gateway API; Multi-tenant GPU sharing; Helm chart design/build; Pod disruption budgets; Affinity/anti-affinity rules.
• Familiarity with external-secrets, ArgoCD, cert-manager, eck (elastic search).
• Comfortable with Elastic Search, Logstash, Kibana.
• Demonstrated ability to participate in cross-functional planning, coordination, and task execution.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with systems at scale.
• Experience/knowledge of key Agile processes and techniques.
• Experience with development, i.e. Bash, PowerShell, SALT, Python, Groovy, Java, etc.
• Experience on a production/ enterprise system.
• Experience with any of the following technologies: Kafka or other message passing systems (AMQP, JMS); Kubernetes monitoring, e.g., Prometheus/ Grafana, Open Telemetry; SALT for deployment automation; Nexus.

Required Education and Experience Equivalency

• BS in Engineering, Computer Science, Systems Engineering, or related field with 8+ years in software development, system engineering or related field.
• Equivalent experience with 8+ years in software development, system engineering or related field.
• Master's degree with 6+ years of experience.

Required Certifications

• Possess at least one DoD 8570.01-M IAT Level II or higher certification, e.g., CCNA Security, CySA+, Security+ CE, SSCP, CISSP (or Associate).

Required Security Clearance

• Active Top Secret/SCI
• Top Secret/SCI; Must have an active Top Secret/ SCI security clearance with the ability to obtain and maintain a TS/SCI with Polygraph security clearance
• Must obtain a CI polygraph after start; Top Secret/SCI required to start.
• U.S. citizenship is required

Equal Employment Opportunity

Base-2 Solutions is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law, and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability. Learn more:

Pay & Benefit Highlights

Compensation

• Competitive fixed salary or hourly pay (based on experience, skills, location, and internal equity).
• Employee referral bonuses up to $10,000 per hired referral.
• Additional bonus opportunities for exceptional performance and contributions to business development and company growth (role-dependent).

Health

• 100% company-paid medical premiums for employees and eligible dependents.
• Choose from multiple plan options with CareFirst, Kaiser, and UnitedHealthcare, including PPO, POS, HMO, and HSA-compatible plans.
• 100% company-paid dental premiums for employees and eligible dependents.
• 100% company-paid vision premiums for employees and eligible dependents.

Income Protection

• 100% company-paid premiums for short-term disability.
• 100% company-paid premiums for long-term disability.
• 100% company-paid premiums for accidental death & dismemberment (AD&D).
• 100% company-paid premiums for life insurance up to $200,000.

Retirement

• 401(k) with immediate vesting: 4% company match plus a 4% non-elective company contribution (8% total).
• 401(k) pre-tax and Roth options.

Leave

• Up to 20 days of flexible paid time off (PTO).
• 11 paid floating holidays.

Work-Life Balance

• Flexible work schedules, including flex time and compressed work periods (contract and project-dependent).

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