DevOps Engineer 4

Base-2 Solutions; Maryland; On-site; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k) with company match

Paid time off

Job summary

Base-2 Solutions is seeking a Senior DevOps Engineer to provide a reliable, highly available platform that orchestrates microservices in a modernized system. The role focuses on infrastructure automation, platform operations, cloud services, CI/CD, and reliability in a primarily on-site SCIF environment.

The candidate will develop IaC, manage AWS infrastructure, and lead CI/CD pipelines with GitLab and Argo CD, working closely with stakeholders.

Qualifications

• Active TS/SCI with Full Scope Polygraph and CI Poly in last 7 years.
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience/education.
• 12+ years of professional experience, or 10+ years with related Master's.
• Security+ CE certification is required.
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code, automation, and scripting.
• Ability to work primarily on-site in a SCIF environment.

Responsibilities

• Develop infrastructure as code and scripts to automate tasks and provisioning.
• Patch, harden, and maintain compliance of RHEL systems.
• Install, configure, and tune Kubernetes, Docker Compose, NiFi, and cloud-native logging/metrics tools.
• Manage CI/CD pipelines using GitLab runners and Argo CD.
• Manage AWS cloud environments.
• Collaborate with team members and stakeholders.
• Perform work on-site in a SCIF environment.

Skills

Infrastructure as Code

Automation scripting

Team collaboration

On-site SCIF work

Cloud services

Education

Bachelor's degree in related discipline

Master's degree with 10 years experience

PhD with 10 years experience

Security+ CE certification

Tools

Kubernetes

Docker

GitLab CI/CD

Argo CD

Terraform

AWS

NiFi

EC2

S3

Job description

• Required Security Clearance: Top Secret/SCI with Full Scope Polygraph
• Location: Annapolis Junction, MD
• Work Type: On-Site
• Shift: First

• Requisition ID: 4944
• Standard Title: Senior DevOps Engineer
• Required Security Clearance: Top Secret/SCI with Full Scope Polygraph
• Location: Annapolis Junction, MD
• Work Type: On-Site
• Shift: First
• Referral Eligibility: Eligible
• U.S. Citizenship Required? Yes

Position Summary

Base-2 Solutions is seeking a DevOps Engineer 4 to provide a reliable, highly available platform that orchestrates the microservices of a modernized operational system using cutting-edge technologies. This role supports infrastructure automation, platform operations, cloud services, CI/CD, and system reliability in a primarily on-site SCIF environment.

Essential Duties And Responsibilities

• Develop Infrastructure as Code and scripting to automate tasks, provision managed services, and build tools.
• Patch, harden, and maintain compliance of RHEL systems.
• Install, configure, and performance tune Kubernetes, Docker Compose, NiFi, and cloud-native logging and metrics collection tools.
• Manage CI/CD pipelines to automate building, testing, and deployment using GitLab runners and Argo CD.
• Manage AWS cloud environments.
• Collaborate effectively with team members and stakeholders.
• Perform work primarily on-site, with little to no work from home, and support operations in a SCIF.

Required Qualifications

• Active TS/SCI with Full Scope Polygraph, with a CI Polygraph within the last 7 years.
• Bachelor's degree from an accredited college in a related discipline, or equivalent experience/combined education.
• 12 years or more of professional experience, or 10 years of professional experience with a related Master's degree.
• Current Security+ CE certification.
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code, automation, and scripting.
• Ability to work primarily on-site in a SCIF environment.

Preferred Qualifications

• Design, build, and maintain AWS infrastructure including EC2, Lambda, S3, SNS, SQS, Event Router, Athena, and Step Functions using Terraform and auto scaling.
• Understand AWS networking principles including VPCs, NATs, and IP Gateway.
• Develop and manage GitLab CI/CD pipelines to automate deployment processes.
• Collaborate with development teams to optimize application performance and reliability.
• Troubleshoot infrastructure issues and ensure system uptime.
• Experience with Kubernetes, especially EKS, ECS, and/or Fargate.

Required Education and Experience Equivalency

• Bachelor's Degree with 12 years of experience.
• Master's Degree with 10 years of experience.
• PhD with 10 years of experience.

Required Certifications

• Security+ CE.

Required Security Clearance

• Active TS/SCI with Full Scope Polygraph, with a CI Polygraph within the last 7 years.

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).