DevOps Software Engineer

RPMGlobal; Bethesda (MD); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Base-2 Solutions is seeking a DevOps Software Engineer to join a high-energy team supporting the DIA-NMEC DOMEX Technology Platform. This role builds and deploys a cutting-edge tech stack as part of a 10-year program modernizing the DOMEX Data Discovery Platform.

You will collaborate with a multidisciplinary team to deliver mission-critical capabilities, design and maintain a containerized microservices architecture, and drive CI/CD automation across Kubernetes, Elasticsearch, and Kafka

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree with 8+ years of experience or Master’s with 6+ years experience.
• Strong Linux proficiency and production-grade scripting abilities.

Responsibilities

• Design, deploy, and maintain a full-stack, containerized microservices architecture.
• Support systems administration, installation, and configuration.
• Promote adoption of DevOps practices across engineering teams.
• Deploy, triage, and maintain production big-data pipelines (Kubernetes, Elasticsearch, Kafka).
• Enhance CI/CD pipelines and DevOps automation to accelerate development and reliability.
• Design scalable, redundant infrastructure across physical and virtual environments.
• Use Helm to configure Kubernetes deployments for new features.
• Collaborate with Systems Engineers to architect new capabilities.
• Contribute to engineering documentation and diagrams.
• Participate in Agile release planning and scrums.

Skills

Linux proficiency

Containers

Kubernetes

CI/CD

GitLab

Elasticsearch

Logstash

Kibana

Agile

Cross-functional teams

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Systems Engineering, or related field

Master's degree

Tools

Kubernetes

Docker

GitLab

Elasticsearch

Logstash

Kibana

Helm

Prometheus

Grafana

Job description

Position Summary

Base-2 Solutions is seeking a DevOps Software Engineer to join a high-energy team supporting the DIA-NMEC DOMEX Technology Platform (DTP). This role involves building and deploying a cutting-edge technology stack as part of a 10-year program modernizing the DOMEX Data Discovery Platform (D3P). The position requires collaboration with a multidisciplinary team to deliver mission-critical capabilities.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Design, deploy, and maintain a full-stack, containerized microservices architecture.


• Support systems administration, installation, and configuration.


• Promote adoption of DevOps best practices across cross-functional engineering teams.


• Deploy, triage, and maintain a production big-data pipeline built on Kubernetes, Elasticsearch, and Kafka.


• Enhance and maintain CI/CD pipelines and DevOps automation to accelerate development and improve reliability.


• Design and support scalable, redundant infrastructure across physical and virtual environments.


• Use Helm to configure Kubernetes deployments for new features and evolving requirements.


• Partner with Systems Engineers to architect solutions for new capabilities.


• Contribute technical input to engineering documentation, diagrams, and models.


• Participate in Agile release planning, scrums, design sessions, bug triage, and related team activities.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Systems Engineering, or related field (or equivalent experience) with 8+ years of relevant experience; 6+ years with a Master's degree.


• Strong Linux proficiency.


• Hands-on experience with containers and Kubernetes.


• Experience with CI/CD orchestration and GitLab.


• Familiarity with Elasticsearch, Logstash, and Kibana.


• Demonstrated success working in cross-functional engineering environments.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience operating systems at scale.


• Knowledge of Agile methodologies.


• Development experience with Bash, PowerShell, SALT, Python, Groovy, Java, etc.


• Experience supporting enterprise or production systems.


• Familiarity with Kafka or other messaging systems (AMQP, JMS).


• Experience with Kubernetes monitoring tools (Prometheus, Grafana).


• Experience with GPU-based Kubernetes.


• Experience with SALT for deployment automation.


• Experience with Helm / Helmfile.


• Experience with Nexus.

Required Education and Experience Equivalency

• Bachelor's degree with 8+ years of experience.


• Master's degree with 6+ years of experience.

Required Certifications

• None specified.

Required Security Clearance

• Active Top Secret/SCI