DevOps Software Engineer with Security Clearance

Base-2 Solutions; Chevy Chase (MD); On-site; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance premium coverage

401(k) with employer match

Paid time off

Job summary

Base-2 Solutions is seeking a DevOps Software Engineer to join a fast- moving team supporting the DIA-NMEC DOMEX Technology Platform (DTP). You will design, deploy, and maintain a cutting-edge stack, including a containerized microservices architecture and scalable data pipelines, in collaboration with engineers across disciplines.

The role emphasizes DevOps automation, Helm-managed deployments, and production reliability within a mission-critical program.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent with 8+ years' relevant experience; 6+ years with a Master.
• Strong Linux proficiency and hands-on containers/Kubernetes experience.
• Experience with CI/CD orchestration and GitLab.

Responsibilities

• Design, deploy, and maintain a full-stack, containerized microservices architecture.
• Promote DevOps best practices across cross-functional teams.
• Maintain production big-data pipelines on Kubernetes.

Skills

Linux

Kubernetes

CI/CD

GitLab

Elasticsearch

Kafka

Python

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering/CS/Systems

8+ years of experience

Tools

Docker

Helm

Prometheus

Grafana

Nexus

Job description

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 Pay & Benefit Highlights Compensation

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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