Elastic Search Engineer

RPMGlobal; Bethesda (MD); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Base-2 Solutions seeks an Elastic Search Engineer to join a fast-paced platform engineering team supporting OSINT TCPED across the DoD and Intelligence Community.

You will develop, deploy, and maintain Elasticsearch/Redis deployments in a Kubernetes microservice ecosystem while adhering to GitOps practices and security controls.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in CS, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
• 8+ years of relevant experience; Master’s degree with 6+ years allowed.
• Active DoD 8570.01M IAT Level II certification (Security+/CySA+/SSCP/CCNA Security/CISSP).
• Ability to obtain Privileged User Account (PUA) certification.
• Experience with Kubernetes, EKS, Rancher, or RKE2 and NoSQL databases.
• Strong Linux system administration and containerized apps experience.
• Excellent written and verbal communication; team collaboration oriented.
• Security clearance: Active Top Secret/SCI is required.

Responsibilities

• Deploy, triage, debug, and maintain production Elasticsearch and Redis instances.
• Design configuration management for databases across air-gapped fabrics.
• Collaborate with Systems Engineers to architect new capabilities.
• Enhance monitoring to provide proactive system notifications.
• Contribute to engineering docs, diagrams, and models.
• Participate in Agile release planning, scrums, design sessions, and bug triage.

Skills

Elasticsearch

Kubernetes

Redis

Keycloak

Strimzi

Linux

REST APIs

ArgoCD

Helm

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS or related field

Master's degree

Tools

Kubernetes platforms (EKS/Rancher/RKE2)

Elastic Stack tooling

CI/CD tools (ArgoCD/Helm)

Docker/container tech

Job description

Position Summary

Base-2 Solutions is seeking an Elastic Search Engineer to join a high-energy platform engineering team focused on building and deploying cutting-edge technology stacks to support mission-critical Open Source Intelligence (OSINT) TCPED across the DoD and Intelligence Community. The role involves developing, deploying, and maintaining NoSQL databases within a Kubernetes microservice ecosystem and supporting GitOps best practices in a fast-paced, collaborative environment.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Deploy, triage, debug, and maintain production class databases like Elasticsearch and Redis.
• Design and support database configuration management strategies across air-gapped network fabrics.
• Partner with Systems Engineers to architect solutions for new capabilities.
• Contribute to operational monitoring capabilities to provide proactive system notifications.
• 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 Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field (or equivalent experience) with 8+ years of relevant experience; Master's degree with 6+ years of experience.
• Current DoD 8570.01M IAT Level II (or higher) certification, such as Security+, CySA+, SSCP, CCNA Security, or CISSP (or Associate).
• Ability to obtain and maintain Privileged User Account (PUA) certification.
• Experience with Kubernetes and container platforms such as EKS, Rancher, or RKE2.
• Experience with one or more of the following: Elasticsearch, Keycloak, Redis, Strimzi.
• Experience working with open-source technologies and modern infrastructure platforms.
• Experience hardening databases to comply with NIST 800-53 security controls.
• Strong knowledge of Linux system administration.
• Experience deploying, managing, and troubleshooting containerized applications.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to collaborate effectively with customers, engineers, architects, and cross-functional teams.
• Comfortable working in a fast-paced environment with team members from diverse technical backgrounds.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with micro services architecture.
• Proficiency in scripting for automation and operational tooling (UNIX shell, Perl, or similar).
• Experience with Helm Chart templating.
• Experience with ArgoCD.
• Knowledge of REST APIs, web services, networking, and internet protocols.
• Experience and domain knowledge related to data processing.
• Experience with big data applications.
• Experience supporting DIA, NDOC, and/or D3P.
• OSINT familiarity.

Required Education and Experience Equivalency

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

Required Certifications

• Current DoD 8570.01M IAT Level II (or higher) certification, such as Security+, CySA+, SSCP, CCNA Security, or CISSP (or Associate).
• Ability to obtain and maintain Privileged User Account (PUA) certification.

Required Security Clearance

• Active Top Secret/SCI