Elasticsearch Engineer — Top Secret/SCI, On-Site Bethesda

Base-2 Solutions; Bethesda (MD); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k) with company match

Paid time off

Short-term disability

Life insurance

Job summary

Base-2 Solutions seeks an Elasticsearch Engineer to develop, deploy, and maintain NoSQL databases for a Kubernetes-based microservices platform supporting Open Source Intelligence tasks across defense communities. This on-site role is in Bethesda, MD and enables cloud, AI/ML, cross-domain transfer, data exploitation, and analytics capabilities.

Join a fast-paced, security-cleared environment with a focus on scalable databases, containerized apps, and collaborative engineering across teams.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or higher in a technical field with extensive related experience.
• Experience with Kubernetes-based platforms and Elasticsearch tuning.
• Security-compliant hardening per NIST 800-53 and open-source stacks.

Responsibilities

• Deploy, triage, debug, and maintain production databases including Elasticsearch and Redis.
• Design configuration management for databases across air-gapped networks.
• Collaborate with Systems Engineers to architect new capabilities.
• Enhance monitoring with proactive system notifications.
• Contribute to engineering docs, diagrams, and models.
• Participate in Agile release planning and team activities.

Skills

Kubernetes

Linux administration

Containerized applications

Open-source technologies

Communication

Collaboration

Education

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

Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field

Equivalent experience in lieu of degree

Tools

Elasticsearch

Redis

Kubernetes (EKS/Rancher/RKE2)

Keycloak

Strimzi

Job description

Base-2 Solutions seeks an Elasticsearch Engineer to develop, deploy, and maintain NoSQL databases for a Kubernetes-based microservices platform supporting Open Source Intelligence tasks across defense communities. This on-site role is in Bethesda, MD and enables cloud, AI/ML, cross-domain transfer, data exploitation, and analytics capabilities.

Join a fast-paced, security-cleared environment with a focus on scalable databases, containerized apps, and collaborative engineering across teams.