Elasticsearch Engineer — TS/SCI OSINT, Kubernetes

RPMGlobal; Bethesda, Northern (MD, KY); Hybrid; USD 130,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Base-2 Solutions is seeking an Elastic Search Engineer to join a high-energy platform engineering team supporting mission-critical OSINT for DoD and IC. Responsibilities include deploying and maintaining Elasticsearch/Redis and integrating with Kubernetes in a secure, air-gapped environment.

You will collaborate with systems engineers, contribute to monitoring and documentation, and participate in Agile release planning to deliver robust, scalable data platforms.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field (or equivalent) with 8+ years of relevant experience; Master's degree with 6+ years of experience.
• DoD 8570.01M IAT Level II certification (or higher) such as Security+, CySA+, SSCP, CCNA Security, or CISSP (or Associate) is required.
• Ability to obtain and maintain Privileged User Account (PUA).
• Experience with Kubernetes and container platforms such as EKS, Rancher, or RKE2.
• Experience with Elasticsearch, Keycloak, Redis, Strimzi.
• Experience with open-source technologies and modern infrastructure platforms.
• Experience hardening databases to comply with NIST 800-53 security controls.
• Strong Linux system administration knowledge.
• Experience deploying, managing, and troubleshooting containerized applications.

Responsibilities

• Deploy, triage, debug, and maintain production class databases like Elasticsearch and Redis.
• Design and support database configuration management strategies across air-gapped networks.
• Collaborate with Systems Engineers to architect solutions for new capabilities.
• Contribute to operational monitoring capabilities for proactive notifications.
• Support engineering documentation, diagrams, and models.
• Participate in Agile release planning, scrums, and bug triage.

Skills

Kubernetes

Linux

Elasticsearch

Redis

Keycloak

Strimzi

UNIX shell

Open-source tooling

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/Engineering or related field

Master's degree

Tools

EKS

Rancher

RKE2

Elasticsearch

Keycloak

Redis

Strimzi

Job description

Base-2 Solutions is seeking an Elastic Search Engineer to join a high-energy platform engineering team supporting mission-critical OSINT for DoD and IC. Responsibilities include deploying and maintaining Elasticsearch/Redis and integrating with Kubernetes in a secure, air-gapped environment.

You will collaborate with systems engineers, contribute to monitoring and documentation, and participate in Agile release planning to deliver robust, scalable data platforms.