OSINT Elasticsearch Engineer | Kubernetes & NoSQL

Base-2 Solutions; Chevy Chase (MD); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical premiums

Dental premiums

Vision premiums

Disability insurance

Life insurance

401(k) with match

PTO

Floating holidays

Flexible schedules

Job summary

Base-2 Solutions is seeking an Elastic Search Engineer to join a high-energy platform engineering team supporting mission-critical OSINT across the DoD and IC. You will develop, deploy, and maintain NoSQL databases within a Kubernetes microservice ecosystem while applying GitOps best practices in a fast-paced environment.

The role requires 8+ years of related experience (or 6+ with a Master's) and DoD 8570.01M IAT II certification.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in CS/Engineering or related field, 8+ years of experience.
• Majors with Master's degree: 6+ years of experience.
• DoD 8570.01M IAT Level II certification or higher (Security+/CySA+/SSCP/CCNA Security/CISSP).
• Ability to obtain Privileged User Account (PUA) certification.
• Experience with Kubernetes clusters and container platforms (EKS/Rancher/RKE2).
• Hands-on with Elasticsearch, Redis, Keycloak, Strimzi and related tools.
• Experience with open-source technologies and modern infra platforms.
• Knowledge of NIST 800-53 controls and Linux admin.

Responsibilities

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

Skills

Collaborative

Linux administration

Effective communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/Engineering or related field

Master's degree with 6+ years experience

Tools

Kubernetes

EKS

Rancher

RKE2

Elasticsearch

Redis

Keycloak

Strimzi

Helm Chart templating

ArgoCD

Job description

Base-2 Solutions is seeking an Elastic Search Engineer to join a high-energy platform engineering team supporting mission-critical OSINT across the DoD and IC. You will develop, deploy, and maintain NoSQL databases within a Kubernetes microservice ecosystem while applying GitOps best practices in a fast-paced environment.

The role requires 8+ years of related experience (or 6+ with a Master's) and DoD 8570.01M IAT II certification.