Platform Operations Engineer

Base-2 Solutions, LLC; Bethesda (MD); On-site; USD 140,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Base-2 Solutions, LLC is seeking a Platform Operations Engineer to join the DOMEX Technology Platform team, ensuring uptime, reliability, and performance of a containerized microservices stack. You will work with Kubernetes, Elasticsearch, PostgreSQL, Kafka, and cloud services (AWS), collaborate across disciplines, and contribute to SAFe release planning and incident reviews.

Required: 8+ years of relevant experience or 6+ years with a Master’s, DoD 8570.01 IAT Level II+ certs, and the ability

Qualifications

• BS in Engineering/CS/SE with 8+ years of relevant experience (or Master’s with 6+ years).
• DoD 8570.01 IAT Level II+ certification required (e.g., Security+ CE, CISSP).
• Ability to obtain Privileged User Account (PUA) certification.
• Kubernetes, GitLab pipelines, Linux, and containerized environments.
• Experience with cloud services (AWS) and enterprise-scale production systems.
• Familiarity with ELK (Elasticsearch, Logstash, Kibana) and Keycloak.
• Strong cross-functional coordination and communication under incident pressure.

Responsibilities

• Ensure uptime, performance, and capacity planning for a large-scale platform.
• Lead triage, troubleshooting, root cause analysis, and post-incident reviews.
• Define and track reliability metrics such as SLIs and SLOs.
• Participate in SAFe Agile release planning, scrums, and cross-team coordination.

Skills

Kubernetes

GitLab pipelines

Linux

Cloud services (AWS)

Elasticsearch

PostgreSQL

Kafka

Prometheus/Grafana

Keycloak

Cross-functional coordination

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering/CS/SE

Master’s degree

Tools

Appian

Terraform/CloudFormation

Nexus

Prometheus

Grafana

Job description

Position Summary

Base-2 Solutions is seeking a Platform Operations Engineer to join a high-impact team supporting the design, development, and deployment of a modern technology stack for the DOMEX Technology Platform (DTP). This role supports the mission to centralize and standardize the Tasking, Collection, Processing, Exploitation, and Dissemination (TCPED) of Open Source Intelligence (OSINT) across the Defense Intelligence Enterprise. The position involves ensuring availability, reliability, and performance of a full stack, containerized microservices platform and collaborating with multidisciplinary teams.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Ensure uptime, performance, and capacity planning for a large scale big data production platform with a microservice architecture running on Kubernetes, Elasticsearch, PostgreSQL, Kafka, and technologies such as Java, Python, React, and low code tools like Appian.
• Leverage monitoring tools to proactively detect and resolve issues.
• Lead triage, troubleshooting, root cause analysis, and post incident reviews.
• Define and track reliability metrics such as SLIs and SLOs.
• Participate in SAFe Agile release planning, scrums, design sessions, bug triage, and cross team coordination.

Required Qualifications

• BS in Engineering, Computer Science, Systems Engineering, or related field (or equivalent experience) with 8+ years of relevant experience; 6+ years with a Master’s; additional experience may substitute for a degree.
• At least one DoD 8570.01 M IAT Level II+ certification (e.g., Security+ CE, CySA+, CCNA Security, SSCP, CISSP (or Associate)).
• Ability to obtain Privileged User Account (PUA) certification.
• Experience with Kubernetes, GitLab pipelines, Linux, and containerized environments.
• Experience supporting enterprise scale production systems.
• Experience with cloud services (preferably AWS) and cloud infrastructure.
• Familiarity with Elasticsearch, PostgreSQL, Logstash, Kibana, and Keycloak.
• Demonstrated success in cross functional coordination and execution.
• Strong communication skills and the ability to perform under pressure during incidents.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with Agile methodologies.
• Experience with creating customized dashboards to track SLIs and other key performance indicators.
• Development experience (Bash, PowerShell, SALT, Python, Groovy, Java, etc.).
• Experience with Appian or other low-code platforms.
• Experience with technologies such as Kafka, AMQP/JMS, Prometheus/Grafana, GPU-based Kubernetes, SALT automation, Nexus, or GraphQL.
• Knowledge of security best practices (authN/Z, secrets management, data protection).
• Infrastructure-as-code experience (CloudFormation, Terraform, Pulumi).
• AWS cloud certifications.

Required Education and Experience Equivalency

• BS in Engineering, Computer Science, Systems Engineering, or related field (or equivalent experience) with 8+ years of relevant experience.
• Master’s degree with 6+ years of relevant experience.

Required Certifications

• At least one DoD 8570.01 M IAT Level II+ certification (e.g., Security+ CE, CySA+, CCNA Security, SSCP, CISSP (or Associate)).
• Ability to obtain Privileged User Account (PUA) certification.

Required Security Clearance

• Active Top Secret/SCI