Senior Elastic Search Engineer – Kubernetes & OSINT Platform

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

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision coverage

401(k) with company match

Paid time off & holidays

Disability & AD&D insurance

Life insurance

Job 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.

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 Elasticsearch, Redis, Keycloak, Strimzi, and related open-source tech.
• Experience hardening databases to comply with NIST 800-53 controls.
• Strong Linux system administration skills.

Responsibilities

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

Skills

Kubernetes experience

Linux administration

Collaboration across teams

Agile practices

Education

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

Master's degree in related field

Tools

Kubernetes (EKS/Rancher/RKE2)

Elasticsearch

Redis

Keycloak

Strimzi

ArgoCD

Helm Chart templating

Job description

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.