Senior Elasticsearch Engineer | Kubernetes & OSINT Platform

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

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Life insurance

Disability insurance

401(k) with company match

Job summary

Base-2 Solutions seeks an Elastic Search Engineer to join a fast-paced platform engineering team supporting mission-critical OSINT TCPE D across the DoD and IC. You will develop, deploy, and maintain NoSQL databases within a Kubernetes microservice ecosystem and support GitOps practices in a rapidly evolving environment.

The role emphasizes hands-on database operations, security compliance with DoD standards, and collaboration with cross-functional engineers to deliver scalable, observable

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field (or equivalent experience) with 8+ years of relevant experience.
• Current DoD 8570.01M IAT Level II certification or higher (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 (EKS, Rancher, or RKE2).
• Experience with Elasticsearch, Redis, Strimzi, Keycloak.
• Strong Linux system administration knowledge.

Responsibilities

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

Skills

Kubernetes

Elasticsearch

Redis

Linux administration

Scripting (UNIX shell, Perl)

REST APIs

Aggressive collaboration

Agile / Scrum

Education

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

Master's degree

Tools

EKS

Rancher

RKE2

Keycloak

Strimzi

Helm Chart templating

ArgoCD

Job description

Base-2 Solutions seeks an Elastic Search Engineer to join a fast-paced platform engineering team supporting mission-critical OSINT TCPE D across the DoD and IC. You will develop, deploy, and maintain NoSQL databases within a Kubernetes microservice ecosystem and support GitOps practices in a rapidly evolving environment.

The role emphasizes hands-on database operations, security compliance with DoD standards, and collaboration with cross-functional engineers to deliver scalable, observable