Senior Software Engineer - Kubernetes & Microservices

Base-2 Solutions; Bethesda (MD); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Base-2 Solutions is seeking a highly skilled engineer to support the NMEC DOMEX Technology Platform and D3P modernization. You will design, deploy, and maintain a full-stack containerized microservices architecture in a mission-focused environment.

You will work on a production big data pipeline with Kubernetes, Elasticsearch, Kafka, and CI/CD pipelines, collaborating with systems engineering, security, and operations teams to ensure robust, scalable infrastructure.

Qualifications

• Active TS/SCI with ability to obtain a CI Polygraph.
• Bachelor's degree or higher with 6+ years experience; substitutions allowed for more experience.
• Strong Linux proficiency.
• Hands-on experience with containers and Kubernetes.
• Experience with CI/CD orchestration and GitLab.
• Familiarity with Elasticsearch, Logstash, and Kibana.

Responsibilities

• Deploy, triage, and maintain production big data pipeline using a microservice architecture on Kubernetes with Elasticsearch and Kafka.
• Enhance, improve, and maintain CI/CD and DevOps scripts and processes.
• Design, develop, and support scalable, redundant infrastructure including physical and virtualized environments.
• Use Helm to configure Kubernetes deployments for new feature requirements.
• Collaborate with systems engineering, architecture, development, security, operations, and integration teams.
• Participate in Agile release planning, scrum of scrums, bug triage, design sessions.

Skills

Kubernetes

Containers

CI/CD

GitLab

Elasticsearch

Logstash

Kibana

Helm

Python

Shell scripting

Team collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree with 6+ years experience

Associates Degree with 9 years experience

High School Diploma / GED with 9+ years experience

Master's Degree with 6 years experience

PhD with 6 years experience

Tools

Kubernetes

Prometheus

Grafana

Nexus

SALT

Helm

GitLab

Kafka

Job description

Base-2 Solutions is seeking a highly skilled engineer to support the NMEC DOMEX Technology Platform and D3P modernization. You will design, deploy, and maintain a full-stack containerized microservices architecture in a mission-focused environment.

You will work on a production big data pipeline with Kubernetes, Elasticsearch, Kafka, and CI/CD pipelines, collaborating with systems engineering, security, and operations teams to ensure robust, scalable infrastructure.