Senior Systems Engineer — Defense, Cloud & Security

Base-2 Solutions, LLC; Maryland; On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Base-2 Solutions, LLC is seeking a highly skilled Systems Engineer to design, integrate, and maintain complex systems for critical national defense and intelligence missions. You will work across networking, cloud, security, and systems architecture, driving lifecycle success from concept to deployment.

Ideal candidates bring deep experience with Linux/Windows/Unix/macOS, virtualization, and cloud platforms, plus strong scripting, documentation, and security framework knowledge.

Qualifications

• Experience with Linux (RHEL/CentOS/Ubuntu), Windows Server, Unix, and macOS.
• Virtualization platforms: VMware, Hyper-V, KVM.
• Cloud platforms: AWS, Azure, GCP.
• Networking: TCP/IP, DNS, VPN, VLANs, firewalls, routers, switches.
• Monitoring tools: Splunk, SolarWinds, Nagios, Zabbix.
• CM tools: Ansible, Puppet, Chef, SaltStack.
• Scripting: Python, Bash, PowerShell.
• Documentation: ICDs, use case diagrams, design docs.
• Security: NIST SP 800-53, RMF, DoD STIGs, FedRAMP.
• Backup/DR solutions; collaboration tools: JIRA, Confluence, ServiceNow.
• DevOps: CI/CD, cloud/on-prem integration.

Responsibilities

• Designs, develops, integrates, and maintains complex systems.
• Performs architecture analysis, modeling, and trade studies.
• Supports requirements gathering, decomposition, and traceability.
• Conducts system integration, testing, verification, and validation.
• Collaborates with software, network, security teams to ensure interoperability.
• Troubleshoots system-level performance, scalability, and reliability issues.
• Develops and maintains system documentation and ICDs.
• Contributes to risk assessments, mitigations, and contingency plans.
• Supports deployment, patching, upgrades, and monitoring.
• Ensures cybersecurity and compliance standards are met with ISSOs/ISSEs.

Skills

System design

Requirements analysis

Documentation

Collaboration

Problem solving

Cross-domain coordination

Tools

VMware

Hyper-V

KVM

AWS

Azure

GCP

Splunk

SolarWinds

Nagios

Zabbix

Ansible

Puppet

Chef

SaltStack

Python

Bash

PowerShell

JIRA

Confluence

ServiceNow

Job description

Base-2 Solutions, LLC is seeking a highly skilled Systems Engineer to design, integrate, and maintain complex systems for critical national defense and intelligence missions. You will work across networking, cloud, security, and systems architecture, driving lifecycle success from concept to deployment.

Ideal candidates bring deep experience with Linux/Windows/Unix/macOS, virtualization, and cloud platforms, plus strong scripting, documentation, and security framework knowledge.