Software Engineer 3 with Security Clearance

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

Benefits offered by this job

Company-paid medical premiums

Company-paid dental premiums

Company-paid vision premiums

401(k) with company match

Flexible PTO & floating holidays

Job summary

Base-2 Solutions is seeking a senior engineer to design, deploy, and maintain a containerized microservices platform for NMEC DOMEX and D3P modernization. You will manage production pipelines on Kubernetes, integrate Elasticsearch, Logstash, and Kibana, and enhance CI/CD automation.

The role requires active TS/SCI with CI polygraph and a Bachelor's degree with extensive relevant experience. Competitive salary and comprehensive benefits are provided in a dynamic, collaborative environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or higher with several years of relevant experience required.
• Hands-on Linux and container orchestration experience.
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines and GitLab.
• Experience with Elasticsearch stack (Elasticsearch, Logstash, Kibana).
• Strong cross-functional collaboration in Agile environments.

Responsibilities

• Deploy and maintain a production big data pipeline on Kubernetes.
• Improve CI/CD scripts and DevOps processes.
• Design scalable infrastructure across physical and virtual environments.
• Use Helm to configure Kubernetes deployments for new features.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams and participate in Agile ceremonies.

Skills

Strong Linux proficiency

Containers & Kubernetes

CI/CD orchestration

Agile methodologies

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's Degree + 6 years experience

Associates Degree + 9 years experience

High School Diploma/GED + 9 years experience

Master's Degree + 6 years experience

PhD + 6 years experience

Tools

Kubernetes

Docker

GitLab

Elasticsearch

Logstash

Kibana

Prometheus

Grafana

Helm

Helmfile

Nexus

Bash

PowerShell

Python

Groovy

Java

SAL T

CI/CD orchestration

Job description

Job Description Position Summary

Support the NMEC DOMEX Technology Platform and D3P Modernization effort by designing, deploying, and maintaining a full-stack containerized microservices architecture in a mission-focused engineering environment.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Deploy, triage, and maintain a production big data pipeline using a microservice architecture running on Kubernetes with Elasticsearch backend and Kafka messaging.
• 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 in support of 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, and related meetings

Required Qualifications

• Active TS/SCI with ability to obtain a CI Polygraph.
• Bachelor's degree with a minimum of six years of experience in the category field. Three additional years of experience may be substituted for the bachelor's degree.
• Strong Linux proficiency.
• Hands-on experience with containers and Kubernetes.
• Experience with CI/CD orchestration and GitLab.
• Familiarity with Elasticsearch, Logstash, and Kibana.
• Demonstrated success working in cross-functional engineering environments.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience operating systems at scale.
• Knowledge of Agile methodologies.
• Development experience with Bash, PowerShell, SALT, Python, Groovy, or Java.
• Experience supporting enterprise or production systems.
• Familiarity with Kafka or other messaging systems, Kubernetes monitoring tools such as Prometheus and Grafana, GPU-based Kubernetes, SALT for deployment automation, Helm/Helmfile, and Nexus.

Required Education and Experience Equivalency

• High School Diploma/GED with 9 years of experience.
• Associates Degree with 9 years of experience.
• Bachelors' Degree with 6 years of experience.
• Masters' Degree with 6 years of experience.
• PhD with 6 years of experience.

Required Certifications

• None specified.

Required Security Clearance

• Active TS/SCI with ability to obtain a CI Polygraph.

Pay & Benefit Highlights Compensation

• Competitive fixed salary or hourly pay (based on experience, skills, location, and internal equity).
• Employee referral bonuses up to $10,000 per hired referral.
• Additional bonus opportunities for exceptional performance and contributions to business development and company growth (role-dependent).

Health

• 100% company-paid medical premiums for employees and eligible dependents.
• Choose from multiple plan options with CareFirst, Kaiser, and UnitedHealthcare, including PPO, POS, HMO, and HSA-compatible plans.
• 100% company-paid dental premiums for employees and eligible dependents.
• 100% company-paid vision premiums for employees and eligible dependents.

Income Protection

• 100% company-paid premiums for short-term disability.
• 100% company-paid premiums for long-term disability.
• 100% company-paid premiums for accidental death & dismemberment (AD&D).
• 100% company-paid premiums for life insurance up to $200,000.

Retirement

• 401(k) with immediate vesting: 4% company match plus a 4% non-elective company contribution (8% total).
• 401(k) pre-tax and Roth options.

Leave

• Up to 20 days of flexible paid time off (PTO).
• 11 paid floating holidays.

Work-Life Balance

• Flexible work schedules, including flex time and compressed work periods (contract and project-dependent).