Systems Engineer: Cloud, Security & Integration

Base-2 Solutions; Maryland; On-site; USD 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Base-2 Solutions seeks a highly skilled Systems Engineer to join our team, driving design, integration, and maintenance of complex systems for national defense and intelligence missions. You will work across networking, cloud, security, and architecture domains, collaborating with engineers and stakeholders to ensure interoperability and compliance.

The role emphasizes fast-paced development lifecycles from concept to deployment, with emphasis on risk assessment, testing, and documentation

Qualifications

• Experience with Linux variants (RHEL/CentOS/Ubuntu) and Windows/macOS environments.
• Hands-on experience with virtualization platforms: VMware, Hyper-V, KVM.
• Proficiency with AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud Platform (GCP).
• Solid understanding of TCP/IP, DNS, VPN, VLANs, firewalls, routers, and switches.
• Experience with monitoring tools like Splunk, SolarWinds, Nagios, Zabbix.
• Knowledge of Ansible, Puppet, Chef, SaltStack for CM and automation.
• Proficiency in Python, Bash, and PowerShell scripting.
• Familiarity with ICDs, use case diagrams, and system block diagrams.
• Understanding of NIST SP 800-53, RMF, DoD STIGs, and FedRAMP.
• Experience with backup, recovery, and DR solutions.
• Experience collaborating with JIRA, Confluence, ServiceNow.

Responsibilities

• Designs, develops, integrates, and maintains complex systems for defense and intelligence missions.
• Conducts architecture analysis, modeling, and trade studies to find optimal solutions.
• Supports requirements gathering, decomposition, and traceability throughout the lifecycle.
• Performs systems integration, testing, verification, and validation activities.
• Collaborates with software, network, security teams and stakeholders for interoperability.
• Troubleshoots system-level performance, scalability, and reliability issues.
• Develops and maintains system documentation including ICDs and operation procedures.
• Contributes to risk assessments, mitigations, and contingency planning.
• Supports deployment and sustainment, including patching and monitoring.
• Ensures cybersecurity and compliance per NIST/DoD frameworks with ISSOs/ISSEs.

Skills

Linux administration

Virtualization

Cloud platforms

Networking knowledge

System monitoring tools

Configuration management

Python

Bash

PowerShell

Security frameworks

Tools

VMware

Hyper-V

KVM

JIRA

Confluence

ServiceNow

Job description

Base-2 Solutions seeks a highly skilled Systems Engineer to join our team, driving design, integration, and maintenance of complex systems for national defense and intelligence missions. You will work across networking, cloud, security, and architecture domains, collaborating with engineers and stakeholders to ensure interoperability and compliance.

The role emphasizes fast-paced development lifecycles from concept to deployment, with emphasis on risk assessment, testing, and documentation