Top Secret/SCI Systems Engineer – On‑Site Defense Tech

Base-2 Solutions; Maryland; On-site; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) with company match

Paid time off

Health, dental, and vision insurance

Life and disability insurance

Employee discounts

Job summary

Base-2 Solutions is seeking a highly skilled Systems Engineer to join our team in Annapolis Junction, MD. You will design, integrate, and maintain complex systems supporting critical national defense and intelligence missions, collaborating across networking, cloud, security, and architecture domains.

The role requires TS/SCI with FSP clearance, on-site work, and involvement in lifecycle activities from concept to deployment.

Qualifications

• Experience with Linux/Unix operating systems (RHEL/CentOS/Ubuntu).
• Experience with virtualization platforms (VMware/Hyper-V/KVM).
• Experience with cloud platforms (AWS/Azure/GCP).
• Knowledge of networking (TCP/IP, DNS, VPN, VLANs, firewalls, routers, switches).
• Experience with monitoring/management tools (Splunk, SolarWinds, Nagios, Zabbix).
• Experience with configuration management (Ansible, Puppet, Chef, SaltStack).
• Scripting in Python, Bash, and PowerShell.
• Familiarity with system design documentation and ICDs.
• Knowledge of security frameworks (NIST SP 800-53, RMF, DoD STIGs, FedRAMP).
• Experience with CI/CD and DevOps practices.

Responsibilities

• Designs, integrates, and maintains complex systems for national defense and intelligence missions.
• Performs system architecture analysis, modeling, and trade studies.
• Supports requirements decomposition and traceability across lifecycles.
• Executes system integration, testing, verification, and validation.
• Collaborates with software, network, and security teams for interoperability and compliance.
• Troubleshoots system-level performance, scalability, and reliability issues.
• Develops system documentation including ICDs and design documents.
• Contributes to risk assessments, mitigations, and contingency plans.
• Supports deployment, patch management, and system monitoring.
• Ensures cybersecurity compliance with ISSOs/ISSEs.

Skills

Linux/Unix

VMware/Hyper-V/KVM

Cloud platforms

Networking

Scripting

DevOps

System design

Tools

JIRA

Confluence

ServiceNow

Splunk

Puppet

Ansible

Chef

SaltStack

Job description

Base-2 Solutions is seeking a highly skilled Systems Engineer to join our team in Annapolis Junction, MD. You will design, integrate, and maintain complex systems supporting critical national defense and intelligence missions, collaborating across networking, cloud, security, and architecture domains.

The role requires TS/SCI with FSP clearance, on-site work, and involvement in lifecycle activities from concept to deployment.