DevOps Engineer Level 4

Position Summary

Base-2 Solutions is seeking a DevOps Engineer to support the DOMEX Data Discovery Platform Modernization program in Bethesda, Maryland. This role supports the design, deployment, and maintenance of a full-stack containerized microservices architecture and contributes to DevOps, systems administration, installation, configuration, and production support activities.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Deploy, triage, and maintain a production big data pipeline using a microservice architecture running on Kubernetes, Elasticsearch backend, and Kafka messaging.
• Enhance, improve, and maintain CI/CD and DevOps scripts and processes to support faster development, quicker error detection, and resilient deployments.
• Design, develop, and support scalable, redundant infrastructure, including physical and virtualized environments.
• Use Helm to configure Kubernetes deployments to support new feature requirements.
• Collaborate with Systems Engineers to design solutions for new features and requirements.
• Provide technical input to systems engineering documentation, diagrams, and models in coordination with Systems Engineering and Architecture team members.
• Participate in Agile release planning, scrum of scrums, bug triage, design sessions, and other meetings.

Required Qualifications

• Active TS/SCI with ability to obtain a CI Polygraph.
• Bachelor's degree with a minimum of ten years of experience in the category field.
• Possess at least one DoD 8570.01-M IAT Level II or higher certification, such as CCNA Security, CySA+, Security+ CE, SSCP, CISSP, or CISSP Associate.
• Ability to obtain Privileged User Account certification per DoD 8570 policy.
• Experience with containers and container orchestration, specifically Kubernetes.
• Experience troubleshooting Kubernetes environments, including Ingress/Gateway API, Helm chart design/build, pod disruption budgets, affinity/anti-affinity rules, external-secrets, ArgoCD, cert-manager, and eck/Elasticsearch.
• Experience developing GitLab pipelines, including integration of GitLab CI/CD components, Code Quality reports, and Code Coverage/Test reports.
• Knowledge of Linux operating systems.
• Knowledge of sysctls for Kubernetes environments.
• Experience with FApolicyd and SELinux.
• Experience with Elasticsearch, Logstash, and Kibana.
• Demonstrated ability to participate in cross-functional planning, coordination, and task execution.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with systems at scale.
• Experience or knowledge of key Agile processes and techniques.
• Experience with development or scripting languages and tools, such as Bash, PowerShell, SALT, Python, Groovy, or Java.
• Experience supporting a production or enterprise system.
• Experience with Kafka or other message-passing systems, such as AMQP or JMS.
• Experience with Kubernetes monitoring tools, such as Prometheus or Grafana.
• Experience with GPU-based Kubernetes.
• Experience with SALT for deployment automation.
• Experience with Nexus.

Required Education and Experience Equivalency

Education Years of Experience High School Diploma/GED n/a Associates Degree n/a Bachelors' Degree 10 Masters' Degree 10 PhD 10
Required Certifications

• At least one DoD 8570.01-M IAT Level II or higher certification

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).