5-7 years of experience in DevOps or related field
Hands-on experience with Kubernetes and container orchestration
Proficient in GitLab CI/CD pipeline development
Experience as a Product Owner in Agile environments
Strong communication skills for diverse audiences
Ability to collaborate across technical teams
Responsibilities
Lead a DevOps team in designing and maintaining a microservices architecture
Foster a DevOps culture through cross-functional collaboration
Deploy and maintain a production big data pipeline
Enhance CI/CD pipelines for improved reliability
Design scalable infrastructure across environments
Collaborate with engineers to design solutions for new features
Prioritize Agile team backlog to align with business goals
Benefits
100% company-paid medical, dental, and vision premiums
401(k) with 8% total company contribution
Up to 20 days of flexible paid time off (PTO)
11 paid floating holidays
Flexible work schedules available
Full Job Description
Requisition ID: 5531
Standard Title:
Required Security Clearance: Top Secret/SCI
Location: Bethesda, MD
Work Type: On-Site
Shift: First
Referral Eligibility: Eligible
U.S. Citizenship Required? Yes
Sign-On Bonus:
Position Summary
Base-2 Solutions is seeking a TS/SCI-cleared Senior DevOps Software Engineer to join a high energy team building and deploying a cutting edge technology stack in support of the DIA NDOC (National Digital Exploitation and OSINT Center) DOMEX Technology Platform (DTP). Under this 10-year contract containing multiple Task Orders, the role supports the DOMEX Data Discovery Platform (D3P) Modernization program as well as NDOC's mission to centralize and standardize Tasking, Collection, Processing, Exploitation and Dissemination (TCPED) of Open Source Intelligence (OSINT) across the DoD and IC enterprise. While most work is conducted on-site at the client location in Bethesda, MD, the role offers a flexible schedule and, occasionally, some tasks may be performed remotely. Essential Duties and Responsibilities
Lead a DevOps team responsible for the design, deployment, and maintenance of a full stack containerized microservices architecture as well as technical systems administration, installation, and configuration.
Participate in fostering a DevOps culture, building strong cross functional collaboration with systems engineering, architecture, development, security, operations, and integration teams, in a dynamic and fast paced environment.
Work closely with a multi-disciplinary team of engineers, architects, developers, software integrators, and system administrators on the following key tasks:
Deploy, triage and maintain a production big data pipeline built on Kubernetes, Elasticsearch, and Kafka.
Enhance and maintain CI/CD pipelines and DevOps automation to accelerate development and improve reliability.
Design and support scalable, redundant infrastructure across physical and virtual environments.
Use Helm to configure Kubernetes deployments for new features and evolving requirements.
Collaborate with System Engineers to design solutions for new features and requirements.
Provide technical input to systems engineering documentation and diagrams/models working in coordination/collaboration with SE team members and Architect team.
Support SAFe Program Increment (PI) planning and execution.
Own and prioritize the Agile team backlog, ensuring work aligns with business priorities and delivers maximum value; break down features, prioritize work, and ensure requirements are clear and actionable; review and accept completed work to ensure it meets business requirements and quality standards.
Required Qualifications
You're enthusiastic, collaborative, and comfortable working with teammates across a range of technical backgrounds.
Meet an applicable education and experience pathway in the Required Education and Experience Equivalency section.
Handson experience with containers and Kubernetes e.g., Ingress/Gateway API, Helm chart design/build, pod disruption budgets, affinity/anti-affinity rules, familiarity with external-secrets, ArgoCD, cert-manager, eck (elastic search).
Experience with GitLab pipeline development e.g., integration of GitLab CI/CD components, code quality reports, coverage/test reports.
Experience as a Product Owner or a similar role in an Agile software development team.
Excellent communication skills (verbal and written) to articulate technical and non-technical concepts to diverse audiences.
Proven ability to work cross-functionally with engineering, design, project management teams, and stakeholders.
Preferred Qualifications
Experience with development, i.e. Bash, PowerShell, SALT, Python, Groovy, Java, etc.
Experience on a production/ enterprise system.
Experience with any of the following technologies: Kafka or other message passing systems (AMQP, JMS) Kubernetes monitoring, e.g., Prometheus/ Graphana GPU-based Kubernetes SALT for deployment automation Nexus Linux, e.g., sysctls for K8s environments, FApolicyd, SELinux.
Familiarity with Elasticsearch, Logstash, and Kibana.
Required Education and Experience Equivalency
BS in Engineering, Computer Science, Systems Engineering, or related field or equivalent experience with 12+ years in software development, system engineering or related field.
Master's degree with 10+ years of experience.
Required Certifications
Current DoD 8570.01M IAT Level II (or higher) certification, such as Security+, CySA+, SSCP, CCNA Security, or CISSP (or Associate).
Ability to obtain Privileged User Account (PUA) certification.
Required Security Clearance
Active Top Secret/SCI
Must obtain a CI polygraph after start; Top Secret/SCI required to start.
U.S. citizenship is required
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).
