Software Engineer 3

Base-2 Solutions

$100K — $130K *
Aerospace & Defense
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Active TS/SCI clearance with CI Polygraph eligibility
  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience (minimum 6 years)
  • Strong proficiency in Linux
  • Hands-on experience with containers and Kubernetes
  • Experience with CI/CD processes and GitLab
  • Familiarity with Elasticsearch, Logstash, and Kibana
  • Proven experience in cross-functional engineering environments

Responsibilities

  • Deploy and maintain a big data pipeline using microservices and Kubernetes
  • Enhance and maintain CI/CD and DevOps scripts
  • Design and support scalable infrastructure in both physical and virtualized environments
  • Use Helm for configuring Kubernetes deployments
  • Collaborate across teams including engineering, security, and operations
  • Participate in Agile release planning and team meetings

Benefits

  • 100% company-paid medical, dental, and vision premiums
  • Short-term and long-term disability premiums fully covered
  • Life insurance coverage up to $200,000
  • 401(k) plan with 8% total company contributions
  • Up to 20 days of PTO and 11 paid floating holidays
  • Flexible work schedules available
Full Job Description
  • Requisition ID: 3186
  • Standard Title: Software Engineer
  • Required Security Clearance: Top Secret/SCI
  • Location: Bethesda, MD
  • Work Type: On-Site
  • Shift: First
  • Referral Eligibility: Eligible
  • U.S. Citizenship Required? Yes


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
EducationYears of ExperienceHigh School Diploma/GED9Associates Degree9Bachelors' Degree6Masters' Degree6PhD6Required 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).

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