- Requisition ID: 3003
- Standard Title: Senior Systems Engineer
- Required Security Clearance: Top Secret/SCI with Full Scope Polygraph
- Location: Annapolis Junction, MD
- Work Type: On-Site
- Shift: First
- Referral Eligibility: Eligible
- U.S. Citizenship Required? Yes
Position SummaryBase-2 Solutions is seeking a Systems Engineer 4 to apply systems engineering principles across the full system life cycle, supporting technical integrity, quality, and completeness of work products and deliverables. This role supports AI-focused cloud and platform engineering efforts, with emphasis on AWS, AI/ML systems, security, and data lifecycle management.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities- Apply systems engineering principles throughout the system life cycle phases of concept, development, production, utilization, support, and retirement.
- Interface with the Government regarding systems engineering technical considerations and associated problems, issues, or conflicts.
- Communicate with program personnel, government overseers, and senior executives.
- Maintain responsibility for the technical integrity, quality, and completeness of work performed and deliverables associated with one or more of the 25 ISO/IEC 15288 process areas.
- Support technical process areas including stakeholder requirements definition, requirements analysis, architectural design, implementation, integration, verification, transition, validation, operation, maintenance, and disposal.
- Support project process areas including project planning, project assessment and control, decision management, risk management, configuration management, information management, and measurement.
- Support enterprise process areas including project portfolio management, infrastructure management, lifecycle model management, human resource management, and quality management.
- Support agreement process areas including acquisition and supply.
Required Qualifications- Active TS/SCI with Full Scope Polygraph.
- Experience in systems engineering sufficient to meet one of the stated education/experience pathways.
- Experience applying systems engineering principles across the system life cycle.
- Ability to support technical integrity, quality, and completeness of systems engineering deliverables.
- Ability to communicate effectively with Government stakeholders, program personnel, and senior executives.
- Experience with cloud architecture, cloud engineering, or platform engineering, especially in AWS.
- Experience with AI/ML system design and implementation.
- High-level understanding of the AI lifecycle, including development, training, inference, and monitoring.
- Experience with ML pipeline development, model deployment, and DevOps/MLOps.
- Experience with system security and networking, particularly implementation of system security on classified systems.
- Experience with data engineering and data lifecycle management.
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills with varied stakeholder groups and the ability to proactively engage them to understand requirements and inform system architecture decisions.
Preferred Qualifications- Experience with Amazon SageMaker.
Required Education and Experience EquivalencyEducationYears of ExperienceHigh School Diploma/GED14Associates Degree14Bachelors' Degree10Masters' Degree8PhD8
Required CertificationsRequired Security Clearance- Active TS/SCI with Full Scope Polygraph.
Pay & Benefit HighlightsCompensation- 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).
