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DevOps Software Engineer

Position Summary

Base-2 Solutions is seeking a DevOps Software Engineer to join a high-energy team building and deploying a cutting-edge technology stack in support of a mission-critical data discovery platform modernization effort. The role involves contributing to scalable, containerized microservices architecture and collaborating with cross-functional teams to deliver innovative solutions.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

  • 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.
  • Partner with Systems Engineers to architect solutions for new capabilities.
  • Contribute technical input to engineering documentation, diagrams, and models.
  • Participate in Agile release planning, scrums, design sessions, bug triage, and related team activities.

Required Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Systems Engineering, or related field (or equivalent experience) with 8+ years of relevant experience; 6+ years with a Master's.
  • 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 (Bash, PowerShell, SALT, Python, Groovy, Java, etc.).
  • Experience supporting enterprise or production systems.
  • Familiarity with Kafka or other messaging systems (AMQP, JMS).
  • Familiarity with Kubernetes monitoring tools (Prometheus, Grafana).
  • Familiarity with GPU-based Kubernetes.
  • Familiarity with SALT for deployment automation.
  • Familiarity with Helm / Helmfile.
  • Familiarity with Nexus.

Required Education and Experience Equivalency

  • Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Systems Engineering, or related field (or equivalent experience) with 8+ years of relevant experience.
  • Master's degree with 6+ years of relevant experience.

Required Certifications

  • None specified.

Required Security Clearance

  • Active Top Secret/SCI