Platform Operations Engineer
base2 solutionsBethesda (MD)
Platform Operations Engineer
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base2 solutionsBethesda (MD)
SENIORITY
Lead
About the role
Position Summary:
Base-2 Solutions is seeking a Platform Operations Engineer to join a high-impact team supporting the design, development, and deployment of a modern technology stack for the DOMEX Technology Platform (DTP). This role supports the mission to centralize and standardize the Tasking, Collection, Processing, Exploitation, and Dissemination (TCPED) of Open Source Intelligence (OSINT) across the Defense Intelligence Enterprise. The position involves ensuring availability, reliability, and performance of a full stack, containerized microservices platform and collaborating with multidisciplinary teams.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
Ensure uptime, performance, and capacity planning for a large scale big data production platform with a microservice architecture running on Kubernetes, Elasticsearch, PostgreSQL, Kafka, and technologies such as Java, Python, React, and low code tools like Appian. Leverage monitoring tools to proactively detect and resolve issues. Lead triage, troubleshooting, root cause analysis, and post incident reviews. Define and track reliability metrics such as SLIs and SLOs. Participate in SAFe Agile release planning, scrums, design sessions, bug triage, and cross team coordination.
Required Qualifications:
BS in Engineering, Computer Science, Systems Engineering, or related field (or equivalent experience) with 8+ years of relevant experience; 6+ years with a Master’s; additional experience may substitute for a degree. At least one DoD 8570.01 M IAT Level II+ certification (e.g., Security+ CE, CySA+, CCNA Security, SSCP, CISSP (or Associate)). Ability to obtain Privileged User Account (PUA) certification. Experience with Kubernetes, GitLab pipelines, Linux, and containerized environments. Experience supporting enterprise scale production systems. Experience with cloud services (preferably AWS) and cloud infrastructure. Familiarity with Elasticsearch, PostgreSQL, Logstash, Kibana, and Keycloak. Demonstrated success in cross functional coordination and execution. Strong communication skills and the ability to perform under pressure during incidents.
Preferred Qualifications:
Experience with Agile methodologies. Experience with creating customized dashboards to track SLIs and other key performance indicators. Development experience (Bash, PowerShell, SALT, Python, Groovy, Java, etc.). Experience with Appian or other low-code platforms. Experience with technologies such as Kafka, AMQP/JMS, Prometheus/Grafana, GPU-based Kubernetes, SALT automation, Nexus, or GraphQL. Knowledge of security best practices (authN/Z, secrets management, data protection). Infrastructure-as-code experience (CloudFormation, Terraform, Pulumi). AWS cloud certifications. Required Education and Experience Equivalency BS 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 At least one DoD 8570.01 M IAT Level II+ certification (e.g., Security+ CE, CySA+, CCNA Security, SSCP, CISSP (or Associate)). Ability to obtain Privileged User Account (PUA) certification. Required Security Clearance Active Top Secret/SCI
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