Elasticsearch Engineer

Location: Bethesda, MD. Required Security Clearance: Top Secret/SCI. U.S. Citizenship required.

About the role

Base-2 Solutions is seeking an Elasticsearch Engineer to develop, deploy, and maintain NoSQL databases as foundational components of a Kubernetes-based microservices platform supporting the centralization and standardization of Open Source Intelligence tasking, collection, processing, exploitation, and dissemination across the defense and intelligence communities. This on-site role in Bethesda, MD supports cloud computing, artificial intelligence, machine learning, cross-domain transfer, data exploitation, enrichment, triage, and analytics capabilities.

Responsibilities

• Deploy, triage, debug, and maintain production-class databases, including Elasticsearch and Redis.
• Design and support database configuration management strategies across air-gapped network fabrics.
• Partner with Systems Engineers to architect solutions for new capabilities.
• Contribute to operational monitoring capabilities that provide proactive system notifications.
• Contribute technical input to engineering documentation, diagrams, and models.
• Participate in Agile release planning, scrums, design sessions, bug triage, and related team activities.

Requirements

• Relevant experience meeting one of the applicable education and experience pathways in the equivalency section.
• Experience with Kubernetes and container platforms such as EKS, Rancher, or RKE2.
• Experience designing, maintaining, and tuning Elasticsearch databases.
• Experience with one or more of the following: Keycloak, Redis, or Strimzi.
• Experience working with open-source technologies and modern infrastructure platforms.
• Experience hardening databases to comply with NIST 800-53 security controls.
• Strong knowledge of Linux system administration.
• Experience deploying, managing, and troubleshooting containerized applications.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to collaborate effectively with customers, engineers, architects, and cross-functional teams.
• Comfort working in a fast-paced environment with team members from diverse technical backgrounds.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with microservices architecture.
• Proficiency in scripting for automation and operational tooling, including UNIX shell, Perl, or similar.
• Experience with Helm Chart templating.
• Experience with ArgoCD.
• Knowledge of REST APIs, web services, networking, and internet protocols.
• Experience and domain knowledge related to data processing.
• Experience with big data applications.
• Experience supporting DIA, NDOC, and/or D3P.
• OSINT familiarity.

Education and Experience

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field with 8+ years of relevant experience.
• Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field with 6+ years of relevant experience.
• Equivalent experience in lieu of the stated degree with relevant experience equivalent to the applicable degree pathway.

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 and maintain Privileged User Account (PUA) certification.

Pay

Competitive fixed salary or hourly pay (based on experience, skills, location, and internal equity).

Benefits

• 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.