Systems Engineer

Position Summary

Base-2 Solutions is seeking a highly skilled Systems Engineer to join our innovative team. Our Systems Engineers are key contributors to the design, integration, and maintenance of complex systems supporting critical national defense and intelligence missions. We are looking for individuals with strong technical expertise, problem-solving abilities, and a collaborative mindset to drive the success of system development life cycles from concept to deployment.

Ideal candidates will thrive in a fast-paced environment, working across multiple domains such as networking, cloud, security, and systems architecture.

• Designs, develops, integrates, and maintains complex systems, ensuring they meet both technical requirements and customer needs.
• Conducts system architecture analysis, modeling, and trade studies to determine optimal solutions.
• Supports requirements gathering, decomposition, and traceability throughout the system lifecycle.
• Performs systems integration, testing, verification, and validation activities.
• Collaborates closely with software engineers, network engineers, security teams, and stakeholders to ensure system interoperability and compliance.
• Troubleshoots and resolves system-level issues related to performance, scalability, and reliability.
• Develops and maintains system documentation, including design documents, interface control documents (ICDs), and operational procedures.
• Provides input to risk assessments, mitigations, and contingency plans.
• Supports deployment and sustainment activities, including patch management, upgrades, and system monitoring.
• Ensures systems meet cybersecurity and compliance standards, collaborating with ISSOs and ISSEs as needed.

• Experience with operating systems including Linux (RHEL, CentOS, Ubuntu), Windows Server, Unix, and macOS.
• Experience with virtualization platforms such as VMware, Hyper-V, and KVM.
• Experience with cloud platforms including AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud Platform (GCP).
• Knowledge of networking protocols and hardware including TCP/IP, DNS, VPN, VLANs, firewalls, routers, and switches.
• Experience with system monitoring and management tools such as Splunk, Solar Winds, Nagios, and Zabbix.
• Experience with configuration management tools including Ansible, Puppet, Chef, and Salt Stack.
• Experience with infrastructure automation and scripting using Python, Bash, and Power Shell.
• Familiarity with system design methodologies and documentation including use case diagrams, interface control documents (ICDs), and system block diagrams.
• Knowledge of security frameworks such as NIST SP 800-53, RMF, DoD STIGs, and FedRAMP.
• Experience with backup, recovery, and disaster recovery solutions.
• Experience with collaboration tools such as JIRA, Confluence, and Service Now.
• Experience with Dev Ops practices, CI/CD pipelines, and integration with cloud and on-premises environments.

• Security Certifications such as CISSP and Security+.
• Technical Certifications such as AWS Solutions Architect, Microsoft Certified:
  Azure Solutions Architect, VMware VCP, Cisco CCNA/CCNP.

• None specified.

• CISSP
• Security+
• AWS Solutions Architect
• Microsoft Certified:
  Azure Solutions Architect
• VMware VCP
• Cisco CCNA
• Cisco CCNP

• Active Top Secret/SCI with Full Scope Polygraph