Principal Software Engineer

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Required Security Clearance

Top Secret/SCI with Full Scope Polygraph

City

Fort Meade

State/Territory

Maryland

Travel

None

Potential For Teleworking

Yes

Schedule

Full Time

DoD 8570 IAT Requirement

None

DoD 8570 IAM Requirement

None

DoD 8570 IASAE Requirement

None

DoD CSSP Requirement

None

Last Updated

8/30/25 8:30 PM

Requisition

Required Security Clearance

Top Secret/SCI with Full Scope Polygraph

City

Fort Meade

State/Territory

Maryland

Travel

None

Potential For Teleworking

Yes

Schedule

Full Time

DoD 8570 IAT Requirement

None

DoD 8570 IAM Requirement

None

DoD 8570 IASAE Requirement

None

DoD CSSP Requirement

None

Last Updated

8/30/25 8:30 PM



Requisition

249601

US Citizenship Required?:

Yes

Pay Range

Work Type:

Referral Eligibility

Description:

Base-2 Solutions is looking for a top-notch software engineer to join our team. We are driven to solve challenging customer problems by leveraging innovative technical solutions. Our software engineers develop the next-generation technologies that drive decision making and impact our national defense. We're looking for engineers who bring fresh ideas from all areas, including information retrieval, distributed computing, large-scale system design, networking and data storage, security, artificial intelligence, natural language processing, and UI design.

We need our engineers to be versatile, display leadership qualities and be enthusiastic to take on new problems as we continue to push technology forward.

Responsibilities

Develops , maintains, and enhances complex and diverse software systems (e.g., processing-intensive analytics, novel algorithm development, manipulation of extremely large data sets, real-time systems, and business management information systems) based upon documented requirements. Works individually or as part of a team. Reviews and tests software components for adherence to the design requirements and documents test results. Resolves software problem reports. Utilizes software development and software design methodologies appropriate to the development environment.

Provides specific input to the software components of system design to include hardware/software trade-offs, software reuse, use of Commercial Off-the-shelf (COTS)/Government Off-the-shelf (GOTS) in place of new development, and requirements analysis and synthesis from system level to individual software components.

Experience With Some Or All Of The Following

• Programming languages such as Java, C#, C++, JavaScript, Python, Scala, Ruby and Go
• IDEs such as Eclipse, Net Beans, Intelli
  
  J IDEA, PyCharm, Visual Studio and VS Code
• Operating systems such as Windows, Unix, Linux and macOS
• Team collaboration and issue tracking tools such as Atlassian Suite (JIRA, Confluence), Git Hub and Service Now
• Software frameworks such as Spring, Angular and Bootstrap
• Databases such as Oracle, MySQL and MongoDB
• Build tools such as Maven and Jenkins
• Containers and container orchestration tools such as Docker and Kubernetes
• Configuration management tools such as Git, SVN and CVS
• Cloud providers such as AWS, Azure and Google Cloud

• Twenty (20) years experience as a software engineer is required.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related discipline from an accredited college or university is required.
• Four (4) years of additional software engineering experience may be substituted for a bachelor’s degree.
• TS/SCI with Full Scope Polygraph clearance is required.

• Above market fixed salary or hourly pay.
• Up to $10,000 bonus for each referral.
• Additional bonuses for exceptional performance, assisting with business development and company growth.

• 100% paid premiums for health insurance. Choose from over 80 gold-level medical plans from Aetna, Care First, Kaiser and United Healthcare. Choose from PPO, EPO, POS, HMO, and HSA-compatible.
• HSA and FSA options.
• 100% paid premiums for dental insurance.
• 100% paid premiums for vision insurance.

• 100% paid…