Senior Systems Engineer

• Requisition ID: 5277
• Standard Title:
• Required Security Clearance: Top Secret/SCI
• Location: Bethesda, MD
• Work Type: Hybrid (On-Site and Remote)
• Shift: First
• Referral Eligibility: Eligible
• U.S. Citizenship Required? Yes

Position Summary

Base-2 Solutions is seeking a Senior Systems Engineer to support the Defense Intelligence Agency's National Digital Exploitation and OSINT Center under the 10-year DOMEX Technology Platform contract. The role performs and manages systems engineering activities across requirements analysis, design, integration, testing, documentation, and sustainment, while also serving as a scrum master for a software development team. The position is primarily conducted on-site in Bethesda, MD, with occasional remote work based on client requirements and deliverables.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Provide technical support, coordination, and execution of systems engineering activities, including feature and requirements analysis, design, implementation planning, integration and testing, sustainment, documentation, deployment, and system assessment.
• Perform systems engineering tasks within time-boxed Agile sprints and releases, including sprint and release planning, work-ticket creation and maintenance, and program and system documentation.
• Help define processes for technical platforms, system specifications, input/output parameters, and hardware and software compatibility.
• Assist with establishing systems engineering processes and tools for analysis, problem diagnosis, solution design, integration and test preparation, risk assessment, mitigation planning, and related activities.
• Manage a scrum team performing development activities across microservices and supporting system architectures.
• Facilitate scrum activities, manage risks, escalate impediments, and support continuous process improvement.
• Collaborate with systems engineers, software engineers, architects, and government counterparts across technical disciplines.

Required Qualifications

• Systems engineering, software development, or related experience meeting an applicable education and experience pathway in the equivalency section.
• Broad understanding of GPU-enabled systems architecture and engineering, including GPU integration, virtualization, Multi-Instance GPU (MIG), and associated software stacks.
• Experience creating design packages and workflows.
• Experience writing technical solutions and whitepapers.
• Experience implementing key Agile processes and techniques.
• Experience facilitating scrum activities, including planning, retrospectives, grooming, and reviews or demos.
• Experience with Gitlab workflows, JIRA, Confluence, or similar tools.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• Software development or coding experience with programming languages such as Python, Java, and React.
• Experience with database systems, search engines, Model-View-Controller (MVC), and web applications.
• Experience in Red Hat, CentOS, or Oracle Linux environments.
• Familiarity with DGX (Deep GPU Xceleration).
• Experience with big data applications.
• Scaled Agile Framework certification, such as SAFe Agilist or other.
• Familiarity with continuous integration and continuous development tools, such as Jenkins, Bamboo, or equivalent.

Required Education and Experience Equivalency

• Bachelor of Science in Engineering, Computer Science, Systems Engineering, or a related field with 12+ years in software development, systems engineering, or a related field.
• Additional experience in lieu of degree.

Required Certifications

• None specified.

Required Security Clearance

• Active Top Secret/SCI

Pay & Benefit Highlights

Compensation

• Competitive fixed salary or hourly pay (based on experience, skills, location, and internal equity).
• 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.
• 100% company-paid premiums for long-term disability.
• 100% company-paid premiums for accidental death & dismemberment (AD&D).
• 100% company-paid premiums for life insurance up to $200,000.

Retirement

• 401(k) with immediate vesting: 4% company match plus a 4% non-elective company contribution (8% total).
• 401(k) pre-tax and Roth options.

Leave

• Up to 20 days of flexible paid time off (PTO).
• 11 paid floating holidays.

Work-Life Balance

• Flexible work schedules, including flex time and compressed work periods (contract and project-dependent).

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