System Administrator - Base-2 Solutions, LLC

As the System Administrator you will support a major program advancing the state of the art in Machine Learning Operations (MLOps) supporting mission-focused big data analytics and predictive analytics. You will be delivering cutting edge machine learning capabilities to advance national security objectives, swiftly produce and analyze results, and disseminate findings with actionable intelligence insights.Job Description 

• Work closely with a cross-functional agile application development team of data scientists, data engineers, software developers, system engineers, researchers, and data analysts working on the design, building, and optimization of a complex, resource demanding application
• Support multiple simultaneous work packages and take open-ended or high-level guidance, independently and collaboratively provide first-class infrastructure and deployment solutions
• Bring your mix of intellectual curiosity, quantitative acumen, and customer-focus to identify novel approaches to improve the performance of system function through system administration optimizations in partnership with a highly qualified, highly motivated team.

Required Skills 

• Bachelor's  degree  or  equivalent  with  a  minimum  of three  years  of experience in a related field.  Two additional years of experience may be substituted for the bachelor's degree.   
• Must possess TS/SCI clearance with the ability to obtain and maintain TS/SCI with Polygraph.
• 4+ years of experience in system administration preferably in a cloud native environment.
• Strong experience with Amazon Web Services (AWS/C2S).
• Strong experience with Linux OS system administration.
• Strong experience application and infrastructure deployment, configuration, and maintenance.
• Proper prerequisites and ability to gain and maintain Privileged User Access (PUA) on the customer’s network.
• Experience maintaining hardware in compliance with security policy.
• Proficiency in one or more system administration scripting languages.
• Track record of active learning and creative problem solving.
• Ability to analyze and assess infrastructure and application deployment requirements and determine optimum, cost-effective solutions.
• Ability and desire to work in a fast-paced environment learning new skills quickly as needed.

Desired Skills 

• A significant share of your experience in direct support of military or intelligence community customers, demonstrating progressive technical development and mission-focused outcomes.
• Experience supporting data team operations.
• An interest in data science, data engineering, or machine learning.
• Experience system administration in an on-prem, air-gapped environment.
• Experience configuring and optimizing storage solutions.
• Experience configuring and optimizing networking solutions.
• Experience or a desire to learn:
  • Deploying and maintaining Kubernetes applications
  • DevOps and MLOPs
  • IT automation (e.g., SaltStack, Ansible, Terraform, etc.)
• Familiarity utilizing virtualization and distributed file systems, such as Hadoop (or similar distributed file systems) in development and production environments.
• Familiarity using git, svn, JIRA, or other version control and program management technologies.
• Amazon Web Services (AWS) professional certifications.
• Familiarity with NVIDIA GPUs and NVIDIA GPU appliances.

Pay & Benefit HighlightsCompensation

• 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.

Health

• 100% paid premiums for health insurance. Choose from over 80 gold-level medical plans from Aetna, CareFirst, Kaiser and UnitedHealthcare. 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.

Income Protection

• 100% paid premiums for short-term disability.
• 100% paid premiums for long-term disability.
• 100% paid premiums for accidental death & dismemberment.
• 100% paid premiums for life insurance with a $200,000 max benefit.

Retirement

• 8% company contribution to 401k with immediate vesting.
• 401k pre-tax and Roth options.

Leave

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

Work-Life Balance

• Flexible work schedules including flex time and compressed work period.
• Remote work including partial or fully remote (contract and project-dependent).

View our detailed Equal Opportunity EmployerBase-2 Solutions is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.