Software Engineer Level 2 with Security Clearance

Position Summary Base-2 Solutions is seeking a Software Engineer Level 2 to support the VISTA (MT&E Team). This position develops, maintains, and enhances complex and diverse software systems, including processing-intensive analytics, novel algorithm development, manipulation of extremely large data sets, real-time systems, and business management information systems. The Software Engineer works independently or as part of a team to review, test, document, and improve software components and solutions based on documented requirements. Experience with Go, Python, Terraform, and AWS tooling is required. Essential Duties and Responsibilities * Analyze user requirements to derive software design and performance requirements. * Design and code new software or modify existing software to add new features. * Debug existing software and correct defects. * Integrate existing software into new or modified systems or operating environments. * Develop simple data queries for existing or proposed databases or data repositories. * Provide recommendations for improving documentation and software development process standards. * Develop or implement algorithms to meet or exceed system performance and functional standards. * Assist with developing and executing test procedures for software components. * Write or review software and system documentation. * Develop software solutions by analyzing system performance standards, conferring with users or system engineers, analyzing systems flow, data usage, and work processes, and investigating problem areas. * Serve as team lead at the level appropriate to the software development process being used on any particular project. * Modify existing software to correct errors, adapt to new hardware, or improve performance. * Design, develop, and modify software systems using scientific analysis and mathematical models to predict and measure outcomes and consequences of design. * Design or implement complex database or data repository interfaces and queries. * Oversee one or more software development teams and ensure work is completed in accordance with the constraints of the software development process being used on any particular project. * Design or implement complex algorithms requiring adherence to strict timing, system resource, or interface constraints, and perform quality control on team products. * Confer with system engineers and hardware engineers to derive software requirements and obtain information on project limitations, capabilities, performance requirements, and interfaces. * Coordinate software system installation and monitor equipment functioning to ensure operational specifications are met. * Implement recommendations for improving documentation and software development process standards. Required Qualifications * Active TS/SCI with Full Scope Polygraph. * Fourteen (14) years of experience as a Software Engineer in programs and contracts of similar scope, type, and complexity is required. * Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related discipline from an accredited college or university is required. * Four (4) years of additional Software Engineer experience on projects with similar software processes may be substituted for a bachelor's degree. * Experience with Go, Python, Terraform, and AWS tooling. Required Education and Experience Equivalency Education Years of Experience High School Diploma/GED 18 Associates Degree 18 Bachelors' Degree 14 Masters' Degree 14 PhD 14 Required Certifications * None specified. Required Security Clearance * Active TS/SCI with Full Scope Polygraph. 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).