Systems Engineer 6 (AI-focused) with Security Clearance

Position Summary Base-2 Solutions is seeking a Systems Engineer 6 to apply senior systems engineering expertise across the full system life cycle, ensuring the technical integrity, quality, and completeness of work products and deliverables. This role supports AI-focused cloud and platform engineering efforts, with emphasis on AWS, AI/ML systems, security, and data lifecycle management. Essential Duties and Responsibilities * Apply systems engineering principles throughout the system life cycle phases of concept, development, production, utilization, support, and retirement. * Interface with the Government regarding systems engineering technical considerations and associated problems, issues, or conflicts. * Communicate with program personnel, government overseers, and senior executives. * Maintain responsibility for the technical integrity, quality, and completeness of work performed and deliverables associated with one or more of the 25 ISO/IEC 15288 process areas. * Support technical process areas including stakeholder requirements definition, requirements analysis, architectural design, implementation, integration, verification, transition, validation, operation, maintenance, and disposal. * Support project process areas including project planning, project assessment and control, decision management, risk management, configuration management, information management, and measurement. * Support enterprise process areas including project portfolio management, infrastructure management, lifecycle model management, human resource management, and quality management. * Support agreement process areas including acquisition and supply. Required Qualifications * Active TS/SCI with Full Scope Polygraph. * Experience in systems engineering sufficient to meet one of the stated education/experience pathways. * Experience applying systems engineering principles across the full system life cycle. * Ability to ensure technical integrity, quality, and completeness of systems engineering deliverables. * Ability to communicate effectively with Government stakeholders, program personnel, and senior executives. * Experience with cloud architecture, cloud engineering, or platform engineering, especially in AWS. * Experience with AI/ML system design and implementation. * High-level understanding of the AI lifecycle, including development, training, inference, and monitoring. * Experience with ML pipeline development, model deployment, and DevOps/MLOps. * Experience with system security and networking, particularly implementation of system security on classified systems. * Experience with data engineering and data lifecycle management. * Excellent communication and collaboration skills with varied stakeholder groups and the ability to proactively engage them to understand requirements and inform system architecture decisions. Preferred Qualifications * Experience with Amazon SageMaker. Required Education and Experience Equivalency Education Years of Experience High School Diploma/GED 24 Associates Degree 24 Bachelors' Degree 20 Masters' Degree 18 PhD 18 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). #LI-PRO