Systems Engineer 4 (AI-focused)

Job Description

Requisition ID: 2657
Standard Title: Senior Systems Engineer
Required Security Clearance: Top Secret/SCI with Full Scope Polygraph
Location: Annapolis Junction, MD
Work Type: On-Site
Shift: First
Referral Eligibility: Eligible
U.S. Citizenship Required? Yes

Position Summary

Base-2 Solutions is seeking a Systems Engineer 4 to apply systems engineering principles across the full system life cycle, supporting 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 system life cycle.
Ability to support 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 14

Associates Degree 14

Bachelors’ Degree 10

Masters’ Degree 8

PhD 8

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).