Senior Cloud Engineer with Security Clearance

Senior Cloud Engineer Springfield, VA or St. Louis, MO (hybrid) Active TS (SCI eligibility) clearance and eligibility to obtain a CI poly At Bcore, our strength comes from how we deliver impact to the mission. Whether it’s architecting critical IT solutions, producing actionable intelligence, or developing cutting edge technology, we succeed because of the expertise, collaboration, and agility of our teams. Our Mission Services division combines enterprise IT, cloud solutions, DevSecOps, systems engineering, software development, and operational support.

Bcore accelerates decisive advantage for warfighters and intelligence professionals by fusing human insight, rapid-fire engineering, precision-measured outcomes, and relentless grit into mission-ready solutions. Do you want to join a team that is building tailored technical solutions to modernize our government’s mission and our client’s business? Do you have a desire to change how people work? Are you interested in helping to protect our nation’s cyber interests? Join our growing team as a Senior Cloud Engineer, supporting the NGA customer mission.

Responsibilities What you get to do every day: In this role, you'll join our Common Operations Release Environment (CORE) team, providing high-quality, cost-effective cloud solutions to our clients. Be part of a dynamic environment where your expertise in cloud operations will drive significant enhancements in the efficiency and effectiveness of our customers' operations. As a Cloud Engineer on our team, you will be responsible for distributed and managed services automating the installation, configuration and maintenance of platform services.

Specific Duties and Responsibilities

• Maintain and improve existing build and deployment processes using CI/CD tools to automate and optimize service deployments within development, test, and production systems
• Integrate with enterprise authentication services
• Maintain and improve existing infrastructure (build out autoscaling, support new services, optimize for cost efficiencies/authentication/search, etc.)
• Manage and aggregate server logs and monitor for security and system related incidents
• Monitor and analyze system performance, such as server load and resource usage
• Apply configuration management disciplines to maintain software revisions, security patches, hardening, and documentation along with maintaining documentation and ensuring continuity of recurring tasks
• Enforce best practices for security and reliability, and drive security initiatives, like access control and vulnerability testing
• Work with A&A Teams to maintain security requirements for operation of systems
• Follow up on engineering tasks for operational solutions, and validate completion
• Participant in SAFe and Scrum development teams and meetings
• On-call support will be required Qualifications Clearance Required: Active TS clearance (with SCI Eligibility) and eligibility to obtain CI Poly  Education/Experience:
• 8+ years of experience

Required Skills

• AWS serverless infrastructure components
• Willing to learn cross-domain services available at customer agency
• A working understanding of TypeScript, JavaScript, Python, Bash
• Multi-platform integration (connecting processes and services between AWS, GitLab, OpenShift, Nexus, Self Service)
• GitLab CI/CD pipelines, typically centered around deploying or updating applications/services in OpenShift or AWS
• Strong understanding of DevSecOps and software/application development processes
• Understanding of GitLab or other DevSecOps/Continuous Integration tools
• Knowledge of network technologies, common infrastructure components, load balancers, firewalls, virtual and physical infrastructure design What is ideal?
• Background as a system administrator
• Cross Domain engineering
• AWS Diode
• Security+ Certification
• Understanding of access management and security groups (i.e. IAM, S3 bucket, SSH, VPN, etc.)
• Ability to write and use unit and functional testing
• Experience using Jira and Confluence
• Strong written and oral communication
• Customer engagement
• Intelligence Community Experience preferred What you can expect from us
• Recognizing great achievements do not go unnoticed by bcore through service anniversaries, spot awards, and employee referral bonuses
• You’ll join a growing organization of passionate, top-shelf, IT engineering professionals with extensive experience in actively developing the technology revolution in the Intelligence community
• The expected salary range within the Washington, DC metropolitan area is: $148,000-$185,000. Final compensation is unique to each individual and will be determined based on factors such as experience, education, geographic location, and contractual requirements. This is not a guarantee.
• Benefits include Health/Dental/Vision, 401(k), Paid Time Off, STD/LTD/Life Insurance/Voluntary Life Insurance, Stipends, Referral Bonuses, and more.

BCore is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, sexual orientation or any other characteristic protected by law.