Senior DevOps Engineer Security Clearance

Senior Dev Ops Engineer Springfield, VA or St. Louis, MO

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.

What you get to do every day:

• Automate and optimize service deployments
• Integrate with enterprise authentication services
• Establish and improve system monitoring while maintaining established security protocols within development, test, and production systems
• Architect, build and maintain on‑prem and cloud infrastructure to support team and customer initiatives
• Maintain and improve existing infrastructure (build out autoscaling, support new services, optimize for cost efficiencies, authentication, search, etc.)
• Administer production, staging and development environments
• 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
• Maintain and improve existing build and deployment processes using CI/CD tools
• Apply configuration management disciplines to maintain software revisions, security patches, hardening, and documentation
• 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
• Maintain documentation of designs/configurations, ensuring team members have continuity of recurring tasks
• Follow up on engineering tasks for operational solutions, and validate completion
• Manage operational readiness board – present at weekly meetings and determine if development services are ready for automation based on best practices and maintainability
• Track and ensure routine operations maintenance tasks are completed in a timely manner
• Participate in SAFe and Scrum development teams and meetings
• On‑call support will be required

• Active TS clearance (SCI eligibility) and eligibility to obtain CI Poly
• Bachelor’s degree and 8+ years of relevant experience
• Experience working with container images and platforms (Kubernetes/Docker/Open Shift)
• Strong understanding of Dev Ops and software/application development processes
• Experience with Git Lab or other Dev Ops/Continuous Integration tools
• Knowledge of microservice design and architectural best practices
• Proficient in Python, Bash, and Shell scripting
• Familiarity with network technologies, load balancers, firewalls, virtual and physical infrastructure design
• Strong problem‑solving and troubleshooting skills
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Ability to manage time effectively and work unsupervised
• Experience deploying on‑prem infrastructure

• Building processes for deploying to Kubernetes using Git Lab and Helm
• Understanding of access management and security groups (IAM, S3 buckets, SSH, VPN, etc.)
• Ability to write and use unit and functional testing
• Experience using Jira and Confluence
• Intelligence Community experience preferred

• Recognizing great achievements through service anniversaries, spot awards, and employee referral bonuses
• Joining a growing organization of passionate, top‑shelf IT engineering professionals with extensive experience in the Intelligence community
• Expected salary range within the Washington, DC metropolitan area: $148,000–$171,000 (final compensation determined based on experience, education, location, and contractual requirements)
• 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.