Junior Cloud Engineer
About The Position
Bcore is hiring a Junior Cloud Engineer to support the NGA customer mission as part of its Common Operations Release Environment (CORE) team. The role provides cloud solutions and supports distributed and managed services that automate installation, configuration, and maintenance of platform services. The position is based in Springfield, Virginia, or St. Louis, in a hybrid work environment. The engineer will maintain and improve build, deployment, and infrastructure processes across development, test, and production systems. Responsibilities also include integrating enterprise authentication services, monitoring systems and logs, supporting security and reliability initiatives, and collaborating with engineering, A&A, and Agile development teams. On-call support is required. Candidates must have an active TS clearance with SCI eligibility and be eligible to obtain a CI poly. The posting lists Security+ as preferred. Bcore describes its Mission Services division as combining enterprise IT, cloud solutions, DevSecOps, systems engineering, software development, and operational support.
Requirements
- Active TS clearance with SCI eligibility and eligibility to obtain a CI poly.
- At least 3 years of experience.
- Willingness to learn cross-domain services available at the customer agency.
- Working understanding of TypeScript, JavaScript, Python, and Bash.
- Experience with GitLab CI/CD pipelines, typically for deploying or updating applications and 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, and virtual and physical infrastructure design.
Nice To Haves
- Security+ certification.
- Multi-platform integration experience connecting processes and services between AWS, GitLab, OpenShift, Nexus, and Self Service.
- Knowledge of AWS serverless infrastructure components.
- Background as a system administrator.
- Cross-domain engineering experience.
- AWS Diode experience.
- Understanding of access management and security groups, such as IAM, S3 buckets, SSH, and VPN.
- Ability to write and use unit and functional tests.
- Experience using Jira and Confluence.
- Strong written and oral communication skills.
- Customer engagement experience.
- Intelligence Community experience.
Responsibilities
- Maintain and improve build and deployment processes using CI/CD tools to automate and optimize service deployments in development, test, and production systems.
- Integrate with enterprise authentication services.
- Maintain and improve infrastructure, including building out autoscaling, supporting new services, and optimizing for cost efficiency, authentication, and search.
- Manage and aggregate server logs and monitor for security- and system-related incidents.
- Monitor and analyze system performance, including server load and resource usage.
- Apply configuration management practices to maintain software revisions, security patches, hardening, and documentation, and ensure continuity of recurring tasks.
- Enforce security and reliability best practices and drive initiatives such as access control and vulnerability testing.
- Work with A&A teams to maintain system security requirements.
- Follow up on engineering tasks for operational solutions and validate their completion.
- Participate in SAFe and Scrum development teams and meetings.
- Provide on-call support.
Benefits
- Health, dental, and vision benefits.
- 401(k).
- Paid time off.
- Short-term and long-term disability insurance.
- Life insurance and voluntary life insurance.
- Stipends.
- Referral bonuses.
- Service anniversaries and spot awards.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
No Education Listed
