Senior Software Engineer

Overview

Senior Software Engineer — Herndon, VA — TS/SCI with 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 supporting customer missions as a Senior Software Engineer in Herndon, Virginia.

Responsibilities

We are seeking a skilled Software Developer with expertise in DevOps to join our technology based program supporting a key Government customer. The ideal candidate will be responsible for developing and automating our customer’s systems in support of this customer’s mission, ensuring the smooth operation of all systems within the virtual environment (Nutanix, VMs) to optimize performance, scalability, and automation. The candidate provides development engineering and programming support to projects and infrastructure support activities. They develop, create, and modify general computer applications software or specialized utility programs, analyze user needs, develop software solutions, design software or customize software for client use, and work collaboratively within a team.

Design and develop tools for Linux, MS Windows, or other relevant operating system platforms

Design and develop tools that integrate with commercial applications

Develop unit and functional test plans

Provide operations and maintenance of operational systems

Modify existing software to correct errors, adapt to new hardware, or improve performance

Analyze user needs and software requirements to determine feasibility of design within time and cost restraints

Consult with customers about software system design and maintenance

Coordinate software system installation and monitor equipment functioning to ensure specifications are met

Develop and direct software system testing and validation procedures, programming, and documentation

Confer with systems analysts, engineers, programmers, and others to obtain information on project limitations and capabilities, performance requirements, and interfaces

Correct errors by making appropriate changes and rechecking the program to ensure that the desired results are produced

Conduct trial runs of program and software applications to ensure they produce the desired information and that instructions are correct

Compile and write documentation of program development and subsequent revisions, inserting comments in the coded instruction so others can understand the program

Write, update, and maintain computer programs or software packages to handle specific jobs, such as tracking inventory, storing or receiving data, or controlling other equipment

Consult with managerial, engineering, and technical personnel to clarify program intent, identify problems, and suggest changes

Perform or direct revision, repair, or expansion of existing programs to increase operating efficiency or adapt to new requirements

Write or contribute to instructions or manuals

Assign, coordinate, and review work and activities of programming personnel

Collaborate with internal teams to identify technical requirements and implement solutions that meet business needs

Provide technical support and guidance to end-users, resolving issues in a timely manner

Implement best practices for automation, backup, disaster recovery, and system redundancy

Stay up to date with industry trends and advancements in cloud computing and IT systems administration

Qualifications

Required Qualifications:

A Bachelor’s or Master’s degree is preferred with a minimum of eleven (11) years of relevant experience in networking, software development, and automation

Serve as part of a software development team to deliver automated solutions for standard network services support of a large IT infrastructure project

Hands on programming and scripting experience in Python with 5 to 7 years of experience, including a minimum of 2 years on network automation

Self starter able to lead complex automation projects and guide junior developers

Experience operating in a CI/CD/DevOps/Agile fast paced environment

Experience with network automation tools Ansible and Cisco Network Services Orchestrator (NSO)

Experience with IP Address Management tools such as NetBox

Experience in developing automated testing scripts with integration to a CI/CD pipeline with Python, PyATS, or similar testing framework and Jenkins

Experience in developing data models and understanding of YANG

Exposure to Cisco IOS, IOS XR, NX OS, and Junos operating systems desired

Desired Qualifications:

Familiar with network concepts (VLAN, interfaces, virtual chassis, etc.)

Familiar with configuring Docker/Podman containers on Linux

Familiar with AWS (EC2 and RDS)

Familiar with Python to make REST API or PostgreSQL DB calls

Familiar with NetBox and/or Forward Networks

What you can expect from us

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. #J-18808-Ljbffr