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# Senior Cloud Engineer

- **Company:** B CORE LLC
- **Location:** St. Louis, MO, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $148,000.0 - $179,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Secure Shell (SSH), JavaScript (Programming Language), Amazon Web Services, Systems Engineering, Bash Shell, Cloud Computing, Cloud Engineering, Configuration Management, Continuous Integration, Identity and Access Management, Virtual Private Networks (VPN), Python (Programming Language), Cisco Nexus Switches, OpenShift, Service Pack, Software Engineering, S3 Bucket, Computer Network Technologies, Firewalls (Computer Science), Gitlab, Atlassian Tools, Multiplatform, Devsecops, Serverless Computing
- **Published:** July 10, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.clearancejobs.com/jobs/9022642/senior-cloud-engineer

## About the Role

* Requires Bachelor's degree
 * 5+ years of experience, * AWS serverless infrastructure components
 * Willingness to learn cross-domain services available at NGA
 * A working understanding of TypeScripe, 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 balances, firewalls, virtual and physical infrastructure design

What is ideal?

 * Background as a system administrator
 * Cross Domain engineering
 * AWS Diode
 * Security+ Certification
 * Undersatnding of access management and security groups (I.e. IAM, S3 bucket, SSH, VPN, etc.)
 * Ability to write and use unit and fuctional testing
 * Experience using Jira and Confluence
 * Strong written and oral communication
 * Customer engagement
 * Intelligence Community Experience preferred

 * 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

## Description

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., * 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
 * On-call support will be required

Clearance Required: Active TS clearance (with SCI Eligibility) and eligibility to obtain CI Poly


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