Operations DevOps Team Lead

Overview

Operations DevOps Team Lead

Springfield, VA or St. Louis, MO

Active TS (SCI eligibility) clearance and eligibility to obtain a CI poly

Minimum of IAT Level II certification (Security+ or equivalent) with IAT Level III certification preferred

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 Operations DevOps Team Lead, supporting the NGA customer mission.

Responsibilities

What you get to do every day:

• We're seeking a leader who brings strong Operations and Systems Administration expertise, team management experience, excellent communication skills, and enough development/scripting background to help automate, configure, and enhance deployments.
• Lead and mentor an Operations/DevOps team supporting multi-environment system sustainment, administration, maintenance, and user support.
• Prioritize and distribute work across the team, ensuring timely issue resolution and operational excellence.
• Collaborate directly with users and government customers to understand requirements, communicate system status, and ensure mission outcomes.
• Perform system administration, troubleshooting, testing, and security operations.
• Maintain and update operational documentation including SOPs, SLAs, and system guides.
• Receive code from development teams and complete system builds, hardening, configuration, and deployment automation.
• Support and enhance CI/CD deployment workflows and security scans.
• Manage PKI certificates, system configurations, and operational compliance.
• Develop Helm charts for OpenShift deployments and support Infrastructure as Code practices.
• Design and monitor user and system metrics to ensure performance, reliability, and readiness across all environments.

Qualifications

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

Certification Required: Minimum of IAT Level II certification (Security+ or equivalent) with IAT Level III certification preferred

Education/Experience:

• Requires Bachelor's degree in IT or STEM field

• 7+ years leading teams in operations, sustainment, administration, security, or integration

• 5+ years implementing DoD/IC cybersecurity requirements

• 3+ years working with cloud technologies

Required Skills:

• Experience supporting Agile/SAFe environments

• Strong communication skills with the ability to engage users and government customers

• Knowledge of containerization, monitoring, logging, networking, and security

What is ideal?

• Experience with geospatial system operations

• CISSP or CISM

• Familiarity with configuration/change management processes

• Experience with integrated software delivery, CI/CD pipelines (GitLab, ArgoCD), and ticketing tools (ServiceNow, Jira)

• Knowledge of Kubernetes/OpenShift

• Background in system engineering or project management

• Experience with Terraform, CloudFormation, Ansible, or similar IaC tools

• Ability to automate tasks using Python or Bash

• Experience enhancing existing code and contributing to system architecture

• 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: $149,000-$180,000. 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.