{"id":1191121,"url":"https://alion.io/job/bcore-software-engineer-2","title":"Software Engineer","company":{"id":2681147,"name":"BCore","domain":"bcore.com","url":"https://alion.io/company/bcore","size_band":"201-500","is_staffing_agency":false,"is_intermediary":false,"listed_via":null,"ats_vendor":"iCIMS","truth_index":null},"role":"Backend","role_family":"Backend","seniority":"senior","employment_type":null,"work_mode":"on_site","remote_scope":null,"remote_scope_basis":null,"remote_working_hours":null,"hiring_geo_confidence":"structured","locations":["Herndon, United States"],"countries":["US"],"hiring_countries":[],"hiring_countries_total":0,"salary":{"min":175000,"max":195000,"currency":"USD","period":"year","gross":null,"usd_annual":195000},"salary_estimate":null,"experience_years_min":5,"visa_sponsorship":false,"relocation_package":false,"has_equity":false,"technologies":[{"name":"Agile","optional":false},{"name":"Amazon EC2","optional":false},{"name":"Ansible","optional":false},{"name":"AWS","optional":false},{"name":"CI/CD","optional":false},{"name":"Jenkins","optional":false},{"name":"Linux","optional":false},{"name":"PostgreSQL","optional":false},{"name":"Python","optional":false},{"name":"Rest API","optional":false},{"name":"Scrum","optional":false},{"name":"VLAN","optional":false}],"status":"live","first_seen_at":"2026-09-24T16:50:13Z","employer_posted_date":"2026-09-24","last_verified_at":"2026-09-24T16:50:13Z","board_verified":true,"closed_at":null,"days_open":0,"trust":{"level":"ok","repost_count":null,"flags":[],"days_open":0},"description":"Overview\nSoftware Engineer\nHerndon, VA\nTS/SCI with Poly\nAt 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.\nDo 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 Software Engineer in Herndon, Virginia.\nResponsibilities\nWe 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 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.\nProvides development engineering and programming support to projects and infrastructure support activities. Develops, creates, and modifies general computer applications software or specialized utility programs. Analyzes user needs and develops software solutions. Designs software or customizes software for client use with the aim of optimizing operational efficiency. May analyze and design within an application area, working individually or coordinating development as part of a team.\nQualifications\nRequired Qualifications:\nWe are looking for experienced Software Developers to join our technology-based program supporting a key Government customer.\nA Bachelor’s or Master’s degrees are preferred with a minimum of eleven (11) year’s relevant experience with the following skillsets:\nServe as part of a software development team to deliver automated solutions for standard network services support of a large IT infrastructure project.\nMust have hands - on programming and scripting experience in Python with 5 to 7 years of experience with a minimum of 2 years on network automation\nMust be a self-starter that can lead complex automation projects and guide junior developers\nExperience operating in a CI/CD/DevOps/Agile fast paced environment\nExperience in network automation tools Ansible and Cisco Network Services Orchestrator (NSO)\nExperience with IP Address Management tools such as NetBox\nExperience in Development of automated testing scripts with integration to a CI/CD pipeline with Python PyATS or similar testing framework and Jenkins\nExperience in developing data models and understanding of Yang\nExposure to Cisco IOS, IOS XR. NX -OS and Junos operating systems desired\nDesired Qualifications:\nThe ideal candidate would also have IT project management experience, and be familiar with Scrum, Lean, Agile and DevOps.\nFamiliar with network concepts (VLAN, Interfaces, Virtual Chassis, etc)\nFamiliar with configuring docker/podman containers on Linux\nFamiliar with AWS (EC2 and RDS)\nFamiliar with Python to make REST API or Postgres\nDb calls (desired / nice to have)\nFamiliar with NetBox and/or Forward Networks\nWhat you can expect from us\nThe expected salary range within the Washington, DC metropolitan area is: $175,000 - 195,000. 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.\nBenefits include Health/Dental/Vision, 401(k), Paid Time Off, STD/LTD/Life Insurance/Voluntary Life Insurance, Stipends, Referral Bonuses, and more.\nBCore is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. 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