[Remote] Platform DevEx Engineer

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Black Canyon Consulting (BCC) is searching for a Platform DevEx Engineer to support their work for the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) at the National Library of Medicine. The role involves building and maintaining tools and systems that facilitate software development and deployment across NCBI, ensuring high-quality code and compliance with Federal Standards.

Responsibilities

• As an Platform DevEx engineer, you'll be a part of a cross-functional team of around 20, building and maintaining tools and systems that allow developers across NCBI to build, deploy, and maintain software and web services that are used around the world
• GitLab CI pipeline configuration, templates, and components to build a standardized ecosystem for developers across the organization to use for their applications, in many languages, from C++ to Scala, Kotlin, and Python
• Python applications, scripts, and libraries to provide interfaces for DevOps and customer tools to manage builds, deployments, and more
• Kubernetes configuration templates using the YTT templating language to create and maintain customizable patterns for consistent deployments across application teams
• Debugging deployments on Kubernetes distributions like Openshift and Anthos and using plugins like ArgoCD, Istio, and more
• Documentation knowledge bases for each component project and the DevEx platform as a whole, in READMEs and on Confluence
• Leading smaller projects within the DevEx teams to add new capabilities to the platform

Skills

• Strong coding fluency in at least one programming language. NCBI uses Python, C++, JavaScript/Typescript, some Kotlin & Scala, and small amounts of Golang and Rust
• A working knowledge of Linux systems and the command line
• Familiarity with source control, CI/CD pipelines, package publishing, and containerization
• Experience developing CLI applications
• Experience building and deploying web APIs to cloud services or Kubernetes
• Familiarity with container orchestration tools like Kubernetes or Nomad, and Kubernetes distributions like OpenShift Container Platform, Anthos, GKE, AKS, EKS, etc
• Familiarity with observability tools like Prometheus, the EFK (ElasticSearch, fluentd, Kibana) or TIGK (Telegraph InfluxDB, Grafana, Kapacitor) stacks, DataDog, Sensu, Jaeger, Sentry, or OpsGenie
• Familiarity with GitLab CI/CD pipelines

Benefits

• Medical, dental and vision coverage
• 401k plan with employer contribution
• Paid holidays
• Vacation
• Tuition reimbursement

Company Overview

Black Canyon Consulting, LLC (BCC) is a privately held, Woman-Owned Small Business, whose team of professionals bring over 125 years of experience providing innovative, tactical, and strategic Program and IT Management Support Services. It was founded in 2017, and is headquartered in Fairfax, Virginia, USA, with a workforce of 51-200 employees. Its website is https://www.bccdc.net.

Company H1B Sponsorship

Black Canyon Consulting LLC has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships, with 1 in 2026, 8 in 2025, 10 in 2024, 1 in 2023. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role.