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title: 'Account Backend Engineer at Black Canyon Consulting'
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# Account Backend Engineer at Black Canyon Consulting

- **Company:** Black Canyon Consulting
- **Location:** Bethesda, MD
- **Posted:** 2026-10-14
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-10-28
- **Apply:** https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/blackcanyonconsulting/jobs/8034005003

## Job description

## Overview

Black Canyon Consulting (BCC) is searching for an NCBI Login and MyNCBI Account Backend Engineer. This role will play a critical role in supporting and modernizing the authentication and account management infrastructure for the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI), part of the National Library of Medicine (NLM) at NIH. This engineer will be responsible for maintaining legacy systems, facilitating migration to modern identity platforms, and ensuring robust, secure, and scalable backend services for millions of biomedical users worldwide.

## Key Responsibilities

- Maintain and Stabilize Legacy Systems:
- Provide operational support for NCBI Login System, including troubleshooting, patching, and ensuring production stability during migration phases.
- Support MyNCBI Account backend services, resolving session and account linking issues, and maintaining the Backend storage databases.
- Backend Development & Integration:
- Build, deploy, and maintain backend binaries and CGI scripts across multiple environments on Almalinux and other Unix/Linux platforms.
- Integrate third-party identity providers (IDPs) and manage federated account data feeds such as the Incommon organizations.
- Develop and optimize backend services using C++, Python, Django, and SQL, with a focus on security, compliance, and performance.
- Compliance & Security:
- Ensure backend systems meet FISMA Moderate and other compliance requirements.
- Apply best practices in authentication, authorization, and IT security standards (SAML, OAuth 2.0, OIDC, JWT).
- Monitor and support ongoing user issues, collaborating with partner agencies for resolution.
- Modernization & Migration:
- Lead and participate in migration efforts from legacy authentication systems to NIH ICAM (Identity, Credential, and Access Management) standards.
- Implement integration patterns for federated login, account consolidation, and application-owned authorization.
- Support user account migration, including linking, merging, and retiring local credentials for NCBI applications.
- DevOps & CI/CD:
- Manage code and configuration repositories, build pipelines, and deployment processes for backend services.
- Troubleshoot build and deployment issues, including OS upgrades and library dependencies.

Required Skills & Qualifications

- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or equivalent experience.
- Strong proficiency in backend programming (C++, Python, SQL) and Linux environments.
- Experience with authentication and authorization protocols (OAuth, OIDC, SAML, JWT).
- Extensive experience with Microsoft SQL server and relational database design and optimization
- Experience with version control (Git, SVN), CI/CD tools, and DevOps practices.
- Experience integrating with third-party applications and secured data sharing.
- Experience working with of XML and XSLT.
- Experience with agile development processes.
- Ability to work with legacy systems and facilitate migration to modern platforms.
- Strong troubleshooting, teamwork, and communication skills; ability to work independently.

## Benefits and Salary

We attract the best people in the business with our competitive benefits package that includes medical, dental and vision coverage, 401k plan with employer contribution, paid holidays, vacation, and tuition reimbursement.

We offer a competitive salary commensurate with experience and location. If you enjoy being a part of a high performing, professional service and technology focused organization, please apply today!

## About Black Canyon Consulting

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Black Canyon Consulting (BCC) is a privately held, woman-owned small business that delivers innovative program and IT management support services to federal research and development programs.
- **Entity Type**: Private (Woman-Owned Small Business, SBA-certified WOSB)
- **Headquarters**: Fairfax, Virginia, United States
- **Founded**: 2017 [bccdc.net](https://www.bccdc.net/)
- **Founders**: Manish Salhotra (Managing Director, Co-Founder) and Haley Esser (Principal / CEO) [sba.gov](https://dsbs.sba.gov/search/dsp_profile.cfm?SAM_UEI=WB3LFMA4KM45) | [linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/company/black-canyon-consulting-llc)

## Core Business
- **Primary industry**: Federal IT consulting and program management support for life sciences, bioinformatics, tool development, and environmental sciences.
- **Target customers**: U.S. federal government agencies (e.g., NIH, HHS) and other R&D-focused organizations.
- **Mission/purpose**: “Integrity, Impact, Innovation” – providing agile, adaptive, customer-focused support to advance national missions. [bccdc.net](https://www.bccdc.net/)

## Products & Services
- **Program Management Support**: Strategic and tactical program oversight, administrative management, and consulting for federal R&D initiatives.
- **IT Management Support**: Custom computer programming, systems design, cloud engineering, DevOps, data engineering, AI/ML, and cybersecurity services.
- **Proprietary Technologies**: BCC leverages its own IT system tools, workflows, and a distributed network of consulting resources to deliver turn-key enterprise solutions. [bccdc.net](https://www.bccdc.net/)
- **GSA Schedule Holder**: Contract #47QTCA18D00JA, providing a streamlined procurement vehicle for federal clients. [gsaelibrary.gsa.gov](https://www.gsaelibrary.gsa.gov/ElibMain/home.do/contractorInfo.do?contractNumber=47QTCA18D00JA&contractorName=BLACK+CANYON+CONSULTING+LLC&executeQuery=YES)

## Market Standing
- **Valuation**: Not publicly available (private company).
- **Key Metric**: Annual revenue not disclosed; total funding not applicable (bootstrapped / organic growth).
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: No external investors; key certifications include WOSB, ISO 9001:2015, ISO 20000-1:2018, ISO/IEC 27001:2022, FISMA compliance, and SOC readiness. [bccdc.net](https://www.bccdc.net/)
- **Growth Signals**: LinkedIn reports 42 employees (+75% year-over-year growth), 65 active job postings on Greenhouse, and a +50% increase in job postings monthly/quarterly. [linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/company/black-canyon-consulting-llc) | [greenhouse.io](http://job-boards.greenhouse.io/blackcanyonconsulting)

## Competitive Advantages
- **Certified Woman-Owned Small Business (WOSB)**: Provides set-aside contracting advantages in the federal market.
- **Deep Federal R&D Focus**: Over 125 years of combined experience in supporting NIH and other research programs.
- **Compliance & Security**: Holds multiple ISO certifications and FISMA, NIST, and PCI-DSS compliance, enabling work on sensitive government systems.
- **Agile Delivery**: Proprietary workflows and IT tools allow rapid, high-value execution for complex program needs. [bccdc.net](https://www.bccdc.net/)

## Strategic Focus
- **Current priorities**: Expanding support for NIH bioinformatics, data platforms (e.g., DailyMed, RxNorm, SRA), and AI/LLM initiatives. Actively hiring for roles like AI/ML Specialist, FHIR API SME, and Platform DevEx Engineer. [greenhouse.io](http://job-boards.greenhouse.io/blackcanyonconsulting)
- **Growth direction**: Continuing to secure federal contracts, growing the consulting workforce, and deepening capabilities in cloud, DevOps, and data science.

## Why Work Here
- **Culture**: Emphasizes “Integrity, Impact, Innovation” with a collaborative, mission-driven environment focused on supporting national research priorities. [bccdc.net](https://www.bccdc.net/)
- **Work location**: Most roles are based in Bethesda, Maryland (NIH campus) or Fairfax, Virginia. Remote/hybrid policy not explicitly stated but likely on-site or hybrid given federal client requirements.
- **Notable perks**: Opportunity to work on high-impact federal R&D programs (e.g., NIH’s National Library of Medicine), professional growth in a rapidly expanding company (75% YoY headcount growth), and exposure to cutting-edge technologies (AI, cloud, bioinformatics). [linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/company/black-canyon-consulting-llc)
- **Engineering culture**: Strong focus on software development, DevOps, data engineering, and AI/ML. Teams are organized into divisions like Software Engineering, Platform & DevOps, and Information Engineering. [greenhouse.io](http://job-boards.greenhouse.io/blackcanyonconsulting)

## Sources
1. [bccdc.net](https://www.bccdc.net/)
2. [greenhouse.io](http://job-boards.greenhouse.io/blackcanyonconsulting)
3. [sba.gov](https://dsbs.sba.gov/search/dsp_profile.cfm?SAM_UEI=WB3LFMA4KM45)
4. [linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/company/black-canyon-consulting-llc)
5. [gsaelibrary.gsa.gov](https://www.gsaelibrary.gsa.gov/ElibMain/home.do/contractorInfo.do?contractNumber=47QTCA18D00JA&contractorName=BLACK+CANYON+CONSULTING+LLC&executeQuery=YES)

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