Account Backend Engineer

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: