Cloud Engineer

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This role is for a Cloud Engineer with a TS/SCI clearance and Polygraph, located in St. Louis, MO or Springfield, VA. Contract length exceeds 6 months, offering a pay range of $74,600-$156,700. Key skills include AWS, Hadoop, and systems engineering.
🌎 - Country
United States
💱 - Currency
$ USD
💰 - Day rate
Unknown
Unknown
712
🗓️ - Date discovered
April 13, 2025
🕒 - Project duration
More than 6 months
🏝️ - Location type
On-site
📄 - Contract type
Unknown
🔒 - Security clearance
Yes
📍 - Location detailed
Springfield, VA
🧠 - Skills detailed
#Monitoring #Hadoop #Documentation #Automation #Base #Scripting #"ETL (Extract #Transform #Load)" #Public Cloud #Unix #Compliance #OpenStack #Network Engineering #Perl #Cloud #Security #VMware #Windows Server #AWS (Amazon Web Services) #SaaS (Software as a Service) #Firewalls
Role description

Job Category: Engineering

Time Type: Full time

Minimum Clearance Required to Start: TS/SCI with Polygraph

Employee Type: Regular

Percentage of Travel Required: Up to 10%

Type of Travel: Local

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   • The Opportunity:

Deliver simple solutions to complex problems as a Cloud Engineer Here, you'll tailor cutting-edge solutions to the unique requirements of our clients. With a career in application development, you'll make the end user's experience your priority and we'll make your career growth ours.

People are our differentiator. As a Cloud Engineer you will help ensure today is safe and tomorrow is smarter. Our work depends on a TS/SCI cleared Cloud Engineer joining our team to support our intelligence customer in St. Louis, MO or Springfield, VA.

The Cloud Engineer's expertise is needed to support a sophisticated enterprise exploitation environment.

Responsibilities:

Architect, build, maintain Hadoop, and other cloud infrastructure

Apply Configuration Management disciplines to maintain hardware/software revisions, security patches, hardening, and documentation

Develop and direct the development of content for a complex and growing infrastructure. This includes use cases for Dashboards, Active Channels, Reports, Rules, Filters, Trends, and Active Lists

Provide guidance to security analyst and network engineering staff

Working Closely with C&A Team to maintain Security requirements for Operation of IEC systems

Support all aspects of NCE's Security Information and Event Management initiative.

Supporting the establishment, enhancement, and continual improvement of an integrated set of correlation rules, alerts, searches, reports, and responses.

Coordinating and conducting event collection, log management, event management, compliance automation, and identity monitoring activities for the customer's system.

Perform routine equipment checks and preventative maintenance

Performing systems hardening to DoD Standards

Maintaining up to date documentation of designs/configurations

Create shell and perl scripts to facilitate automated tasks

Work with other Service Providers to support areas of common interest

Working with software and hardware vendors

Must be able to support data collection from a large, complex server and network infrastructure and user base

Must possess a strong work ethic, be self-directed, and be a detail-oriented professional

Must be willing to learn and adapt to new, cutting-edge technologies

Must be willing to document work and participate in the customer's change procedures

Must possess excellent time management skills and the drive to work unsupervised

Must be a team player; willing to both share knowledge and learn from others to ensure the team's success Designs and defines system architecture for new or existing computer systems.

Qualifications:

Required-

TS/SCI with active Polygraph

Experience with public clouds such as AWS, Google, Rackspace

Experience with private clouds such as VMWare, OpenStack

Experience with Hadoop

Experience as a system architect/administrator/operator in a production environment

Knowledge of IAAS, PAAS and/or SAAS cloud technologies.

Knowledge of network technologies (MPLS, routing protocols, forwarding), common infrastructure components (IPAM, DNS, DHCP), load balancers, firewalls, virtual and physical infrastructure design

Experience with hypervisors such as VMware ESXi, Citrix XenServer, Microsoft Hyper-VSpecific

5+ years of related systems engineering experience.

Solaris systems engineering experience

Cloud platforms

Advanced knowledge of systems engineering principles, methods, and techniques.

Knowledge of the associated hardware, software, and equipment

Professional certification in one or more specific technologies may be required, depending on job assignment.

BS and 5+ years of experience or equivalent combination or education and years of experience

Desired-

Demonstrated ability to use problem solving techniques such as root cause analysis to resolve issues.

Strong background in Unix, Solaris, or Windows servers

Scripting skills

Location: St. Louis, MO or Springfield, VA

ship Required

This position is contingent on funding and may not be filled immediately. However, this position is representative of positions within CACI that are consistently available. Individuals who apply may also be considered for other positions at CACI.

What You Can Expect:

A culture of integrity.

At CACI, we place character and innovation at the center of everything we do. As a valued team member, you'll be part of a high-performing group dedicated to our customer's missions and driven by a higher purpose - to ensure the safety of our nation.

An environment of trust.

CACI values the unique contributions that every employee brings to our company and our customers - every day. You'll have the autonomy to take the time you need through a unique flexible time off benefit and have access to robust learning resources to make your ambitions a reality.

A focus on continuous growth.

Together, we will advance our nation's most critical missions, build on our lengthy track record of business success, and find opportunities to break new ground - in your career and in our legacy.

Your potential is limitless. So is ours.

Learn more about CACI here.

Pay Range: There are a host of factors that can influence final salary including, but not limited to, geographic location, Federal Government contract labor categories and contract wage rates, relevant prior work experience, specific skills and competencies, education, and certifications. Our employees value the flexibility at CACI that allows them to balance quality work and their personal lives. We offer competitive compensation, benefits and learning and development opportunities. Our broad and competitive mix of benefits options is designed to support and protect employees and their families. At CACI, you will receive comprehensive benefits such as; healthcare, wellness, financial, retirement, family support, continuing education, and time off benefits. Learn more here.

Since this position can be worked in more than one location, the range shown is the national average for the position.

The proposed salary range for this position is:

$74,600-$156,700

CACI is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, age, national origin, disability, status as a protected veteran, or any other protected characteristic.