Linux Cloud Engineer

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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CACI is seeking an Linux Cloud Engineer to join our team to support our intelligence customer in Arnold, MO. The Engineer will actively participate with Scrum development teams and meetings. Designs architects, deploys, and maintains cloud solutions. This position supports the program's Open Data Store (ODS) team to provide quality cost-effective solutions to the client. As part of the ODS Team, various expertise is needed to support a sophisticated enterprise environment both on premise as well as in the cloud.

Responsibilities:

• The engineer will be responsible for working with highly functional development teams to help developing and automating service deployments, optimizing deployments and performance, integration with enterprise authentication services, and establishing/improving system monitoring while maintaining established security protocols within development, test, and production systems.
• Other responsibilities will include working with the team to define task breakdowns and effort estimates; as well as preparing design and test documents.
• Architect, build and maintain on premise and/or cloud infrastructure to support team and customer initiatives.
• Maintain and improve existing infrastructure (build out autoscaling, support new services, optimize for cost efficiencies/authentication/search, etc) and maintain and improve existing build and deployment processes using CI/CD tools.
• Manage, aggregate server logs, monitor for security and system related incidents and administer production, staging and development environments.
• On-call support may be required and monitor, analyze system performance, such as server load and resource usage.
• Apply configuration management disciplines to maintain software revisions, security patches, hardening, and documentation.
• Enforce best practices for security and reliability, and drive security initiatives, like access control and vulnerability testing.
• Work with A&A Teams to maintain security requirements for operation of systems and  with other service providers to support areas of common interest.
• Perform routine equipment checks and preventative maintenance and maintain up to date documentation of designs/configurations.

Qualifications:

• Active TS/SCI w/Poly
• 2+ years' experience with Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Programming, Science, Engineering or a related technical discipline, or the equivalent combination of education, technical training, or work/military experience.
• 3+ years of related systems programming experience
• Strong Understanding of DevOps and software/application development processes
• Experience working within Linux distributions such as RedHat, Ubuntu, CentOS, GitLab, Jenkins, Nexus, and other DevOps/Continuous Integration tools.
• Experience with cloud orchestration tools (i.e. SALT, Chef, etc; public clouds such as AWS, Google, Azure, Experience with Python framework and Shell scripting.
• Knowledge of network technologies, common infrastructure components, load balancers, firewalls, virtual and physical infrastructure design

Desired: 

• Experience building Amazon EC2 instances and S3 buckets for development, test, and production environments; working with API Management tools (APIGEE, Kong, etc) and  working closely with software development teams.
• Understanding of access management and security groups (i.e. IAM, S3 bucket, Cloud Trail, SSH, VPN, etc.)
• Ability to write and use unit and functional testing.

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.

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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 takes pride in fostering a diverse and accessible culture where every individual feels supported to chart their own path. 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.

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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:

$62,800-$128,600

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