Senior Cloud Administrator

Job Category: Information Technology

Time Type: Full time

Minimum Clearance Required to Start: TS/SCI with Polygraph

Employee Type: Regular

Percentage of Travel Required: None

Type of Travel: None

Anticipated Posting End: 11/3/2025

The Opportunity:
The FADE program is seeking an experienced Senior Cloud Administrator to spearhead the development, optimization, and maintenance of our AWS cloud infrastructure. In this critical role, you will ensure the reliability, security, and scalability of our cloud resources while implementing industry best practices.

The FADE team engineers solutions and develops capabilities that advance the tradecraft for intelligence analysis and warfighter support. We work directly with operational users to design, develop, and maintain capabilities that empower analysts to manage and fuse data from multiple sources of intelligence, allowing them to assess, monitor and alert on intelligence in direct support of vital national security missions. FADE’s software platform is developed and deployed on AWS cloud environments and on edge devices to best support our users where they need it most.

Job Duties:

• Cloud Optimization. - Provide continuous optimization of AWS cloud infrastructure to ensure mission-essential scalability, reliability, and performance.
• Safeguard National Security Assets – Implement and enforce robust cloud security controls, compliance standards, and risk mitigation strategies in alignment with DoD and IC cybersecurity frameworks.
• Drive Automation & Efficiency Utilization of Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC), DevOps automation, and container orchestration to accelerate capability delivery while reducing operational complexity and cost.
• Maintain Enterprise Resilience Develop and maintain monitoring, alerting, and recovery systems that guarantee uptime, continuity, and rapid response across AWS and edge environments.
• Enable Workforce Excellence Provide technical leadership, mentorship, and governance for system administration best practices, fostering a culture of innovation, collaboration, and operationaldiscipline.
• Integrate Cutting-Edge Technologies Evaluate, adopt, and operationalize emerging technologies—including Kubernetes, Terraform, Puppet, and advanced CI/CD workflows—to maintain technological superiority.
• System Administration Manage and administer Linux-based systems within the AWS environment,

Responsibilities:

Required: 

• Active TS/SCI clearance with CI polygraph
• 7+ years of experience working as a systems/cloud administrator or in a related field
• Specific knowledge and prior experience, training, and education in any number of software related areas including cloud architectures, DevOps automation, Linux system administration
• Current DoD 8570 IAT Level II certification
• Experience with one or more of the following: -
• Container technologies (Kubernetes, Docker, Helm)
• Configuration management tools (Ansible, Puppet, Chef, SaltStack)
• Experience with Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) for provisioning cloud and on-premise resources (Terraform, CloudFormation)

Desired:

• AWS Certifications and/or experience SysOps/DevOps
• Understanding of AMI creation via Packer and operating system (OS) builds
• Enterprise monitoring and alerting (Elasticsearch, Prometheus, Grafana, CloudWatch)
• Understanding of programming/scripting (Bash, Python); Strong Linux background/skills
• Experience with git, GitOps, GitLab and CI/CD pipeline workflows

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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 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.

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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.

The proposed salary range for this position is:

$99,300 - 208,600 USD