Cloud Engineer

Cloud Engineer

Job Category: Engineering

Time Type: Full time

Minimum Clearance Required to Start: TS/SCI

Employee Type: Regular

Percentage of Travel Required: Up to 10%

Type of Travel: Continental US

CACI is looking for a Cloud Engineer to design, build and implement cloud-native architectures with Kubernetes and related technologies for our customers. The selected candidate can work out of Omaha, NE, Langley AFB, VA, or Rome, NY.

You should love working with people and sharing your knowledge with your peers and be extremely knowledgeable in the Cloud-Native field.

What You'll Get to Do:

• Build, manage, and secure a container platform that meets your clients' needs and takes advantage of cloud capabilities.
• Develop and manage container management software to solve some of our toughest challenges.
• Use the latest cloud technologies as you look for ways to improve your clients' environments with current container software to ensure seamless orchestration.
• Work directly with your clients to inform strategy and design, while ensuring standards are met throughout the containerization process with Kubernetes, Docker, and Rancher.
• Recommend tools to help your clients manage and securely adopt containers.
• Broaden your skills in areas like Containerization, Orchestration, and Microservices while developing critical cloud platforms for clients.

You'll Bring These Qualifications:

• Active TS/SCI security clearance.
• 2+ years of experience with container tools, including kubectl, K9s, Docker, Kubernetes, or Rancher (RKE2).
• Strong Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL8) experience.
• 2+ years of experience with automation tools, including Terraform or Ansible.
• 2+ years of experience with Helm Charts (Helm), Kustomize and/or updating K8s manifests.
• Experience with GitOps Practices and Tools (ArgoCD, Flux).
• Experience with deployment and maintaining Kubernetes platforms in multiple environments and classification levels.

These Qualifications Would be Nice to Have:

• Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA) or Certified Kubernetes Administrator Developer (CKAD).
• Experience with infrastructure-as-code environments, including activities around the automated server or network configurations, large-scale software deployments, or monitoring and testing, such as continuous integration and continuous delivery (CI/CD).
• 2+ years of experience with deploying Kubernetes within a platform or cloud offerings, including GCP, AWS, or Azure.
• Demonstrated experience with Kubernetes managed storage solutions or databases (velero, ceph).
• Demonstrated experience with Kubernetes in air-gap (classified) environments to include Amazon SC2S or C2S.
• Demonstrated experience in Kubernetes hardening or cybersecurity best practices.

What We Can Offer You:

- We've been named a Best Place to Work by the Washington Post.

- Our employees value the flexibility at CACI that allows them to balance quality work and their personal lives.

- We offer competitive benefits and learning and development opportunities.

- We are mission-oriented and ever vigilant in aligning our solutions with the nation's highest priorities.

- For over 60 years, the principles of CACI's unique, character-based culture have been the driving force behind our success.

Company Overview: At CACI, you will have the opportunity to make an immediate impact by providing information solutions and services in support of national security missions and government transformation for Intelligence, Defense, and Federal Civilian customers. CACI is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, status as a protected veteran, or any other protected characteristic.

Pay Range: The proposed salary range for this position is $74,600-$156,700. 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, geographic location, 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. Employment benefits include health and wellness programs, income protection, paid leave and, life insurance, retirement and savings.