Job Title: Cloud Engineer

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

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Responsibilities:
• Architect, deploy, and optimize AWS cloud infrastructure built for security, scale, and performance.
• Build Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform-including modular design, versioning, and automation patterns.
• Create, refine, and maintain reusable Terraform modules that elevate team velocity and consistency.
• Develop automated CI/CD pipelines to streamline infrastructure releases and reduce operational friction.
• Continuously monitor system performance, availability, cost efficiency, and operational health.
• Lead and support migration, modernization, and cloud adoption initiatives across diverse environments.
• Partner with application, cybersecurity, and DevOps teams to deliver robust, secure, cloud-native services.
• Automate manual processes to improve reliability and reduce time-to-deploy.
• Troubleshoot complex cloud infrastructure issues with precision, performing root cause analysis and long-term remediation.
• Define and uphold cloud governance standards, IaC best practices, and operational frameworks

Qualifications

Required:

Active TS/SCI w/ polygraph security clearance

• 5+ years of experience in cloud engineering, infrastructure engineering, or related technical fields
• Deep hands-on experience across core AWS services: EC2, VPC, IAM, S3, CloudWatch, RDS, Lambda, - ECS/EKS, Route 53, ALB/NLB
• Strong proficiency with Terraform for provisioning, lifecycle management, and modular IaC development.
• Experience with CI/CD tools such as GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Jenkins, or Azure DevOps
• Solid understanding of Linux administration and networking fundamentals
• Experience with monitoring/logging/observability tooling and practices
• Strong grasp of cloud security principles, IAM governance, and compliance requirements

Desired:

• AWS certifications (Solutions Architect, DevOps Engineer, SysOps Administrator).
• Experience with Kubernetes (EKS preferred).
• Experience with containerization (Docker).
• Experience with Python, Bash, or scripting languages.
• Exposure to FinOps and cloud cost management.
• Experience supporting production environments with uptime and incident response expectations.

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.

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:
$90,300-$189,600