The Opportunity:
As a Platform Engineer, you will be part of an Agile development team where you will support the architecture, development, configuration, and evaluation of signals intelligence, radar, and communications prototype development systems, related software systems, and development environments for our Navy customer. Your area of work will include serving as an engineer for efforts related to the Kubernetes platform and DevSecOps pipeline to enhance CI/CD, improve system reliability, ensure configuration management, and leverage automation for scalable deployments.

Responsibilities:

• Design, develop, and maintain infrastructure as code (IaC)
• Execute Kubernetes cluster setup, enhancements, and maintenance projects
• Collaborate with engineering team to design and implement IaC to integrate successfully with hardware/software architecture
• Collaborate across multiple teams to integrate and deploy containerized services into Kubernetes
• Collaborate with developer and integration teams to ensure reliable and scalable deployments
• Utilize some or all of the following: Git, Ansible, GitLab, Kubernetes, Helm, Terraform, Vagrant, or similar tools to build, package, deploy, and analyze artifacts, applications, containers, and virtual machines to various environments
• Create and maintain comprehensive documentation

Qualifications:

Required: 

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Computer Engineering, Physics, Math, or equivalent experience
• Active TOP SECRET security clearance with SCI eligibility
• Willing to work onsite
• 3+ years of related work experience in a platform, DevOps, software, or similar engineering role
• 2+ years of hands-on experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools, including HELM, Ansible, Puppet, or Chef
• Proven experience deploying and managing Kubernetes on bare-metal servers in multi-node clusters
• Demonstrated experience with Linux operating systems- preferably Red Hat Linux
• Demonstrated experience with one or more of the following or similar: Git, Ansible, Kubernetes, Helm, Terraform, Packer, Python, Vagrant
• Strong communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to work effectively in cross-functional teams
• Experience hardening operating systems and containers to meet DoD cybersecurity standards
• Proven ability to diagnose and resolve issues, maintain, configure, and troubleshoot hardware and software components

Desired:

• Familiarity with advanced Kubernetes ecosystem tools such as Rook, Ceph, MetalLB, Artifactory, and ActiveMQ
• Proficiency in scripting languages such as Python, Bash, and PowerShell
• Thorough understanding and application of DevOps principles and methodologies
• Experience implementing IaC in hybrid Linux and Windows environments
• Certifications in relevant technologies (e.g., CKA, CKAD, AWS, Azure, or GCP certifications)
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines and tools (e.g., Jenkins, GitLab CI, or GitHub Actions)
• Knowledge of monitoring and observability tools (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana, ELK stack)
• Experience with Active Directory/FreeIPA integration and management

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: