Senior Cloud Engineer

The Opportunity:

Join alongside an Information Technology (IT) Systems Engineering team supporting the Department of the Air Force (DAF) Enterprise Information Technology as a Service (EITaaS). As part of the ACAS Operations Resolution and Modernization Teams, you will be responsible for building, troubleshooting, improving, and maintaining the implementation of a new Tenable architecture for the DAF in an Azure cloud environment. As the Senior Cloud Engineer, you will work with the ACAS Solution Architect, Chief Architect, and Chief Engineer to develop and troubleshoot the ACAS Solution, reporting to the ACAS Project Manager.

Responsibilities:

• Develop, improve, and maintain the cloud infrastructure for the Tenable Assured Compliance Assessment Solution (ACAS) solution, with a focus in the following technology areas: Implementing Azure Cloud infrastructure to include Azure Kubernetes & CI/CD pipelines; Red Hat Linux; Tenable Software Solutions for ACAS; Scripting (Python, PowerShell, other languages as necessary).
• Troubleshoot and conduct investigations to understand root cause of issues and problems.
• Aid in the development of the Project Integrated Master Schedule (IMS) in conjunction with the ACAS Engineering Lead.
• Identify technical continuous improvement and project execution efficiencies.
• Develop and implement improvements to existing processes and practices.
• Develop topology and flow diagrams with team technical staff.
• Develop, and brief, solution presentation material to internal, program, and/or Engineering teams.
• Develop automation scripts and code efficiencies.
• Perform, and maintain, an Enterprise Red Hat Linux Operating Infrastructure with integrations into RHEL Satellite and RHEL Ansible.
• Deploy, and maintain, Kubernetes containers within Azure and VMWare Hypervisors.

Annual Performance Objectives

• Pass all Department of the Air Force internal Gate Reviews without rejection.
• Ability to white-board the solution ad-hoc with the project team without the need to reference existing solution materials.
• Implement identified process improvement per quarter.

Qualifications:

Required: 

• Must have an active Secret security clearance
• 12+ years of relevant experience (Bachelor’s Degree in applicable field may be substituted for 5 years of experience)
• 7+ years of Experience with cloud environments (Azure preferred) with a minimum of 5 years of direct experience
• Azure Administrator or Developer (or higher)
• 5+ years of experience with Tenable products
• 3+ years of experience deploying, automating, and hardening Red Hat Linux Operating Systems
• 3+ years of experience working directly with Kubernetes or containers
• 3+ years’ experience with securing systems by following STIGs, best practices, and government/compliance requirements (such as NIST 800-53, NIST 800-171, FISMA, FEDRAMP), and negotiating/working-with IA personnel to arrive at sensible and effective solutions
• Experience supporting the Department of Defense
• Excellent communication skills with experience briefing internal project team members and DAF stakeholders
• One of the following Certifications:
  • CISSP or equivalent DoD 8140 Certification Compliance.

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: