Cloud Systems Administrator

Job Title: Cloud Systems 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

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Exciting Opportunity: Join Our Cutting-Edge Cloud Solutions Team!

Position: Cloud Solutions Architect (Cloud SA)
Are you passionate about cloud technology and eager to make a significant impact? We are seeking a dynamic and skilled Cloud Solutions Architect to join our innovative team in direct support of critical NSA missions. In this role, you will be at the forefront of delivering and provisioning secure, scalable hosting environments within a commercial cloud fabric, ensuring seamless enterprise-wide scaling for a diverse range of end users.

Responsibilities:

• Innovate and Engineer: Utilize your technical expertise to engineer, configure, test, install, integrate, operate, secure, monitor, maintain, and sustain the NSA's instances of commercial Cloud Service Provider solutions.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Perform a variety of tasks spanning network fabrics, including commercial cloud support, customer help desk functions, software integration and migration, integration and testing, documentation development and maintenance, security, network and system monitoring, and configuration and release management.
• Network Infrastructure: Provision and sustain network infrastructures. Develop, operate, and manage networks in a secure environment enabled by Public Key Infrastructure (PKI), Internet Protocol Security (IPSEC), Software Defined Networking (SDN), and/or Virtual Private Network (VPN).
• Cyber Security: Evaluate and integrate emerging cyber security technologies for production uses, such as Domain Naming Service (DNS), routing, load balancers, data flow technologies, audit capturing tools and techniques, Host-Based Intrusion Detection System (HIDS), Network Intrusion Detection System (NIDS), and Anti-Virus scanning.

Qualifications:

• Required:
  
  • An active NSA FSP.
  • Strong troubleshooting abilities for network-related support cases.
  • Proficiency in Cloud Infrastructure Management.
  • Focus on providing guidance and strategic direction rather than hands-on development.
  • Expertise in maintaining cloud policy and implementation.
  • Strong Linux skills, particularly with Centos 7 and/or RHEL 8.
  • Experience with Ansible.
  • Experience administering VMs in OpenStack, VMWare, or AWS.
  • Experience managing and securing VMs with STE/STN and SSP Compliance.
  • Comfortable performing YUM updates, VM reboots, applying STE/STN changes/packages, creating server certificates, and other common Sys Admin tasks.
  • Moderate experience troubleshooting Linux VMs.
  • Experience with Kubernetes/Docker/Rancher.
  • Active Security+ Certification.

Education and Experience:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related discipline from an accredited college or university, or equivalent experience.
• 4 years of additional experience on projects with similar requirements may substitute for a bachelor's degree.
• 5 years of experience managing and monitoring large Hadoop clusters (>200 nodes).
• Hadoop/Cloud System Administration Certification is a plus.

• Desired:
  
  • A development mindset.
  • Python Automation knowledge.
  • PKI Certificate/Server Certificate Setup.
  • AWS Experience (e.g., EC2, RDS, etc.).
  • Familiarity with Grafana, Rancher, Rook-Ceph, and NiFi.
  • VMWare Exposure.
  • Ability to work both independently and as part of a team.
  • Git Experience - push, pull, commit changes to a repo.

Why Join Us?

• Be part of a mission-critical team that drives innovation and security.
• Work in a collaborative environment with opportunities for growth and professional development.
• Contribute to cutting-edge projects that have a real-world impact.

Ready to Make a Difference? Apply now and take the first step toward an exciting career with us!

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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.

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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.

The proposed salary range for this position is:
$86,600 - $181,800

CACI is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, age, national origin, disability, status as a protected veteran, or any other protected characteristic.