Senior Platform Engineer

Posted 2 Days Ago
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2 Locations
In-Office
99K-207K Annually
Senior level
Information Technology • Consulting • Defense
The Role
Designs, builds, and scales cloud-based platforms for a mission-critical force protection system. Responsibilities include infrastructure as code, CI/CD pipelines, automation, cloud service management, Kubernetes/OpenShift provisioning, security controls, compliance, monitoring, and integration across cloud, data center, and edge environments. The engineer conducts technology trade studies, collaborates with multidisciplinary teams, and ensures reliable, secure, high-performance systems.
Summary Generated by Built In
Job Title: Senior Platform Engineer

Job Category: Information Technology

Time Type: Full time

Minimum Clearance Required to Start: TS/SCI

Employee Type: Regular

Percentage of Travel Required: Up to 10%

Type of Travel: Local

Anticipated Posting End: 3/1/2027

The Opportunity:
CACI is seeking a Platform Engineer to design, build, and scale our innovative applications and technologies as part of our DevSecOps team. This role will be responsible for enabling a multidisciplinary engineering team to meet the requirements of a mission critical cloud-based force protection system with a Digital Twin environment. The chosen engineer will work closely with RF hardware engineers, system designers, and other stakeholders to deliver a high-performance, reliable RF system and Digital Twin. The ideal candidate is a self-motivated technical leader who thrives in agile environments and adapts quickly to emerging technologies and requirements.
Responsibilities:


  • Design, implement, and support services using Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools such as Terraform or similar technology.
  • Build, optimize, and maintain production-grade CI/CD pipelines (Gitlab or Jenkins).
  • Build and maintain automation using scripts and other tools.
  • Configure and tune groups , application gateways, and other protective cloud controls.
  • Manage compute, storage, networking, and database services across cloud environments while ensuring adherence to security and compliance frameworks.
  • Collaborate closely with other engineers and subject matter experts to integrate testing into pipelines.
  • Establish and enforce security best practices for system implementations and data privacy.
  • Provisioning Red Hat OpenShift/Kubernetes environments across multiple security domains in Cloud, data center, and edge environments.
  • Conduct trade studies to select appropriate open-source, commercial or existing government solutions/technologies to balance security, supportability, performance, cost, user experience, and time to operations.
  • Collaborate with other teams to understand integration requirements and scale existing platforms to meet them.
  • Work with Security to ensure ongoing compliance and develop secure solutions.

Qualifications:
Required: 

  • U.S. Citizenship required 
  • Must have an active Top Secret clearance with SCI eligability
  • BS/BA + 7 years or equivalency
  • 7+ years of experience in cloud/infrastructure engineering
  • Extensive hands-on engineering experience in one or more of OpenShift, AWS, GCP or Rancher
  • Expert Terraform skills or similar; proven experience managing infrastructure with infrastructure as code
  • Experience operating production Kubernetes clusters (OpenShift/Rancher) supporting processing workloads
  • Experience with containers (Docker, Podman) and CI/CD (Gitlab or Jenkins pipelines)
  • Scripting/programming abilities
  • Experience with GitOps (ArgoCD)

Desired:

  • Linux/Red Hat knowledge
  • Experience with Digital Twin systems
  • Elastic Stack (Elastic, Logstash, Kibana) or similar
  • Experience with continuous monitoring and automated security tools
  • Strong communication skills for presenting to senior leadership 

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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.

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:

$98,500-$206,800

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.

Skills Required

  • U.S. citizenship
  • Active Top Secret clearance with SCI eligibility
  • Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience
  • At least 7 years of cloud or infrastructure engineering experience
  • Extensive hands-on experience with OpenShift, AWS, GCP, or Rancher
  • Expert Terraform or comparable infrastructure-as-code skills
  • Experience operating production Kubernetes clusters supporting processing workloads
  • Experience with Docker or Podman containers
  • Experience with GitLab or Jenkins CI/CD pipelines
  • Scripting or programming abilities
  • Experience with GitOps and Argo CD
  • Linux or Red Hat knowledge
  • Experience with Digital Twin systems
  • Experience with Elastic Stack, Logstash, Kibana, or similar tools
  • Experience with continuous monitoring and automated security tools
  • Strong communication skills for presenting to senior leadership

CACI International Inc Compensation & Benefits Highlights

The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about CACI International Inc and has not been reviewed or approved by CACI International Inc.

  • Healthcare Strength — Pay is supported by a broad set of health-plan options across multiple national carriers, with telemedicine and tax-advantaged accounts included. Dental and vision choices are also described as multi-option, which strengthens overall coverage breadth.
  • Leave & Time Off Breadth — Flexible Time Off is available for many salaried-exempt roles, while hourly roles accrue PTO, creating multiple time-off pathways by employment class. Paid disability coverage, fixed holidays, and paid leave programs (including parental leave and other leave types) further round out time-off and leave coverage.
  • Retirement Support — Retirement support includes a 401(k) match structure described as 50% up to 8% of pay (effective 4%) and an Employee Stock Purchase Plan with a discount. Tuition reimbursement and certification support also add to the overall rewards package that complements core retirement benefits.

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The Company
HQ: Reston, VA
17,673 Employees
Year Founded: 1962

What We Do

CACI’s approximately 23,000 talented employees are vigilant in providing the unique expertise and distinctive technology that address our customers’ greatest enterprise and mission challenges. Our culture of good character, innovation, and excellence drives our success and earns us recognition as a Fortune World's Most Admired Company. As a member of the Fortune 1000 Largest Companies, the Russell 1000 Index, and the S&P MidCap 400 Index, we consistently deliver strong shareholder value. Visit us at www.caci.com.

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