Senior Cloud Engineer

About this role

Job Title: Senior Cloud EngineerJob Category: EngineeringTime Type: Full timeMinimum Clearance Required to Start: SecretEmployee Type: RegularPercentage of Travel Required: Up to 10%Type of Travel: Continental US\* \* \*

Job Summary:

CACI is seeking a highly skilled Senior Cloud Engineer to build and operate an AWS infrastructure supporting a large-scale DoW enterprise program. This role requires an experienced, hands-on professional with a proven track record of architecting and implementing complex AWS environments in secure, compliance-driven settings someone who designs the solution and then delivers it, working in the console, in the code, and alongside the engineers who run it every day.

Required Qualifications:

• Active Secret Clearance
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Cloud Computing, Engineering, or a related field; Master's preferred. Equivalent professional experience will be considered.
• 12+ years of progressive experience in cloud and infrastructure engineering, with substantial recent time hands-on in AWS
• Expert-level AWS proficiency across compute, storage, networking, and identity with demonstrated ownership of multi-account environments built and operated in production
• Deep, practical Infrastructure as Code expertise (Terraform and/or CloudFormation), including module design, state management, and multi-account deployment patterns
• Production Kubernetes/EKS experience at the cluster-operations level (upgrades, node lifecycle, networking, RBAC, and workload identity)
• Proficiency with Linux (RHEL preferred) and Windows operating systems in enterprise environments
• Working knowledge of Active Directory and identity federation integration
• Demonstrated experience implementing cloud security and compliance controls in regulated environments, including STIG compliance, IAVA patching, and support to RMF/ATO activities
• Proven ability to mentor and develop junior cloud engineers, raising the technical bar of the team through c...