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Lead Systems Engineer

CACI International Inc
999 REMOTE, United States, United StatesRemotefull_timeVerifiedPosted 30 May 2025
💰 $188,000/yr($89,500/yr$188,000/yr)

About the role

Lead Systems Engineer

Job Category: Information Technology

Time Type: Full time

Minimum Clearance Required to Start: Secret

Employee Type: Regular

Percentage of Travel Required: Up to 10%

Type of Travel: Continental US

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The Opportunity:

Make a difference in the lives of today’s military!  CACI is looking for a Lead Systems Engineer with strong technical, interpersonal, and communication skills to join our team. The candidate will have a record of accomplishment leading technical teams in support of successful system and application development as well as sustainment. The position will be a remote position with possible travel to customer site a few times annually. 


Responsibilities:

  • Collaboratively develop and maintain mission critical systems for its users, whom we coordinate for design and development to ensure we bring the right product in the execution of their mission. 

  • Act as technical lead of teams providing guidance and leadership in support of system and software development activities.

  • Participate in management-level discussions to communicate project status and planning in terms of technical tasking, risk, and impediment.

  • Research and provide guidance on technical matters to accomplish mission goals. Examples include assessments of new/planned technologies, acquisition research, Help Desk escalated issues, etc.

  • Develop and maintain system architecture and design documentation.

  • Collaborate with teams to monitor and maintain the system production environment.

  • Collaborate with management, cybersecurity, and test teams to maintain the application release schedule.

  • Collaborate, collect, and report system performance metrics.



Qualifications:

Required: 

  • Must have active DoD Secret clearance or higher.

  • BS in Computer Science, Engineering, or related STEM degree and 10+ years’ experience performing progressive systems engineering activities; or any combination of education and experience, which would provide an equivalent background.

  • Experience with unclassified and/or classified systems in DoD IT environments to include managing and maintaining system architectures, infrastructure, and components in support of release, deployment, and sustainment.

  • Experience leading technical teams to support project goals and customer satisfaction.

  • Experience with Red Hat/Apache Linux and Windows-based systems in cloud and/or hosted VM environments, to include factors such as patching, SysOps/DevOps, CI/CD pipelines, and network devices.

  • Experience with Oracle-based products such as Oracle EBS, ApEx and Oracle 19c.

  • Experience with reporting solutions such as Cognos or Power BI.

  • Experience with DoD Risk Management Framework (RMF) accreditation and authorization processes, including continuous monitoring and mitigation of cybersecurity vulnerabilities identified from ACAS scans or STIG checks.

  • Experience performing research and documentation in support of technical upgrades, product acquisition, and cost/benefit analysis.

  • Must possess excellent oral and written communication skills to facilitate team interaction and support system documentation.

  • Must possess certifications that meet or exceed DoD 8140 IAT Level II requirements (ex. CompTIA Security+, CISSP).


Desired:

  • Experience supporting systems engineering for USMC-based projects.

  • Experience with waterfall and Agile development processes.

  • Experience with DevOps processes and tools.

  • Experience with data replication solutions.

  • Possess architectural or system administration certifications, preferably related to Oracle, Linux, or AWS.

  • Possession of an active Top Secret security clearance.

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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.

 

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