Chief Engineer — Data Lake Delivery Lead (TS/SCI)

CACI International Inc.; Aurora, Northern (CO, KY); Hybrid; USD 115,000 - 252,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible time off

Robust learning resources

Job summary

CACI International Inc. in the United States seeks a Chief Engineer/Principal Software Engineer to lead delivery execution for a large-scale government program, translating architectural blueprints into actionable roadmaps while mentoring a distributed team.

You will drive SDLC in an AWS-based data lake context, ensure high availability, security, and performance, and engage with government customers to align mission goals.

Qualifications

• Clearance: Active TS/SCI Security Clearance.
• Education & Experience: Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related technical field, with 10+ years of professional software engineering experience.
• Leadership Track Record: Proven experience as a Chief Engineer or senior technical delivery leader guiding large-scale teams (35+ personnel) through full SDLC in classified environments.
• Technical Execution & Operations: Extensive experience managing large-scale system deployments on cloud platforms (AWS), data engineering, distributed system principles, and Kubernetes-based deployments.
• Methodologies: Proven experience leading Agile initiatives, distributed engineering teams, code quality assessments, and testing validation across multi-site workforces.
• Additional Skills: Strong cross-functional communication, interpersonal collaboration, and the ability to manage multiple technical delivery tasks under tight deadlines.

Responsibilities

• Execution & Delivery Strategy: Own the implementation plans, technical roadmaps and delivery schedules, translating the Chief Architect's high-level designs into actionable, high-quality development sprints and releases.
• Technical Leadership & Mentorship: Lead, mentor, and upskill a team of engineers across the full Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) within classified government environments.
• Engineering Standards & Processes: Establish robust coding standards, code review practices, CI/CD pipelines, and DevOps workflows to ensure consistent, repeatable software delivery across all squads.
• API & Integration Oversight: Ensure high availability, performance, and security for critical data ingestion pipelines and external producer/consumer APIs through rigorous engineering management.
• Quality & Technical Debt Management: Drive Continuous Delivery, automated testing, infrastructure-as-code, and container orchestration while balancing feature delivery with technical debt reduction.
• Stakeholder Engagement: Serve as a primary technical interface to leadership, government customers, and subcontractor teams, leading Technical Exchange Meetings (TEMs) and aligning execution with mission goals.
• Risk & Resource Management: Proactively identify and mitigate technical, operational, and cross-team dependency risks while championing engineering best practices.

Skills

Leadership

Agile

Cross-functional communication

Stakeholder engagement

Mentorship

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Kubernetes

Docker

AWS

Job description

CACI International Inc. in the United States seeks a Chief Engineer/Principal Software Engineer to lead delivery execution for a large-scale government program, translating architectural blueprints into actionable roadmaps while mentoring a distributed team.

You will drive SDLC in an AWS-based data lake context, ensure high availability, security, and performance, and engage with government customers to align mission goals.