Cloud Administrator (Journeyman)

CACI; Ashburn (VA); On-site; USD 105,000 - 145,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible time off

Learning & development resources

Competitive benefits

Job summary

CACI is seeking a Journeyman Cloud Administrator to support the Global Mission Operations Support contract for the Department of State. You will lead cloud and data center operations, ensure 99.9% uptime, and guide a team in modernizing infrastructure with SD DC technologies and IaC practices.

The role emphasizes disaster recovery, security compliance with NIST and FISMA, and collaboration with DOS entities to safeguard national systems.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree with 4+ years in cloud administration or related field.
• Active Secret Clearance required.
• Proven cloud, virtualization, and data center management experience.

Responsibilities

• Manage cloud-based platforms, hybrid clouds, and virtualized services with high uptime.
• Implement SDN and SDS and automate resource provisioning.
• Maintain DR solutions with rapid failover and RTO/RPO compliance.
• Document and improve troubleshooting for cloud infrastructure issues.
• Coordinate with DOS stakeholders to oversee data center monitoring and performance.

Skills

Cloud platforms

AWS/Azure

VMware

Hyper-V

SDDC

Disaster recovery

Data center management

NIST compliance

Education

Bachelor's degree + 4 years experience

Tools

Terraform

ServiceNow

Docker

Kubernetes

Job description

Job Title: Cloud Administrator (Journeyman)

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: Local

The Opportunity

CACI is seeking a Journeyman Cloud Administrator for the Global Mission Operations Support (GMOS) contract, supporting the Department of State. This role offers a unique opportunity to enhance national security through advanced IT solutions. You will collaborate with experienced professionals in an innovative environment, guiding a high-performing team to deliver excellence. The GMOS contract aims to provide world-class IT support by modernizing and maintaining applications and infrastructure using an integrated IT Service Management approach. Join us to make a meaningful impact on a program of national importance.

Responsibilities

• Provide comprehensive data center management services for CA IT infrastructure including cloud-based platforms, hybrid cloud environments, and virtualized services with 99.9% uptime requirements
• Implement and optimize Software-Defined Data Center (SDDC) technologies including software-defined networking (SDN), software-defined storage (SDS), and automated resource provisioning
• Integrate, configure, and maintain cloud-based disaster recovery (DR) solutions ensuring operational continuity, rapid failover capabilities, and RTO/RPO compliance
• Develop, document, and enhance technical and functional workarounds and troubleshooting procedures enabling Service Desk Technicians to rapidly resolve cloud infrastructure issues
• Coordinate with Department of State entities including DT and other stakeholders to oversee daily operations of CA Data Center infrastructure monitoring system health and performance metrics
• Plan, design, and execute buildout of new CA infrastructure within Data Center environments addressing requirements for space, power, network connectivity, storage, and security
• Monitor and manage cloud resource consumption, perform capacity planning and forecasting, and optimize cloud spending through right-sizing initiatives
• Manage and maintain the CA Data Center Access Control List (ACL) and granular access permissions ensuring compliance with DOS security policies, FISMA requirements, and NIST standards
• Coordinate Point of Contact (POC) information with DT for Enterprise Security Operations Center (ESOC) outage notifications incident escalations and emergency response procedures
• Perform routine cloud infrastructure maintenance activities including patch management system updates backup verification and virtual machine lifecycle management

Qualifications

Required

• Bachelor's degree + 4 years of experience in related fields, such as cloud administration, data center operations, infrastructure management, virtualization technologies, or systems administration; equivalencies considered.
• Active Secret Clearance
• Proven experience with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or hybrid cloud environments), virtualization technologies (VMware, Hyper-V), and data center infrastructure management
• Demonstrated expertise in Software-Defined Data Center (SDDC) technologies including software-defined networking, storage, and compute resource management
• Strong understanding of disaster recovery principles, business continuity planning backup and recovery solutions, and high availability architectures
• Excellent troubleshooting and problem-solving skills with knowledge of data center infrastructure components and infrastructure monitoring tools

Desired

• Prior experience supporting federal agencies, especially the Department of State
• Professional certifications such as AWS Certified Solutions Architect, Microsoft Certified: Azure Administrator, VMware Certified Professional (VCP-DCV), or ITIL Foundation
• Knowledge of Federal security frameworks including NIST 800-53, FISMA compliance, and experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools such as Terraform
• Experience with containerization technologies Docker, Kubernetes, automation scripting PowerShell, Python, and IT Service Management platforms such as ServiceNow

This position is contingent on funding and may not be filled immediately. However, this position is representative of positions within CACI that are consistently available. Individuals who apply may also be considered for other positions at CACI.

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