Engineering Manager Systems Integration - Austin TX

VetJobs; Austin (TX); Hybrid; USD 108,000 - 228,000; Full time

Job summary

VetJobs in Austin, TX is seeking an Engineering Manager – Systems Integration to lead an integration team responsible for pre‑mission configuration management and post‑mission data workflows to support warfighters.

The role requires 5+ years of Linux scripting and at least 2 years of team leadership, with knowledge of virtualization, Kubernetes, Ansible/Puppet, and Agile practices. On‑site with travel up to 10% in a hybrid schedule.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in CS/CE or related field or equivalent experience.
• At least 5 years hands-on Linux and scripting experience.
• Minimum 2 years of leadership and mentoring of a technical team.
• Strong understanding of software design, patterns, and best practices.
• Familiarity with virtualization and hypervisors (ESXi, KVM).
• Experience with automation tools such as Ansible, Puppet, Helm, Kubernetes.
• Experience leading Agile development teams and roadmaps.
• Ability to travel ~10% and work onsite in Austin, TX.
• Willing to obtain TS/SCI clearance; current active clearance preferred.

Responsibilities

• Manage a team that builds, deploys, configures, and maintains existing software systems.
• Mentor staff engineers on technical and career topics.
• Drive research and development of solutions to support operational capabilities.
• Lead roadmap development and technical planning with stakeholders.
• Refine and enhance applications to meet customer requirements.
• Ensure legacy software meets evolving cybersecurity requirements.
• Apply system knowledge to diagnose issues and provide solutions.
• Profile and optimize legacy software systems for performance.
• Oversee software lifecycle management and tools adoption.
• Travel onsite in Austin to support integration activities.

Skills

Linux scripting

Team leadership

Agile development

Network automation

Kubernetes

System diagnostics

Virtualization basics

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Ansible

Puppet

Helm

RedHat KVM

ESXi

Job description

Job Description

Our organization works with partner companies to source qualified talent for their open roles. The following position is available to Veterans, Transitioning Military, National Guard and Reserve Members, Military Spouses, Wounded Warriors, and their Caregivers. Unless specifically stated otherwise, this role is "On-Site".

Job Title

Engineering Manager – Systems Integration

Job Category

Engineering

Time Type

Full time

Minimum Clearance Required to Start

None

Employee Type

Regular

Percentage of Travel Required

Up to 10%

Type of Travel

Local

The Opportunity

CACI is seeking a hands‑on Integration Team Manager who will manage a team developing, maintaining and improving current infrastructure that provides pre‑mission configuration management and post‑mission data workflows to support the warfighter.

Responsibilities

• Manage a team that builds, deploys, configures, and maintains existing software systems
• Mentor and support staff engineers on technical and career topics
• Execute research, engineering, and development of solutions to support operational capabilities
• Lead team members and stakeholders in the development of roadmaps and other technical planning activities
• Refine and enhance existing applications to best meet customer/operational requirements
• Optimize legacy operational software as necessary to meet continuously evolving cyber security requirements
• Apply system level knowledge (OS and hardware) to be able to diagnose issues and provide solutions
• Profile, analyze, and optimize legacy software systems
• Demonstrate understanding of software life-cycle management (and tools)
• Travel onsite to assist with integration of operational systems and updates, as needed

Minimum Education Required

High School/GED

Preferred Education

Bachelors

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s (or higher) degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related technical field or other relevant experience
• Minimum 5 years of hands‑on experience with Linux and scripting languages
• Minimum 2 years of demonstrated experience managing and mentoring a technical team
• Solid understanding of software, complex design concepts, patterns, tools and best practices
• Basic understanding of virtualization, containerization, and configuring hypervisor (Broadcom ESXI, RedHat KVM) software
• Basic understanding of distributed systems and networking automation tools and frameworks such as Ansible, Puppet, Helm or Kubernetes
• Demonstrated experience working in, and leading Agile development teams
• Able to travel approximately 10% of the time
• Willing to work a hybrid schedule with onsite requirements in Austin, TX
• Willing and able to obtain a TS/SCI Security Clearance. Current and active TS/SCI preferred.

Desired

• Active TS/SCI Clearance with a polygraph
• Previous work in a Continuous Integration pipeline
• Windows server administration experience
• IP networking experience
• SECURITY+ certification
• Experience with the RMF process, CVE remediation and common scanning tools (Nessus, Trivy, SonarQube, JFrog Xray)
• Hands‑on experience with Trellix ePolicy Administrator or Enterprise Security Manager
• Hands‑on experience with one or more of the following: Java, Python, C#

The Proposed Salary Range For This Position Is

$108,400 - 227,500 USD

City

Austin

State

Texas

Job Code

Engineering Engineering

Affiliate Sponsor

CACI International Inc

Salary Range

>$100,000

Auto req ID

483575BR