Senior Application Network Services Specialist

CACI; Chantilly (VA); On-site; USD 75,000 - 158,000; Full time

Job summary

CACI is seeking an Application Network Services Specialist to support the DIA in a highly secure, classified environment. You will own application delivery, manage traffic, DNS/DHCP, and PKI, and enable seamless Blue/Green deployments from engineering to production, ensuring uninterrupted, secure access for mission services.

You will join a 24/7 global operations team focused on availability, security, and performance, with a strong emphasis on CSI and continual service improvement across the

Qualifications

• Must hold a current Top Secret/SCI clearance with ability to obtain poly prior to start.
• DOD 8140 Certification applicable to role (minimum Security+).
• An AA and 10+ years of experience, BS/BA and 8+ years of experience, MS/MA and 6+ years of experience, PhD and 4+ years of experience.
• Minimum of 4 years of hands-on experience integrating, operating, and maintaining IT hardware and software solutions.

Responsibilities

• Core Network & Application Services: Deploy and manage traffic solutions, including load balancing.
• Manage DNS/ DHCP/ NTP for internal and customer infrastructures.
• Oversee PKI tokens, certificates, and trust chains; provide TA training/documentation.
• Tier 2 Operations Support: incident analysis, troubleshooting, and coordination with Engineering.
• Monitor capacity and SLAs; maintain infrastructure utilization and prevent incidents.
• Maintenance: perform scheduled and ad hoc updates per service interruption schedules.
• Bridge Engineering & Operations: analyze architectures to deploy infrastructure per program vision.
• Manage Deployments: oversee transfers through Acceptance testing and Blue/Green fielding.
• Lab Environments: develop tests; investigate incidents and validate designs before prod.
• Drive CSI: research technologies and articulate evolutionary changes to stakeholders.
• Compliance & Reporting: patch management, POA&M, contract documentation, SOPs.

Skills

Clearance awareness

Security practices

Blue/Green deployments

Education

AA degree

BS/BA degree

MS/MA degree

PhD degree

Tools

Microsoft Active Directory

Local/Global Traffic Manager

Big IP (F5)

Infoblox

Job description

CACI is seeking an Application Network Services Specialist to support the DIA in a highly secure, classified environment. You will own application delivery, manage traffic, DNS/DHCP, and PKI, and enable seamless Blue/Green deployments from engineering to production, ensuring uninterrupted, secure access for mission services.

You will join a 24/7 global operations team focused on availability, security, and performance, with a strong emphasis on CSI and continual service improvement across the