Cloud Engineer

Cloud Engineer

Job Category: Information Technology

Time Type: Full time

Minimum Clearance Required to Start: Secret

Employee Type: Regular

Percentage of Travel Required: Up to 25%

Type of Travel: Local

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The Opportunity:
The Infrastructure Engineering team is responsible for planning, deploying, and supporting our Nutanix Hyperconverged Infrastructure (HCI) environment. You will ensure that our on-premises and cloud-integrated workloads achieve the required performance, availability, and scalability by leveraging Nutanix AOS, Prism, AHV, and related virtualization technologies.

Hybrid!

Responsibilities:

• Deploy, configure, and upgrade Nutanix clusters using Prism and Prism Central.

• Manage and support AHV hypervisors within the Nutanix ecosystem.

• Manage and support network equipment in the Nutanix environment including firewalls and network switches/routers.

• Monitor cluster health, capacity, and performance; tune settings to optimize resource utilization.

• Review and implement security configurations in the Nutanix Cluster and overall environment adhering to DoD requirements.

• Design and implement backup, recovery, and Nutanix-native disaster-recovery solutions.

• Automate provisioning, patching, and reporting workflows via PowerShell, REST API, Ansible, and Terraform.

• Conduct disaster-recovery drills, validate restore procedures, and maintain job guides/runbooks.

• Mentor and train junior team members on HCI and virtualization best practices.

Qualifications:

Required:

• An active Secret clearance. 

• 7+ years of relevant experience.

• BA/BS or equivalent years of relevant experience.

• DoD 8570/8140 IAT II baseline certification (e.g., CySA+, CND, Security+ CE, CCNA Security).

• Deep hands-on experience with Nutanix AOS, Prism, and AHV virtualization.

• Strong Windows Server administration (2016/2019/2022), Active Directory, DNS, DHCP, RDS and GPO management.

• Strong Linux administration knowledge including file systems, permissions, system monitoring, scripting, and RBAC.

• Expertise in PowerShell scripting and using Nutanix REST APIs for automation.

• Familiarity with enterprise backup and DR tools (Veeam, Commvault) in HCI contexts.

• Solid understanding of networking fundamentals (TCP/IP, VLANs, routing, LACP).

• Proven capacity-planning, performance-tuning, and troubleshooting skills for HCI clusters.

• Experience with Infrastructure as Code (Ansible, Terraform, Git) for provisioning and lifecycle management.

Desired:

•  DoD 8570/8140 IAT III baseline certification (e.g., CISSP, CISM, CISA, CCNP Security).

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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.

 

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 ambitions a reality.

A focus on continuous growth.

Together, we will advance our nation's most critical missions, build on our lengthy track record of business success, and find opportunities to break new ground — in your career and in our legacy. 

 

Your potential is limitless. So is ours.

Learn more about CACI here.

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Pay Range: There are a host of factors that can influence final salary including, but not limited to, geographic location, Federal Government contract labor categories and contract wage rates, relevant prior work experience, specific skills and competencies, education, and certifications. Our employees value the flexibility at CACI that allows them to balance quality work and their personal lives. We offer competitive compensation, benefits and learning and development opportunities. Our broad and competitive mix of benefits options is designed to support and protect employees and their families. At CACI, you will receive comprehensive benefits such as; healthcare, wellness, financial, retirement, family support, continuing education, and time off benefits. Learn more here.

The proposed salary range for this position is:

$94,400 - $198,300

CACI is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, age, national origin, disability, status as a protected veteran, or any other protected characteristic.