Server Architect (Senior)

Job Title: Server Architect (Senior)

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

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The Opportunity:

CACI is seeking a Senior Server Architect 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:

Lead design and implementation of physical and virtual hosting environments including cloud platforms across 350+ global facilities, ensuring scalability and high availability

Provide comprehensive engineering and design services for Windows and UNIX/Linux server platforms, ensuring compliance with enterprise standards and best practices

Develop detailed infrastructure diagrams for all production systems ensuring Department of State and DT security compliance, including network topology, system dependencies, and data flows

Design converged and hyperconverged solutions optimizing deployment footprints while maintaining optimal performance, availability, and disaster recovery capabilities

Design local infrastructure architectures ensuring sufficient computing and storage capacity for operations during periods of disconnected communications or network outages

Support ongoing modernization efforts by designing infrastructure evolutions based on industry best practices, focusing on cost optimization and operational efficiency

Lead transitions of systems from physical to virtual operating environments and from decentralized to centralized cloud-oriented architectures

Develop server architecture standards, configuration baselines, and technical documentation to ensure consistency and compliance across the enterprise

Collaborate with security teams, network engineers, and application owners to ensure server architectures meet security, performance, and integration requirements

Function as a technical expert across multiple project assignments, planning and leading major server architecture initiatives while mentoring team members and supervising infrastructure design activities

Qualifications:

Required:

Bachelor's degree + 8 years of experience in related fields, such as server architecture, systems engineering, infrastructure design, virtualization, or cloud architecture; equivalencies considered.

Active Secret Clearance

Proven experience designing and implementing enterprise server architectures including physical, virtual, and cloud environments

Demonstrated expertise in Windows Server and UNIX/Linux platforms, hyperconverged infrastructure, and virtualization technologies (VMware, Hyper-V, KVM)

Strong knowledge of capacity planning, disaster recovery design, and high-availability architectures

Excellent leadership abilities with proven experience planning and leading major infrastructure design initiatives, functioning as a subject matter expert, and supervising architecture teams

Desired:

Prior experience supporting federal agencies, especially the Department of State

Professional certifications such as VMware Certified Professional (VCP), Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect, Red Hat Certified Architect (RHCA), or AWS Certified Solutions Architect

Experience with converged/hyperconverged infrastructure solutions (Nutanix, VxRail, SimpliVity) and cloud migration strategies

Knowledge of Department of State security requirements and experience designing infrastructure for geographically distributed, disconnected environments

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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.

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.

The proposed salary range for this position is: $113,200 - $237,800

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.