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CACI International Site Reliability Engineer - SME in International, Germany
Site Reliability Engineer - SME
Job Category: Information Technology
Time Type: Full time
Minimum Clearance Required to Start: Secret
Employee Type: Regular-Long Term Assignment
Percentage of Travel Required: Up to 10%
Type of Travel: Local
What You’ll Get to Do:
CACI has an excellent opportunity for an experienced, self-directed, Site Reliability Engineer (SRE). This position is in support of a Department of Defense (DoD) organization, US AFRICOM located OCONUS in Stuttgart, Germany. This position is required to stay OCONUS.
More About the Role:
The successful candidate must be able to communicate clearly and succinctly both written and orally, and present products and ideas in a business-like manner. The candidate will be required to work in dynamic fast paced environments that require team interaction and coordination of efforts. The candidate must be experienced in interfacing with both client managers and system users.
Job Description
Are you interested in continuing your career in Europe in a mission focused environment? CACI has established and upcoming positions throughout the European theater supporting multiple customers for the Department of Defense. We are looking for experienced, innovative and motivated IT Specialists to support enablement of US AFRICOM objectives. AFRICOM, located in Stuttgart, Germany is currently seeking a Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) to empower our operations staff with a rich feature set, high availability, and stellar performance level of automation and orchestration tools to pursue their missions. Specifically, we are searching for someone who brings fresh ideas, demonstrates a unique and informed viewpoint, and enjoys collaborating with a cross-functional team to develop real-world solutions.
Objectives of this Role
Serve as the Subject Matter Expert (SME) for the Service Reliability Team
Build software and systems to manage platform infrastructure and applications
Work with operations team members to build use-cases for automation and orchestration within the environment
Create a road-map for development of tools to build and mature a DevOps environment
Drive the development and adoption of Infrastructure as Code
Thoroughly document software development and associated operational capabilities
Provide engineering and operational support for multiple software applications
Automate reporting, measure and optimize system performance and provide after action reports
Gather and analyze metrics to assist in performance tuning and fault discovery
Improve reliability and quality of software through rigorous testing and release procedures
Drive system design, platform management, and capacity planning
Balance feature development speed and reliability with well-defined service level objectives
You Will Bring These Qualifications
Secret clearance with the ability to obtaining and maintain a TS/SCI level clearance.
Bachelor’s degree in computer science or other highly technical, scientific discipline
Strong ability to program with one or more high level languages, such as Python, Go and PowerShell
Experience with automation tools such as Ansible, Cisco NSO, VMware vRealize suite, Service Now
Experience with Configuration Management and CI/CD pipeline tools such as Git, Gitlab CI/CD, etc.
Experience with Infrastructure as Code and associated tools such as Terraform
Experience supporting and engineering enterprise platforms and/or network applications
Entrepreneurial mindset to build and grow a small team within an organization
These Qualifications Would be Nice to Have
Previous experience in site reliability engineering
Previous success in modernizing operations to utilize automation and orchestration for day-to-day tasks
Ability to evangelize and gain buy-in to the benefits of automation from a wide range of technical and non-technical audiences
Previous experience in a functional DevOps environment
Experience with containerization technologies such as Kubernetes and Docke
Company Overview: At CACI, you will have the opportunity to make an immediate impact by providing information solutions and services in support of national security missions and government transformation for Intelligence, Defense, and Federal Civilian customers. CACI is an Equal Opportunity Employer – Females/Minorities/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities.
As a federal contractor, CACI is subject to any federal vaccine mandates or other customer vaccination requirements. All new hires are required to report their vaccination status.