Chief EngineerPrincipal Software Engineer

The Opportunity:

We are seeking a talented and motivated Chief Engineer to lead the how and when of technical execution for a large-scale government program. Partnering closely with our Chief Architect - who defines the long-term technical vision and system design - you will focus on delivery management operational rigor engineering standards and team enablement. Leading a distributed team of 45 engineers you will provide end-to-end technical execution oversight for a modern data lake system supporting national critical operations.

In this role you will translate architectural blueprints and complex requirements into scalable disciplined and predictable deliverycultivating strong customer relationships to deeply understand mission needs and successfully realize them through execution.

Tech Ecosystem & Domain Scope

• Modern Data Lake Platform: Drive the execution and delivery of a high-throughput scalable data lake solution utilizing a modern technology stack hosted on AWS.
• Massive Scale & Integration: Oversee the operational execution for a large volume of diverse data inputs a broad user base and an even larger downstream consumer community.
• External Interfaces: Oversee the development integration and ongoing maintenance of various APIs supporting external data users and producers.

Responsibilities:

• Execution & Delivery Strategy: Own the implementation plans technical roadmaps and delivery schedules translating the Chief Architects high-level designs into actionable high-quality development sprints and releases.
• Technical Leadership & Mentorship: Lead mentor and upskill a team of engineers across the full Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) within classified government environments.
• Engineering Standards & Processes: Establish robust coding standards code review practices CI/CD pipelines and DevOps workflows to ensure consistent repeatable software delivery across all squads.
• API & Integration Oversight: Ensure high availability performance and security for critical data ingestion pipelines and external producer/consumer APIs through rigorous engineering management.
• Quality & Technical Debt Management: Drive Continuous Delivery automated testing infrastructure-as-code and container orchestration while balancing feature delivery with technical debt reduction.
• Stakeholder Engagement: Serve as a primary technical interface to leadership government customers and subcontractor teams leading Technical Exchange Meetings (TEMs) and aligning execution with mission goals.
• Risk & Resource Management: Proactively identify and mitigate technical operational and cross-team dependency risks while championing engineering best practices.

Qualifications:

Required:

• Clearance: Active TS/SCI Security Clearance.
• Education & Experience: Bachelors degree in Computer Science or a related technical field with 10 years of professional software engineering experience.
• Leadership Track Record: Proven experience as a Chief Engineer or senior technical delivery leader guiding large-scale teams (35 personnel) through full SDLC in classified environments (Note: architectural vision is covered by our Chief Architect so this role centers on execution delivery and team enablement).
• Technical Execution & Operations: Extensive experience managing large-scale system deployments on cloud platforms (AWS) data engineering distributed system principles and Kubernetes-based deployments.
• Methodologies: Proven experience leading Agile initiatives distributed engineering teams code quality assessments and testing validation across multi-site workforces.
• Additional Skills: Strong cross-functional communication interpersonal collaboration and the ability to manage multiple technical delivery tasks under tight deadlines.

Desired:

• Clearance: Active TS/SCI with adjudicated Polygraph.
• Business Acumen: Ability to align engineering execution with programmatic and organizational goals.
• Advanced Tech: Hands-on experience with modern data stack tooling containerization (Docker) DevOps pipelines and serverless computing.
• Domain Expertise: Direct experience in intelligence community data systems SIGINT/GEOINT mission processing satellite tasking or large-scale data lake implementations.
• Mission Experience: Direct experience in one or more mission areas:
  • GEOINT mission planning and processing
  • Satellite command and control systems
  • Advanced mission and payload planning for satellite operations

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 youll be part of a high-performing group dedicated to our customers 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. Youll 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 nations 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.

Since this position can be worked in more than one location the range shown is the national average for the position.

The proposed salary range for this position is:

CACI is anEqualOpportunity 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 otherprotectedcharacteristic.