Server Architect (Senior)

CACI • Ashburn, VA

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About The Position

CACI is seeking a Senior Server Architect for the Global Mission Operations Support (GMOS) contract supporting the Department of State. The role supports a national-security mission by modernizing and maintaining applications and infrastructure through an integrated IT Service Management approach. The Senior Server Architect will lead a high-performing team and provide technical expertise across infrastructure design initiatives spanning more than 350 global facilities.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree and 8 years of experience in related fields, such as server architecture, systems engineering, infrastructure design, virtualization, or cloud architecture; equivalencies are considered.
• Active Secret Clearance.
• Proven experience designing and implementing enterprise server architectures across physical, virtual, and cloud environments.
• Expertise in Windows Server and UNIX/Linux platforms, hyperconverged infrastructure, and virtualization technologies such as VMware, Hyper-V, and KVM.
• Strong knowledge of capacity planning, disaster recovery design, and high-availability architectures.
• Leadership experience planning and leading major infrastructure design initiatives, serving as a subject matter expert, and supervising architecture teams.

Nice To Haves

• 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 or hyperconverged infrastructure solutions such as Nutanix, VxRail, or SimpliVity, and cloud migration strategies.
• Knowledge of Department of State security requirements and experience designing infrastructure for geographically distributed, disconnected environments.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design and implementation of physical and virtual hosting environments, including cloud platforms, across more than 350 global facilities, ensuring scalability and high availability.
• Provide engineering and design services for Windows and UNIX/Linux server platforms in compliance with enterprise standards and best practices.
• Develop infrastructure diagrams for production systems, including network topology, system dependencies, and data flows, in compliance with Department of State and DT security requirements.
• Design converged and hyperconverged solutions that optimize deployment footprints while maintaining performance, availability, and disaster recovery capabilities.
• Design local infrastructure architectures with sufficient computing and storage capacity for operations during disconnected communications or network outages.
• Support modernization by designing infrastructure evolutions based on industry best practices, cost optimization, and operational efficiency.
• Lead transitions 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 enterprise consistency and compliance.
• Collaborate with security teams, network engineers, and application owners to ensure architectures meet security, performance, and integration requirements.
• Plan and lead major server architecture initiatives, serve as a technical expert across project assignments, mentor team members, and supervise infrastructure design activities.

Benefits

• Flexible time off benefit.
• Learning resources and learning and development opportunities.
• Healthcare, wellness, financial, retirement, family support, continuing education, and time off benefits.
• Competitive compensation and a broad mix of benefits designed to support employees and their families.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior