Reporting to the IT Director, this role will be responsible for acting as a hands-on manager and business liaison, supporting the local site’s day-to-day operations of IT systems and deliverables.
You will partner with local functional and program management on identifying their IT needs and developing and implementing technical solutions that align to overall CACI IT.
You will lead a small, talented team of IT professionals who support the daily implementation, migration, maintenance and security of system applications and network infrastructure, including both classified and unclassified.
You will be self-motivated, proactive, and composed within a dynamic IT landscape with technical solutions that drive mission success.
Daily hands-on management and direction of a local IT team within a complex technical landscape, including both classified and unclassified environments
Partner with local business stakeholders and other ARKA IT managers to support technical initiatives aligned to ARKA’s overall business and best practices
Proactively identify enhancements and/or gaps to technical solutions
Maintain oversight of local IT projects, ensuring that commitments are properly planned, staffed, monitored, and reported
Manage and prioritize a substantial and diverse workload with ever-changing priorities
Motivate, mentor and train team members with varying levels of expertise, while identifying areas of individual growth and development
Establish metrics for measuring local IT effectiveness
Partner with Information Assurance team to ensure IT compliance and security is maintained per industry standards
Communicate to the end-user community on IT changes and/or updates as far in advance as possible to mitigate downtime
Provide hands-on escalated support and jump in to assist team as required

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in information technology or related subject or equivalent experience
A minimum of 7 years of hands-on system and/or network administration and/or business application development/maintenance
A minimum of 0-3 years of leadership experience, can include project or other indirect leadership assignments
Proven experience in leading, motivating, coaching, and training others with a can-do positive attitude
Previous experience working on classified systems
Strong prioritization and organization skills with the ability to manage multiple projects concurrently while maintaining a high degree of flexibility
Demonstrated ability to communicate and present clear, concise objectives to all levels of the organization while identifying and sharing risks and opportunities
Proven ability to unravel complex technical solutions and provide recommendations to the business, identifying risks and opportunities
Demonstrated hands-on experience with various system applications, network, and cloud infrastructure with proven success in implementation across the enterprise including: Microsoft and other Cloud environments (Azure, GCC High, AWS preferred)
Enterprise systems including VMWare, Windows, Linux
Monitoring, diagnostic, analytic and administration tools
System integrations and automation tools
Patching and monitoring tools
Security tools deployment such as MS Defender
Networking infrastructure experience, such as Palo Alto and Cisco
Knowledge of DevSecOps principles, and tooling (Gitlab preferred)
CompTIA Security+ required or obtained within first 6 months
Active TS/SCI security clearance with ability to obtain and maintain higher level clearances including a CI poly (will consider candidates within 24 months of a clearance debrief who can be crossed over within 3 months)

Benefits

healthcare
wellness
financial
retirement
family support
continuing education
time off benefits

Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard Skills & Tools

system administrationnetwork administrationbusiness application developmentcloud infrastructureMicrosoft AzureAWSVMWareWindowsLinuxDevSecOps

Soft Skills

leadershipcoachingmentoringcommunicationprioritizationorganizationflexibilityproblem-solvingteam motivationrisk identification

Certifications

CompTIA Security+Active TS/SCI security clearance