Program Manager

Job Title: Program Manager
Job Category: Engineering
Time Type: Full time
Minimum Clearance Required to Start: None
Employee Type: Regular
Percentage of Travel Required: None
Type of Travel: None
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The Opportunity:
The Program Manager will coordinate Agile delivery across product managers, developers, QA engineers, and federal stakeholders. This role guides architecture, DevSecOps implementation, cloud native design, and infrastructure as code practices while mentoring teams and removing roadblocks that impede technical execution.
In this position, you will serve as the engineering authority within cross functional delivery teams, ensuring architectural consistency, governance compliance, and alignment to mission objectives. You will support both day-to-day delivery and long-term modernization strategy for AWS hosted, microservices based platforms.
As the Program Manager you will be charged with building cohesive, high-performance engineering teams in federal cloud modernization environments. In addition, you will define and enforce the technical strategy, coach teams, guide architectural decisions, resolve impediments, and ensure secure, scalable, and compliant system delivery. You will balance hands on engineering leadership with cross team coordination, enabling both accelerated delivery and long-term platform stability.
Responsibilities:
• Agile Technical Leadership
o Plan and deliver software within Agile frameworks, coordinating sprint execution and participating in program level ceremonies.
• Partner with Product Managers to translate business direction into actionable technical plans and achievable increments.
• Architecture & Engineering Direction
o Define architectural standards, patterns, and conventions for cloud native applications, microservices, and API design.
o Lead technology stack selection supporting scalability, maintainability, and federal security expectations.
o Establish and optimize CI/CD pipelines and development workflows, ensuring alignment with program architecture and DevSecOps practices.
• Cloud Platforms & Infrastructure as Code
o Build serverless and containerized platforms on AWS using services such as Lambda, API Gateway, EKS, ECS/Fargate, and distributed messaging.
o Implement infrastructure as code with Terraform or CloudFormation to ensure consistent, secure, and automated environment deployments.
o Security, Governance & Compliance
o Ensure engineering teams comply with federal security guidelines, governance controls, accessibility requirements, and program objectives.
o Embed secure coding and DevSecOps practices, including automated scanning, vulnerability mitigation, and policy as code.
• Mentoring & Cross Team Enablement
o Mentor developers, SDETs, cloud engineers, and DevSecOps personnel across multiple scrum teams; elevate engineering standards and delivery quality.
o Remove technical roadblocks and facilitate team communication across QA, security, operations, and management.
Qualifications:
Required:
• Bachelor’s degree with 15+ years of professional engineering experience.
• Expertise in cloud architecture with at least one major provider (AWS preferred).
• Proven experience across:
Agile delivery and team leadership
CI/CD pipelines and Git based workflows
Full stack engineering (Java/Node.js, modern front-end frameworks)
API design and microservices
Databases (relational and NoSQL)
Testing strategies and federal security practices
• DHS EOD background investigation
Desired:
• AWS certifications such as Solutions Architect Professional, DevOps Professional, or Security Specialty.
• Experience with Docker, Kubernetes, JMS, SQS/SNS, Kafka, Lambda, NiFi, and PKI environments.
• Familiarity with Mocha or Chai, DevOps environments, Istio service mesh, and OpenAPI 3.0.
• Excellent communication, documentation, mentoring, and stakeholder coordination skills.
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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.