Network Management Systems (NMS) Linux Engineer at CACI
Sterling, VA
$131,800–$290,000from the description
Jul 27, 2026
Sterling, VA
Jul 29, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
This role supports Network Management Systems (NMS) infrastructure in an air-gapped environment, with responsibilities spanning Linux server administration, automation scripting, CI/CD pipeline design, and system monitoring. The position suits an experienced Linux engineer comfortable with configuration management, cloud and virtualization platforms, and security hardening, who also has some mentoring and documentation responsibilities.
Senior level · 10+ years · Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV · TS/SCI clearance · Full-time
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How this req sits in the market our data
Most people in this occupation already list these. Still required — just not what gets you shortlisted.
What the occupation pays Median $128,188 (middle half $100,819–$156,589). This posting is about at that midpoint.
Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Jul 29, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (8)
The SOC classification is a genuine judgment call. The role blends Linux/NMS infrastructure administration (15-1244) with meaningful automation and CI/CD pipeline development (15-1252); 15-1244 was chosen because the primary framing is operating and maintaining NMS infrastructure in an air-gapped environment, but a strong case exists for 15-1252 given the scripting, pipeline, and automation development duties.
Location is not explicitly stated in the posting. The Washington DC metro area (CACI's primary hub for cleared NMS work) is inferred from the TS/SCI with Polygraph requirement and 'local travel' language; this should be verified.
The degree requirement states 'Bachelor's degree in Technical field OR equivalent work experience,' so no hard degree gate is set.
CI/CD tools (Jenkins, GitLab CI, GitHub Actions) appear in both the Required qualifications and the Desired section; they are treated as required based on their placement in the Qualifications block.
Prometheus, collectd, Grafana, and InfluxDB appear in the Responsibilities narrative and again under Desired; they are marked preferred because their only explicit gate is in the Desired section.
SolarWinds, Riverbed, and Network Node Manager appear only in the Responsibilities narrative as example NMS applications, not as gated qualifications; marked preferred accordingly.
The salary range ($131,800–$290,000/year) is unusually wide, which CACI attributes to factors including geographic location and contract labor categories.
Requires a TS/SCI clearance — the cleared population is a small fraction of this occupation, so the real candidate pool is materially smaller than the estimate below, which does not model clearance.
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