Innovation and AI Technology Lead at CACI
Arlington, VA
$113,200–$237,800from the description
Aug 9, 2026
Arlington, VA
Sep 24, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
This role serves as the senior technical advisor and innovation lead for enterprise systems, network, and cloud operations supporting a federal government client (the Bureau of Diplomatic Security). The position spans enterprise architecture, AI/ML integration, DevSecOps, SRE, and cybersecurity compliance, with responsibility for technology roadmaps, feasibility studies, and guiding modernization efforts across classified and unclassified environments. It suits a seasoned technologist with broad federal IT experience and an active Top Secret clearance.
Senior level · 10+ years · Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV · Bachelor's required · Top Secret clearance · Full-time
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How this req sits in the market our data
Rare in this occupation — lead with these, and say what you built with them.
What the occupation pays Median $160,085 (middle half $128,934–$179,584). 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 Aug 11, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (7)
This role is a hybrid of enterprise architecture, technology strategy, and hands-on technical leadership — it does not map cleanly to a single SOC code. 15-1299 (Computer Occupations, All Other) is used as the best fit; 15-1211 (Computer Systems Analysts) is a plausible alternative given the architecture and systems analysis emphasis.
The job title carries no explicit seniority level, so advertised seniority is Unspecified; however, the 10+ years requirement and senior technical advisor scope clearly support a Senior classification.
The posting lists routing and switching as a required area of expertise but names no specific protocol or product beyond Cisco and VMware NSX, so no separate skill entry was created for it.
AWS GovCloud is listed under Preferred qualifications; Azure and AWS (general) are listed under Required.
CCNP, CCIE, and JNCIP are listed together as preferred certification alternatives; CCNP is used as the primary name with CCIE and JNCIP as alternatives.
The salary range ($113,200–$237,800/year) is unusually wide, which CACI attributes to factors including geographic location and federal contract wage rates.
Requires a Top Secret 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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