Opportunity Engineering Leadership work from LinkedIn, X, Reddit and Upwork, in one list. Find me work
techroles

Systems Engineering Manager

CACI Open
Chantilly Full-time Manager Engineering Leadership

At a glance

Manager-level Engineering Leadership role at CACI. Chantilly · full-time · $131,800–$290,000 base.

SalaryStated by CACI
$131,800 – $290,000
Base salary for this role, in USD per year, as published in the posting.
This role, from CACIOur estimate for the market: $183,975–$206,475Median $192,450
The range includes the market median of $192,450 for mid-level engineering leadership roles in Chantilly.
Worked out from 8 postings that stated pay, median $192,450. Last updated Oct 26, 2026.
RoleEngineering Leadership
SeniorityManager
LocationChantilly
EmploymentFull-time
Base pay$131,800–$290,000
PostedAug 27, 2026
Role brief

techroles summary, based on the employer's posting.

What you'll do

  • Guide engineering and program work for a mission access system used by many people and connected to mission and enterprise applications
  • Keep the current system maintained and deliver critical updates while the team develops its replacement
  • Set design direction, define project milestones and keep development work aligned with delivery targets
  • Oversee requirements and testing, then brief senior customer leaders on progress

What you bring

  • You hold an active TS/SCI clearance with polygraph before starting
  • You have systems engineering or program management experience on customer-facing applications
  • You can manage agile development and work with Jira, Confluence or GitHub

Who this fits

This is a manager-level systems engineering role in Chantilly. It suits someone who can balance upkeep of a live system with delivery of its replacement and communicate with senior customer management. The role requires a TS/SCI clearance with polygraph and has no travel.

From the employer

Job Title: Systems Engineering Manager

Job Category: Engineering

Time Type: Full time

Minimum Clearance Required to Start: TS/SCI with Polygraph

Employee Type: Regular

Percentage of Travel Required: None

Type of Travel: None

* * *

Provide SE/PM responsibilities for customer mission critical access system. This production system has a large user-base and interfaces with numerous mission and enterprise applications. The role includes the SE/PM responsibilities for both managing maintenance and critical updates to the legacy system while keeping the team on task to meet milestones for the development of a replacement system being built in Angular and Python within the customer AWS environment. The candidate should be very comfortable with JIRA and Confluence, agile program management, requirements definition, and testing. The SE also helps set the design direction, define milestones, and brief senior customer management.

Required skills:
• Agile Development Management
• Jira/Confluence/Github
• SE/PM experience on customer applications

Desired skills:
• Strong SQL skills
• Oracle DBA skills
• LDAP management and query skills (389 DS or OpenLDAP)
• AWS EC2, S3, RDS (Oracle), ECS, Secrets Manager, CloudWatch, CloudFormation, ELB experience
• Python, FastAPI
• Angular
• Java / Grails (legacy application support)
• Terraform
• Software Testing
• Requirements definition and documentation
• Experience with Customer A&A systems and processes

This position is contingent on funding and may not be filled immediately. However, this position is representative of positions within CACI that are consistently available. Individuals who apply may also be considered for other positions at CACI.

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:

$131,800 - $290,000

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.
Opportunity

Engineering Leadership work from LinkedIn, X, Reddit and Upwork, in one list.

Each morning you get everything that fits, strongest first.

Engineering Leadership$130k+

Find me work

By the team behind techroles.

Find me work
Opportunity

Engineering Leadership work from LinkedIn, X, Reddit and Upwork, in one list.

Each morning you get everything that fits, strongest first.

Find me work

By the team behind techroles.