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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Platforms & Management Technologies Lead Subject Matter Expert - **Company:** CACI - **Location:** Stuttgart, Germany - **Experience:** Expert - **Salary:** €108,400.0 - €227,500.0 - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Microsoft Windows, Active Directory, Active Directory Federation Services, Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol, Linux, Domain Name System (DNS), Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS), System Center Operations Management, System Center Configuration Manager, Public Key Infrastructure, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Ansible, Zero Trust Network Access, SQL Databases, Systems Integration, Cyberark, Gitlab, Git, Gitlab-ci, Infrastructure Automation Frameworks - **Published:** May 29, 2026 - **Apply:** https://de.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=ab36f7f9b89cba05 ## About the Role Do you have experience in SQL?, * 10+ years of progressive experience in enterprise IT infrastructure, systems administration, and platform engineering within Department of Defense or Intelligence Community ## Description The Platforms & Management Technologies Lead & Subject Matter Expert serves as the senior technical authority for enterprise infrastructure platforms supporting U.S. European Command (EUCOM) J6 Operations. This role leads a multi-disciplinary team of administrators and engineers responsible for the design, engineering, operations, and sustainment of Windows and Linux enterprise services across a mission-critical, STIG-compliant environment. The Lead drives platform architecture decisions, manages competing operational and project priorities, and ensures alignment between engineering execution and program-level objectives and operations. This position requires a proven ability to operate independently in a high-visibility environment, translate strategic requirements into actionable engineering & operational work, and serve as the primary escalation point for complex cross-domain infrastructure issues., * Lead and manage a team of infrastructure administrators and engineers responsible for Active Directory, Group Policy, DNS/DHCP, MECM/SCCM, SCOM, ADFS, PKI/OCSP, CyberArk Privileged Access Management, SQL Services, and Enterprise Linux platforms. * Serve as the technical authority and escalation point for enterprise platform architecture decisions, system integrations, and cross-domain troubleshooting across a multi-site ACI network environment. * Translate program, project, and PI-level objectives into clearly scoped, executable engineering tasks; challenge ambiguous requirements and refine delivery expectations with Project Managers, Product Owners, and government stakeholders. * Own the operational health and availability of core identity, security, and endpoint management services across classified and unclassified enclaves. * Drive adoption of engineering-first workflows including GitLab-based merge requests, peer review, infrastructure-as-code practices, and Git-backed change governance (AGPM integration) to improve auditability and reduce configuration drift. * Plan and execute enterprise initiatives including OS migrations (Windows 11/RHEL9), endpoint management strategy (MECM for thick clients, GPO for VDI), monitoring modernization, and automation efforts using Ansible and GitLab CI. * Manage privileged account lifecycle policies across SA/WA/DA tiers, including periodic access reviews, STIG compliance enforcement, and coordination with CyberArk vault infrastructure. * Coordinate with cybersecurity, networking, and architecture teams to ensure platform configurations meet DoD security requirements, STIG baselines, and mission resilience standards, including NIST SP 800-53 security controls, Risk Management Framework (RMF) authorization processes, FIPS 140-2/140-3 cryptographic requirements, CNSS policies for national security systems, CCRI readiness criteria, DoD 8570/8140 workforce compliance, USCYBERCOM directives and TASKORDs, and alignment with the DoD Zero Trust Reference Architecture * Conduct capacity planning, sprint and backlog management, and resource allocation across concurrent project deliverables, operational sustainment, and unplanned incident response. * Mentor and develop team members through structured training programs (Learn-Friday sessions), certification planning (CompTIA SecurityX, Red Hat), cross-training initiatives, and quarterly performance touchpoints. * Interface with government leadership and senior military stakeholders to provide technical briefings, privileged account summaries, and architecture recommendations. * Evaluate impacts of enterprise-level changes such as cloud migration initiatives, tooling ownership transitions, and evolving service architectures on platform operations and team workload. ## Related Videos - [How a Small Team Shrank a Microsoft Monorepo by 94%](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1236-how-a-small-team-shrank-a-microsoft-monorepo-by-94) - [Docker network without Docker](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1418-docker-network-without-docker) - [WeAreDevelopers LIVE - Modern DevOps for IoT Devices and More](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1805-wearedevelopers-live-modern-devops-for-iot-devices-and-more) - [Automated MS SQL Server database deployments with dacpacs and Azure DevOps](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/334-automated-ms-sql-server-database-deployments-with-dacpacs-and-azure-devops) - [Enabling automated 1-click customer deployments with built-in quality and security](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/83-enabling-automated-1-click-customer-deployments-with-built-in-quality-and-security) - [Git for Code Reviews](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/429-git-for-code-reviews) ## Related Articles - [How We Built a Worry-Free System That Runs for 10+ Years – And What We’d Do Again](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/751-how-we-built-a-worry-free-system-that-runs-for-10-years-and-what-we-d-do-again) - [What Are The Top Skills Required For Azure Developers?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/77-what-are-the-top-skills-required-for-azure-developers) - [Best Coding Boot Camps in Germany](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/237-best-coding-boot-camps-in-germany) - [Dev Digest 134 - Where pixels sing?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/477-dev-digest-134-where-pixels-sing) - [Events like RSAC Get You CISOs. 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