Applied sciences and systems engineering for government and defense
Caelum Research is a 51–200-person services firm built around infrastructure operations, security, and engineering for government clients. The tech stack—Active Directory, VMware, Elastic Stack, SQL Server, Azure—reflects a heavy focus on on-premises and hybrid infrastructure management. Active hiring in ops, security, and engineering (with 5 senior and 3 lead roles posted in the last 30 days) signals scaling of centralized logging, high-availability systems, and patch management, while concurrent work on CMMC Level 3 certification and RMF artifact modernization indicates deep compliance-led delivery.
Notable leadership hires: Server Lead
Caelum Research Corporation, founded in 1987 and headquartered in Rockville, Maryland, provides applied sciences, information technology, and systems engineering services to government and private-sector clients. The company operates infrastructure and security operations for mission-critical systems, managing on-premises and hybrid environments across virtualization (VMware, Cisco UCS), storage (NetApp, vSAN), and compliance tooling (ACAS, Trellix). Current project work spans centralized logging via Elastic Stack, high-availability infrastructure, deployment automation, patch management, and AI-driven tooling for anomaly detection and recommendation engines. The firm operates under strict compliance regimes including ATO and CMMC frameworks.
VMware (vSphere, vCenter, Horizon), Active Directory, Elastic Stack, SQL Server, NetApp, Cisco UCS, Azure, McAfee/Trellix, Commvault, ACAS, PowerShell, Python, Bash, Perl, Ruby. Infrastructure-centric across virtualization, storage, security, and logging.
Centralized logging and analytics (Elastic Stack), high-availability infrastructure, deployment automation, patch management, CMMC Level 3 certification, RMF modernization, and AI/ML tools for network anomaly detection and recommendation engines.
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