Senior SVAT System Administrator at SAIC
Colorado Springs, CO
$120,001–$160,000from the description
Jul 23, 2026
Colorado Springs, CO
Jul 24, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A senior quality assurance role focused on validating IT changes, patches, and new systems before they reach production in a government/DoD environment. Day-to-day work centers on managing a dedicated test lab, designing and running test plans, tracking defects, and confirming compliance with security standards such as STIGs and RMF. Suits an experienced IT professional with a broad infrastructure background and an active TS/SCI clearance.
Senior level · 8+ years · Colorado Springs, CO · TS/SCI clearance · Full-time
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What the occupation pays Median $131,346 (middle half $98,479–$152,931). This posting is about at that midpoint.
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Why we read it this way (8)
The role sits at the intersection of QA/testing and systems administration — it manages a physical Test and Integration Laboratory (TIL) and requires broad server/network/virtualization knowledge, making 15-1244 a credible alternative SOC. 15-1253 was chosen because the primary day-to-day work is designing and executing test plans, validating patches and security remediations, and managing defect tracking.
Degree requirement: the JD accepts a Bachelor's degree with 5 years OR a high school diploma with 12 years of equivalent experience, so no minimum degree is hard-gated.
The overall experience requirement is stated as 'Minimum 8–10 years'; 8 years is used as the minimum.
DoD 8570/8140 certification at IAT Level II or III is listed as a hard requirement; both levels are captured as alternatives on a single skill.
Jira and ServiceNow are presented as example defect-tracking tools ('e.g., Jira, ServiceNow'); they are captured as alternatives on one skill. Because they appear in the principal duties narrative rather than a formal requirements section, there is some ambiguity — however, the role clearly gates on enterprise defect-tracking tool proficiency, so the skill is marked required with the two named tools as alternatives.
ITIL Practitioner/Intermediate certifications and automated testing tools/scripting appear under 'Desired Qualifications' and are marked preferred.
Ignored 1 non-technology phrase(s) as skills (responsibilities/concepts, not named tools): DoD 8570/8140 IAT Level II.
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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