Staff Cyber Sys Admin

The title is 'Cyber Systems Administrator' but the role description emphasizes expert-level, largely self-directed work with broad organizational impact — consistent with a very senior individual contributor, mapped here as Senior given that 'Staff' or 'Principal' would require explicit org-wide technical authority framing beyond what is stated.

The clearance gate is nuanced: the posting states an active TS is required at application time, but the desired/preferred level is TS/SCI with polygraph. The clearance requirement is set to TopSecret (the hard gate); the TS/SCI/Poly preference is noted here.

The minimum experience requirement is 12 years with a bachelor's degree (or 10 with a master's, or 8 with a PhD). The overall years minimum is set to 12 (the bachelor's path minimum, which is the lowest formal degree gate).

Security+, CISSP, and CEH are listed under 'Desired Qualifications' as interchangeable options — any one of these (or 'other cyber security certification') satisfies the preference. They are captured as preferred skills with alternatives.

ISSO/ISSE experience is listed under 'Preferred Qualifications' as a soft preference; it names no specific tool or platform and is therefore omitted per the generic-concept rule.

The SOC classification is a close call: the title says 'Systems Administrator' but the duties and desired certifications (CISSP, CEH, ISSO/ISSE) lean toward information security analysis (15-1212). 15-1244 is chosen as primary because the title and job category ('Information Technology') frame this as a systems administration role supporting a classified space program; 15-1212 is the runner-up.

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.