System Administrator – Junior
ASM Research, An Accenture Federal Services Company · Columbia, SC
$60,000–$93,900from the description
Jul 16, 2026
Columbia, SC
Jul 21, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
An entry-level systems administration role supporting federal client environments, where the primary work involves maintaining servers and operating systems, managing user accounts and configurations, applying patches, and handling backup and recovery. The position also involves scripting-based automation, basic virtualization and cloud resource administration, and participation in on-call rotations. It suits early-career candidates with a background in IT who hold an active Secret clearance and meet DoD 8140 requirements.
Junior level · Remote · Secret clearance · Full-time
“or” means any one of them counts — you don't need all of them.
Posted 11 times — it's one opening, so apply once.
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How this req sits in the market our data
Most people in this occupation already list these. Still required — just not what gets you shortlisted.
What the occupation pays Median $101,310 (middle half $79,725–$129,425). This posting is about at that midpoint.
Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Jul 28, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (8)
The degree requirement accepts 'equivalent relevant experience' as an alternative to a Bachelor's degree, so no minimum degree is hard-gated.
Total experience range is stated as 0–3 years, making this a genuine entry-level/junior role consistent with the advertised title.
An active Secret clearance is explicitly required per the posting ('Must meet DoD 8140 requirements… and hold an active Secret clearance').
U.S. citizenship is required per federal contract terms.
Office 365, SharePoint, and Teams are listed together under the Microsoft products requirement; SharePoint and Teams are listed as preferred context only in the narrative but appear in the required qualifications block — SharePoint is captured as preferred here because Teams is a communication tool rather than a distinct admin skill, and the Microsoft block is primarily anchored on Windows/Windows Server.
CompTIA Security+ and virtualization/cloud platforms (VMware, AWS, Azure) appear under Preferred Qualifications and are marked accordingly.
Compensation is quoted as an annual range of $60,000–$93,900 with a disclaimer that actual pay varies by location, clearance level, and other factors.
Requires a 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.
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