Systems Administrator Intermediate
Na Oiwi Kane · Huntsville, AL
$90,000–$105,000from the description
Jul 2, 2026
Huntsville, AL
Jul 21, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
This role centers on administering mail, messaging, and storage infrastructure, including managing email accounts, network storage, and both on-premises and cloud-based mail servers. Day-to-day work spans maintaining Microsoft SCCM and SCOM environments, overseeing multi-OS systems (Windows, Linux, UNIX, VMware), performing backups, security monitoring, and Tier III troubleshooting. It suits an experienced systems administrator holding an active DoD Secret clearance and an IAT-II certification.
Mid level · 6+ years · Huntsville, AL · Secret clearance · Full-time
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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 $102,322 (middle half $79,797–$130,897). 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 (9)
The title 'Intermediate' maps to a Mid-level band; the 6 years' experience is listed as 'preferred' rather than a hard minimum, but it is the only experience figure given and is treated as the role-level floor.
The degree requirement is listed as 'preferred' (Associate's or higher), so no minimum degree is hard-gated.
IAT-II certification (Security+CE, GSEC, GICSP, CySA+, or CCNA Security) is explicitly required per DoD 8570.01-M; the alternatives reflect the enumerated acceptable certs.
Active Directory is implied by the explicit duties around creating/deleting user and email accounts and password management in a Windows enterprise environment, but is not named verbatim — flagged for awareness.
Mail server administration is the primary focus of the role per the job summary, but no specific mail platform (e.g., Exchange, Office 365) is named in the posting.
GIS infrastructure applications appear only as an example of systems to install/configure ('such as'), not a standalone requirement — listed as preferred.
The alt SOC (15-1212 Information Security Analysts) is noted because the role carries meaningful IA/security monitoring duties (DoD 8570 compliance, security monitoring, intrusion detection), though day-to-day work is primarily systems administration.
Ignored 2 non-technology phrase(s) as skills (responsibilities/concepts, not named tools): DoD 8570.01-M IAT-II, Mail server administration.
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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