Senior Systems Administrator at SAIC
Huntsville, AL
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Jul 28, 2026
Huntsville, AL
Jul 29, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A Senior Systems Administrator role at SAIC supporting a defense software development team in Huntsville, AL focused on Modeling and Simulation. Day-to-day work involves administering Linux and Windows systems on a private on-premises cloud, applying security patches and STIGs, managing user accounts across enclaves, and providing Tier II/III support. The role requires up to 50% travel, including overseas deployments of 1–3.5 weeks in support of exercise events.
Senior level · 5+ years · Huntsville, AL · Secret clearance · Full-time
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How this req sits in the market our data
Rare in this occupation — lead with these, and say what you built with them.
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).
Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Jul 29, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (6)
The posting requires an active Secret clearance at hire, with the ability to obtain and maintain a TS/SCI — the hard gate at hire is Secret, not TS/SCI.
Degree requirement: a Bachelor's degree with 5 years' experience is listed, but 9 years' experience is explicitly accepted in lieu of a degree, so no minimum degree is treated as a hard gate.
The 'Desired Skills' section is an exact duplicate of the 'Required Skills' section — this appears to be a copy-paste error in the posting. The skills have been extracted once under the required gate.
DoD 8570 IAT Level II certification (e.g., Security+ CE, CySA+, CISSP, CASP+) is explicitly required; the named certifications are listed as alternatives since any one of them satisfies the requirement.
Ignored 1 non-technology phrase(s) as skills (responsibilities/concepts, not named tools): DoD 8570 IAT Level II.
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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