System Administrator at SAIC
Charleston, SC
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Jul 28, 2026
Charleston, SC
Jul 29, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A System Administrator role supporting a DoD Navy command's cloud and virtualization division, primarily responsible for building, configuring, and maintaining Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops environments alongside Windows Server infrastructure. The work spans security hardening to DISA STIG standards, PowerShell automation, and incident management — suited to an experienced sysadmin with a DoD background and an active Secret clearance.
Senior level · 5+ years · Charleston-North Charleston, SC · Secret clearance · Full-time
“or” means any one of them counts — you don't need all of them.
Posted 2 times — it's one opening, so apply once.
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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 $99,624 (middle half $77,232–$127,534).
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 (8)
The role is based across three possible locations — Charleston, SC; New Orleans, LA; or Norfolk, VA — with candidates required to reside within 50 miles of one of them. Charleston, SC is used as the primary CBSA; hiring managers should note the multi-site nature.
The Secret clearance is the hard gate to start; the posting also requires the ability to obtain and maintain a Top Secret clearance, but does not require TS to be active at hire.
CompTIA Security+ is listed as required but may be obtained within six months of hire — it is a firm condition of continued employment rather than a pre-hire screen.
ServiceNow and Jira appear under 'Familiarity with' language in the qualifications block, which is softer than the other required skills; however, they are listed within the required qualifications section and are used daily per the responsibilities, so they are treated as required.
SharePoint appears only in the responsibilities narrative as a documentation tool, not in the qualifications block.
The alt SOC (15-1212 Information Security Analysts) was considered given the heavy DISA STIG/DoD compliance emphasis, but the primary day-to-day work is operating and administering Citrix/Windows infrastructure, making 15-1244 the better fit.
Ignored 1 non-technology phrase(s) as skills (responsibilities/concepts, not named tools): Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops.
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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