Junior System Administrator at SAIC
Colorado Springs, CO
$80,001–$120,000from the description
Jul 23, 2026
Colorado Springs, CO
Jul 24, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A hands-on system administration role supporting mission-critical IT infrastructure in a Department of Defense environment. Day-to-day work centers on managing Windows Server systems (Active Directory, Group Policy, patching), enterprise virtualization platforms such as Nutanix, VMware, or Proxmox, and backup/recovery operations, all within DoD security compliance frameworks including STIGs. An active TS/SCI clearance and CompTIA Security+ are required.
Mid level · 3+ years · Colorado Springs, CO · TS/SCI 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 $104,090 (middle half $86,062–$133,513). 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 (7)
The degree requirement is flexible: a Bachelor's degree with 3 years of experience OR a high school diploma/GED with 6+ years of experience. Because equivalent experience is explicitly accepted in lieu of a degree, the degree requirement is set to None; the overall years minimum reflects the lower bound (3 years with a degree).
VMware is listed as the primary required virtualization platform ('VMware and/or other enterprise virtualization technologies'); Nutanix and Proxmox are named as preferred alternatives in the Technical Skills section. The VMware skill is marked required with Nutanix and Proxmox as alternatives; Nutanix and Proxmox are also surfaced separately as preferred given the posting's emphasis on them.
DoD STIGs and security hardening standards appear under the Technical Skills/Required section and are treated as a hard gate given the DoD environment and explicit compliance framing.
Linux and third-party software patching are mentioned in the Responsibilities section (not a dedicated requirements block), so Linux is marked preferred.
Preferred certifications (Azure Administrator Associate, Nutanix Certified Professional/VCP, CCNA, CompTIA CASP+) are explicitly labeled 'not required'; Azure and CCNA are surfaced as preferred skills. VCP is captured under the VMware skill; CASP+ is a certification variant of Security+ and not emitted as a separate technology skill.
Enterprise backup/recovery platforms and collaboration/project management tools are mentioned but no specific product is named, so they are omitted per the concrete-named-technology rule.
Requires a TS/SCI 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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