System Administrator Senior at ASM Research, An Accenture Federal Services Company
Arlington, VA
$120,000–$138,900from the description
Jul 24, 2026
Arlington, VA
Jul 25, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A senior-level infrastructure role focused on administering and securing enterprise Windows, Linux, virtualized, and cloud environments within a remote federal IT context. Day-to-day work spans patch governance, disaster recovery, configuration baselines, scripting-based automation, and leading incident response for high-priority outages. The position also involves mentoring junior staff and acting as a technical escalation point, suiting an experienced systems administrator with a background in mission-critical or government environments.
Senior level · 7+ years · Remote · Full-time
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How this req sits in the market our data
Roughly 21,200 people nationally plausibly meet what this posting asks for (network and computer systems administrators). range 8,900–31,800
Applicant volume Heavy — This req sits in a large pool with little in its requirements to thin it, and auto-apply tools fire at everything in the occupation. Applying early and leading with the rare skills below is what gets read.
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 role is described as 'remote federal IT environment,' confirming fully remote work, but no specific metro or state is identified in the posting.
The degree requirement states 'Bachelor's degree … or equivalent relevant experience,' so no hard degree gate applies.
The posting states 'Ability to obtain and maintain the required background investigation; U.S. citizenship required.' This implies a background investigation (likely a federal suitability or public trust determination) but does not explicitly gate on a named security clearance level (e.g., Secret, TS/SCI). Clearance is therefore set to None; hiring managers should note that U.S. citizenship and a background investigation are hard requirements.
PowerShell, Bash, and Python are listed together as interchangeable scripting options in the required qualifications ('e.g., PowerShell, Bash, Python'). They are emitted as separate skills with each other as alternatives to reflect that the role requires strong scripting ability in at least one of these.
CompTIA Security+ and CASP+ appear only under Preferred Qualifications, as do AWS and Azure certifications/experience.
The alternative occupation runner-up (Software Developers) reflects the significant automation and scripting emphasis in the role; however, the primary day-to-day work is clearly infrastructure administration, so 15-1244 is the primary classification.
Compensation of $120,000–$138,900 is stated without an explicit 'per year' label in the posting, but the range and context strongly imply annual salary; period is set to Year accordingly.
Ignored 3 non-technology phrase(s) as skills (responsibilities/concepts, not named tools): Backup and disaster recovery, Patch management, Configuration management.
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