DevOps System Administrator I — Associate at Freedom Technology Solutions Group
Annapolis Junction, MD
$165,000–$185,000from the description
Jul 1, 2026
Annapolis Junction, MD
Jul 21, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A DevOps/Cloud Platform Engineer role focused on administering and maintaining servers across both unclassified and classified government environments. Day-to-day work covers AWS infrastructure management, CI/CD pipelines, Linux and Windows patching, security hardening, PKI certificate management, and production support for mission-critical systems. Suited to candidates holding an active clearance with polygraph and at least five years of federal government infrastructure experience.
Senior level · 5+ years · Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD · TS/SCI clearance · Full-time
Posted 3 times — it's one opening, so apply once.
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How this req sits in the market our data
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Most people in this occupation already list these. Still required — just not what gets you shortlisted.
What the occupation pays Median $125,654 (middle half $96,394–$162,956). 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 role title says 'DevOps Engineer / Cloud Platform Engineer' but the day-to-day responsibilities — patching Windows/Linux servers, managing PKI, operating classified/unclassified networks, production support — are primarily systems/infrastructure operations rather than building software or automation tooling. 15-1244 (Network and Computer Systems Administrators) is the best fit; 15-1252 (Software Developers) is the runner-up given the CI/CD and cloud-deployment framing.
An active security clearance WITH polygraph is explicitly required. The posting does not specify the clearance level by name, but the combination of Federal Government/DoD context, classified environments, and polygraph requirement strongly implies TS/SCI.
The degree requirement is effectively None: the JD explicitly states that five additional years of system administration experience may be substituted for a bachelor's degree.
DoD 8570 IAT Level I is listed as a hard requirement; IAT Level II is listed as 'desired' and is therefore preferred.
CYBORGBUNNY and LATTEART are listed as required security/compliance tools alongside Nessus and UAM. These appear to be classified or proprietary government tool names; they are omitted from the skills list as they are not canonical, publicly-named technologies that can be meaningfully benchmarked.
UAM (User Activity Monitoring) is also listed as a required tool but is a category/capability rather than a single canonical product; omitted for the same reason.
The 5-year minimum experience requirement is stated as 'supporting programs and contracts of similar scope, type, and complexity within the Federal Government environment,' which maps to the overall years minimum.
Ignored 1 non-technology phrase(s) as skills (responsibilities/concepts, not named tools): DoD 8570 IAT Level I.
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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