Systems Administrator 706 at Freedom Technology Solutions Group
McLean, VA
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Jul 13, 2026
McLean, VA
Jul 21, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A hands-on Linux System Administrator role supporting a geospatial data visualization application at a customer site in McLean, VA. Day-to-day work covers administering RHEL 8 servers across on-premises, virtual, and cloud environments (AWS, GCP), handling patching, security hardening, performance tuning, and automation via Bash, Python, or Ansible. Suits an experienced Linux SA comfortable in compliance-driven, production environments who holds a TS/SCI with Polygraph.
Senior level · 5+ years · Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV · Bachelor's required · 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 $128,188 (middle half $100,819–$156,589).
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)
A TS/SCI with Polygraph is an explicit hard gate — candidates without it cannot be considered.
The JD lists 'Bash, Python, Ansible, or similar tools' together as a single automation requirement under Required Qualifications; Bash is named as the primary skill with Python and Ansible captured as alternatives since any one satisfies the gate. Ansible, Python, and CI/CD tools (Jenkins, GitLab, Docker, Kubernetes, OpenShift) also appear separately under Desired Qualifications and are marked preferred there.
Elasticsearch ('Experience working with Elastic') appears in the Required Qualifications section and is treated as a hard gate, though the posting gives no further detail on the specific use case.
GCP is mentioned in the Responsibilities section as part of the operational context ('AWS, GCP') but is not explicitly listed as required in the Required Qualifications block; AWS is the only cloud platform explicitly required. GCP is marked preferred accordingly.
PostgreSQL appears in both the Key Technologies list (stack context) and the Desired Qualifications section; it is marked preferred. PostGIS and Apache HTTP Server appear only in the Key Technologies stack narrative.
FreeIPA appears only in the Key Technologies stack narrative and is marked preferred.
The alternative occupation runner-up (15-1252) was considered because the role includes automation/scripting development, but the primary day-to-day work is clearly operating and maintaining Linux infrastructure, making 15-1244 the right fit.
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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