Systems Engineer Mid Level at ELEVI Associates
Fort Meade, MD
$130,400–$190,300from the description
Jul 6, 2026
Fort Meade, MD
Jul 21, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A Linux Systems Administrator role (classified under an SE4 labor category) supporting a malware analysis modernization program in the Annapolis Junction area. Day-to-day work involves administering Linux infrastructure, using Ansible and Kubernetes, troubleshooting infrastructure issues, and supporting a large software development program that builds and maintains mission-critical cyber analysis and data enrichment capabilities using Agile and DevOps practices. An active clearance with polygraph is required.
Senior level · 10+ years · Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD · TS/SCI clearance · Full-time
Posted 2 times — it's one opening, so apply once.
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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 $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 (8)
The title is 'Systems Engineer' but the role is explicitly described as a Linux Systems Administrator (LCAT SE4), supporting infrastructure operations on a malware analysis modernization program. The primary day-to-day work is systems/infrastructure administration, not software development — hence 15-1244. However, the program context (DevOps, Kubernetes, Agile, CI/CD) means 15-1252 is a plausible runner-up.
A current polygraph is a hard gate: the posting states 'A CURRENT OR ACTIVE SECURITY CLEARANCE WITH POLY IS REQUIRED' and further specifies PRIVAC/NSYS poly status. Classified as TS/SCI (TopSecretSci).
The degree requirement is effectively None: the posting accepts 14 years of experience in lieu of a Bachelor's degree.
The overall years minimum is set to 10, the minimum stated (with a qualifying degree); 14 years is required without a degree.
Annapolis Junction, MD falls within the Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD CBSA (12580).
Desired skills (Pure Storage, MongoDB, Cisco networking) are listed under an explicit 'Desired skills' heading and are treated as preferred.
The 'extensive experience troubleshooting infrastructure issues' and networking/Cisco items under Desired skills are operational competencies rather than named tools; the Cisco product family is captured as a single preferred skill.
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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