Sr Systems Engineer/Linux Admin at ELEVI Associates
San Antonio, TX
$184,400–$220,300from the description
Jul 13, 2026
San Antonio, TX
Jul 21, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A senior infrastructure and systems engineering role focused on administering and maintaining complex enterprise environments — spanning Linux servers, VMware virtualization, Cisco networking, Kubernetes clusters, and storage arrays. Day-to-day work involves automation via Ansible, identity management, infrastructure monitoring, and engaging with government stakeholders on technical issues. Suits a deeply experienced generalist with an active security clearance and polygraph.
Senior level · 20+ years · Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD · TS/SCI clearance
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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 posting requires a current/active security clearance with polygraph — mapped to TopSecret/SCI.
Fort Meade, MD falls within the Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD CBSA (12580).
A Bachelor's degree in a Qualified Engineering Field is explicitly described as 'a plus,' not a hard requirement — the degree requirement set to None.
The Atlassian platform (Confluence, Jira) and GitLab are listed together under the main requirements body with the softer word 'Familiarity with'; Confluence and Jira are marked preferred accordingly, while GitLab is included in the same phrase but is a more concrete gate in the infrastructure context — both calls are close.
MongoDB and Trellix FireEye appear under an explicit 'Desired skills' section and are marked preferred.
The role is primarily infrastructure operations (Linux sysadmin, networking, storage, virtualization) with some automation scripting (Ansible, Bash); 15-1244 is the best fit, though the Ansible/Kubernetes/scripting work edges toward 15-1252.
20 years of systems engineering experience is stated as a flat requirement, not a range — the overall years minimum set to 20.
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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