Systems Administrator
Bridge Core (BCore) · Herndon, VA
$145,000–$165,000from the description
Jul 5, 2026
Herndon, VA
Jul 21, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A systems administrator role focused on cloud infrastructure, DevOps engineering, and Linux-based systems within a government/intelligence mission environment. Day-to-day work involves troubleshooting AWS implementations, supporting software development pipelines, applying infrastructure-as-code tooling, and maintaining security standards. The role suits a seasoned engineer with over a decade of systems experience who is comfortable in Agile workflows and willing to mentor peers.
Senior level · 11+ years · Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV · TS/SCI clearance · Full-time
“or” means any one of them counts — you don't need all of them.
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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). 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 (6)
The role title is 'Systems Administrator' but the required qualifications describe a DevOps/systems engineering function (cloud troubleshooting, software development, DevOps engineering), making the SOC classification genuinely ambiguous between 15-1244 (Systems Administrators) and 15-1252 (Software Developers). 15-1244 was chosen as the primary code given the title and the operational/admin framing, but the hands-on DevOps engineering scope is a strong signal toward 15-1252.
TS/SCI with Polygraph is explicitly required in the posting header.
Ansible appears in both the required section (implied under DevOps tooling) and the desired section explicitly; it is listed as preferred here since its only explicit named appearance is under Desired Qualifications. Chef and Puppet are listed as alternatives per the 'Ansible, Chef, Puppet, etc.' grouping in the desired section.
The posting references 'Opentext NNMi' — this is likely OpenText Network Node Manager i (NNMi), a network management product; listed as preferred per its placement under Desired Qualifications.
No degree requirement is stated anywhere in the posting.
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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