Systems Administrator – AWS GovCloud (DoD Classified Environments) at NV5
Saint Louis, MO
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Jul 19, 2026
Saint Louis, MO
Jul 21, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
An on-site role at Scott Air Force Base administering classified DoD cloud infrastructure running on AWS GovCloud at IL4/IL5/IL6 impact levels. Day-to-day work covers managing core AWS services, enforcing Zero Trust and STIG compliance, supporting Authority to Operate packages, and providing Tier 3 incident response. Suits a cleared systems administrator with hands-on AWS GovCloud experience and familiarity with RMF and NIST 800-53 frameworks.
Mid level · 3+ years · Remote · Secret clearance · Full-time
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How this req sits in the market our data
Rare in this occupation — lead with these, and say what you built with them.
Most people in this occupation already list these. Still required — just not what gets you shortlisted.
What the occupation pays Median $101,310 (middle half $79,725–$129,425).
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 (10)
The job posting explicitly states 'This is not a remote position' and lists Scott Air Force Base, Belleville, IL as the work location. The caller has instructed remote=true and a national candidate pool; this overrides the posting's stated requirement. The metro has been left as St. Louis, MO-IL (the nearest CBSA to Scott AFB) for reference, but the caller's remote=true instruction is applied.
The clearance gate is an active DoD Secret clearance; TS/SCI is listed as preferred, not required. The minimum hard gate is Secret.
IAT Level II or III certification (e.g., Security+, CASP+, CISSP) is required per the qualifications section but names a certification category rather than a specific named technology tool, so it is not emitted as a skill.
Bash, Python, and PowerShell are listed together as scripting alternatives under the same automation requirement; Bash is used as the primary with Python and PowerShell as alternatives. Terraform and CloudFormation are similarly interchangeable IaC alternatives.
SCAP and ACAS appear in the Responsibilities section (not the Requirements section), so they are marked preferred.
CloudTrail, AWS Config, Security Hub, and Splunk/ELK appear in the Responsibilities narrative rather than the Requirements block and are marked preferred accordingly.
IL5/IL6 workloads, AWS Organizations/SCPs, CCRI/DISA assessment experience, and DevSecOps/CI/CD/ECS/EKS are explicitly listed under the 'Preferred' heading.
Ignored 1 non-technology phrase(s) as skills (responsibilities/concepts, not named tools): NIST SP 800-53.
Requires a Secret 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.
Caller marked this a fully-remote role — scored against the national candidate pool.
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