Systems Administrator, DCO (National Passport Center) at Peraton
Portsmouth, NH
$51,000–$82,000from the description
Jul 9, 2026
Portsmouth, NH
Jul 21, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A hands-on infrastructure role supporting IT operations at a U.S. Passport Center in Portsmouth, NH. Day-to-day work covers administering Windows servers and desktops, managing Active Directory, SCCM, vSphere, and SQL environments, handling patching and vulnerability remediation, and tracking incidents through ServiceNow. Suits candidates with practical Windows sysadmin experience who hold an active Secret clearance.
Junior level · 2+ years · Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH · Secret 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 $119,338 (middle half $97,590–$141,760). 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 (7)
The degree requirement is flexible: a Bachelor's + 2 years, Master's + 0 years, Associate's + 4 years, or High School/GED + 6 years all satisfy the minimum — no single degree level is a hard gate, so the degree requirement is set to None.
The overall years minimum is set to 2, reflecting the lowest experience threshold stated (Bachelor's + 2 years). Candidates with less formal education must compensate with more years (up to 6 for HS/GED).
SCCM, vSphere, SQL, and Microsoft Defender appear in the day-to-day responsibilities narrative rather than in a formal requirements section, so they are treated as preferred/stack context rather than hard gates.
ServiceNow is listed in both the required qualifications (as an example of an ITSM ticketing system) and the desired qualifications; it is marked required because it appears in the Basic Qualifications section, with Remedy as an accepted alternative.
The role is on-site at the National Passport Center in Portsmouth, NH. Portsmouth falls within the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH CBSA (14460).
An active Secret clearance is explicitly required; U.S. citizenship is also a hard gate.
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.
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