Cloud Systems Administrator, TS/SCI w/Poly at Peraton
Annapolis Junction, MD
$104,000–$166,000from the description
Jul 26, 2026
Annapolis Junction, MD
Jul 29, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
This role is the primary administrator for Linux development and production systems in a national security environment, covering installation, configuration, patching (including IAVA security patches), performance monitoring, and troubleshooting across virtualized and cloud-based (AWS) infrastructure. The position also involves managing server certificates, maintaining system documentation, and providing after-hours on-call support for critical issues. It suits an experienced Linux sysadmin comfortable operating in a cleared, mission-critical setting.
Senior level · 5+ years · TS/SCI clearance · Full-time
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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 $101,310 (middle half $79,725–$129,425). 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 29, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (9)
Location is not specified in the posting; the hashtags (#MDFSP, #MPOJobs) suggest a Maryland/Fort Meade-area program, but no city or state is explicitly stated.
An active TS/SCI with current polygraph is a hard gate — this is the TopSecretSci (with polygraph) level.
A Bachelor's degree is 'highly desired' but the posting explicitly allows substitution with 2 additional years of experience, so no minimum degree is hard-required.
DoD 8570 IAT Level I certification is a hard requirement; CompTIA Security+ CE is the preferred specific cert to satisfy it and is listed under qualifications.
AWS experience is described as 'highly desirable' in the narrative but is listed prominently as a core qualification alongside the required Linux/virtualization experience; given the overall framing it is treated as a hard gate. Readers should note it could reasonably be read as strongly preferred.
Cloud System Administrator Certification is explicitly 'desired' — listed as preferred.
STE/STN familiarity is mentioned as preferred but names no specific technology product, so it is omitted from the skills list per guidelines.
Ignored 2 non-technology phrase(s) as skills (responsibilities/concepts, not named tools): DoD 8570 IAT Level I, SSL/TLS certificate management.
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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