System Administrator and Test Engineer
Prowess Consulting · Bellevue, WA
$45–$60/hrfrom the description
Jul 21, 2026
Bellevue, WA
Jul 23, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A part-time, junior-level technical role focused on benchmarking and stress-testing server infrastructure hardware. Day-to-day work involves running hardware benchmarks, executing scripts in Python, PowerShell, or Bash, and documenting and analyzing test results. Suited to someone with hands-on experience in at least one major cloud platform and basic scripting, working primarily from the Bellevue, WA office.
Junior level · 2+ years · Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA · Part-time
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How this req sits in the market our data
Roughly 240 people in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA area plausibly meet what this posting asks for (network and computer systems administrators). range 180–440
Applicant volume Moderate — A normal amount of company. The rare requirements below are what will separate a shortlisted application from the rest.
Most people in this occupation already list these. Still required — just not what gets you shortlisted.
What the occupation pays Median $106,737 (middle half $85,847–$139,716). 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 is titled 'junior System Administrator/System/Test Engineer' — the role blends infrastructure administration with hardware benchmarking and test execution, making it a genuine toss-up between 15-1244 (Systems Admins) and 15-1253 (QA/Testers); 15-1244 was chosen as primary because the required skills center on cloud platform administration and scripting rather than formal test-case authorship.
The degree requirement is an Associate degree in a technical field; because this is below Bachelor's level, the degree requirement is set to None (the schema minimum is Bachelors).
Cloud platform experience (AWS, Azure, GCP, or Oracle Cloud) is listed as a single interchangeable requirement — AWS is used as the primary name with the others as alternatives.
Python and Batch/Shell scripting are listed together as a single scripting requirement; PowerShell and Bash also appear in the role description as tools used on the job and are captured as preferred.
The posting states the role is part-time and hourly, with in-office presence required 3–5 days per week in Bellevue, WA; it is not fully remote despite a brief mention that some remote work is possible.
Enterprise storage configuration, sandbox/lab environment building, AI/ML workloads, and consumer hardware benchmarking appear under 'Nice to Have' but name no specific product or tool, so they are omitted per the no-generic-concepts rule.
Virtualization (Hyper-V, VMware vSphere, Nutanix AHV) is listed under 'Nice to Have' as interchangeable options; Hyper-V is used as the primary name with the others as alternatives.
Posting is for a part-time engagement — the market benchmarks below price full-time roles, so read the comp comparison with that in mind.
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