Cloud Systems Administrator at Red Arch Solutions
Reston, VA
$165,000–$190,000from the description
Jul 6, 2026
Reston, VA
Jul 21, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
This role centers on administering and maintaining secure cloud infrastructure — spanning development, test, and production environments — for a data modernization program at a U.S. intelligence agency. Day-to-day work involves building and tuning CI/CD pipelines, managing containerized platforms, overseeing system monitoring, and executing disaster recovery procedures. It suits an experienced systems or cloud administrator with a background in DoD or Intelligence Community environments and an active TS/SCI with Polygraph clearance.
Senior level · 8+ years · Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV · Bachelor's required · 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 $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 (9)
The role is titled 'Cloud Systems Administrator' and the primary work is administering and maintaining secure cloud infrastructure (environment management, monitoring, disaster recovery) rather than building new software — hence 15-1244 is the primary SOC. However, the strong CI/CD pipeline implementation and DevSecOps automation duties push meaningfully toward 15-1252; alternative occupation reflects this genuine ambiguity.
The posting is for a DIA program, almost certainly on-site in the Washington DC metro area (likely Bethesda/Bolling AFB area). No remote option is indicated, and the TS/SCI + Polygraph requirement strongly implies a cleared facility.
TS/SCI with Polygraph is explicitly stated as mandatory — the hardest clearance gate in the schema.
Oracle, NiFi, Python, Jenkins, SonarQube, GitLab, OpenShift, and Kubernetes are listed in the responsibilities section under 'Infrastructure Support' as illustrative stack context ('may include tools such as'). GitLab, Jenkins, Kubernetes, and OpenShift are then re-stated with firm gating language in the Required Qualifications section, so those four are hard gates. Oracle, NiFi, SonarQube remain preferred (stack context only).
Python and Bash appear only under 'Desired Skills & Frameworks' and are marked preferred accordingly.
AWS and Azure certifications are listed under Desired Skills as 'highly desired' — preferred, not required.
DoD 8570 compliance (e.g., Security+ CE) is explicitly required ('Must maintain').
The Bachelor's degree requirement is stated without an 'or equivalent experience' escape clause, so it is treated as a hard requirement.
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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