System Administrator at Belay Technologies
Annapolis Junction, MD
$116,000–$124,000from the description
Aug 18, 2026
Annapolis Junction, MD
Sep 24, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A mid-level System Administrator role supporting an intelligence community client, responsible for day-to-day operations, monitoring, and troubleshooting of IT infrastructure including client/server/storage/network and mobile devices. The position covers Tier 1 and Tier 2 help desk support, configuration and management of UNIX and Windows operating systems, network component administration, and capacity planning. Requires an active TS/SCI clearance with polygraph.
Senior level · 10+ years · Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV · TS/SCI clearance · Full-time
Advertised as Mid, but the requirements read as Senior.
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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.
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Why we read it this way (5)
The posting is titled 'Mid-Level System Administrator' and internally labels the role 'SA2' / 'Level 2 SA', but the hard requirement of 10 years of SA experience places the actual scope firmly at Senior level — the advertised and required levels disagree.
A Bachelor's degree in a technical discipline is stated as required, but the posting immediately offers a full substitution (5 additional years of SA experience in lieu of the degree), so no minimum degree is flagged as a hard gate.
The TS/SCI clearance with polygraph is an explicit hard gate; the polygraph requirement is stated directly in the qualifications.
Beyond UNIX and Windows OS administration, the posting describes responsibilities in generic terms (networking, storage, mobile devices, help desk) without naming specific products, platforms, or tools — no additional concrete named technologies are extractable.
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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