Sterling, VA

Salary
$70,000–$95,000
Posted
Jun 30, 2026
Location
Sterling, VA
Last confirmed open
Jul 21, 2026

What this job asks for AI summary

A client-facing System Administrator role at a managed service provider, serving as the final escalation point for complex technical issues across a portfolio of business clients in the Northern Virginia and DC Metro area. Day-to-day work spans Windows and Mac desktop/server support, Microsoft 365 and Google Workspace administration, networking, and security configurations, with onsite visits required. Suits an experienced IT generalist comfortable with both hands-on troubleshooting and producing thorough technical documentation.

Mid level · Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV · Full-time

Pay in the description: $70,000–$95,000

Must have (12)
Windows Desktop OSWindows ServermacOSMicrosoft 365Google WorkspaceMulti-factor AuthenticationMicrosoft Office SuiteTCP/IP, Meraki, Sophos or FortigateActive DirectoryGroup PolicyDHCPDNS
Nice to have (5)
ConnectWise ManageConnectWise AutomateIT GlueAzure or AWSHyper-V or VMware

“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

Roughly 680 people in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV area plausibly meet what this posting asks for (network and computer systems administrators). range 140–1,200

Applicant volume Moderate — A normal amount of company. The rare requirements below are what will separate a shortlisted application from the rest.

What won't set you apart
Windows Server55%Microsoft 36555%TCP/IP55%Active Directory55%

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 (7)

Role is MSP-based and requires travel within Northern Virginia and the DC Metro area — not remote.

No minimum years of experience are stated; seniority is assessed as Mid based on the scope (complex issue resolution, client-facing escalation point, documentation) without explicit Staff/Senior framing.

iPhone/Android troubleshooting is listed under Required Technical Experience but is a generic device support task with no specific named platform tool — omitted from the skills list per extraction rules.

Switching and firewalls are listed as required but name no specific product; the preferred section names Cisco/Meraki/Sophos/FortiGate as the concrete tools and they are captured there.

Azure and AWS appear together as a single preferred item; Azure is listed as primary with AWS as an alternative since they are interchangeable cloud platforms in this context.

Hyper-V and VMware appear together as a single preferred item; Hyper-V is listed as primary with VMware as an alternative.

The Cisco/Meraki/Sophos/FortiGate cluster is consolidated into one preferred skill (Cisco as primary) with the others as alternatives, as they represent interchangeable network/security vendor solutions in this context. Note that 'Sophos suite of solutions' is listed separately but refers to the same vendor already captured.

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