Journeyman System Administrator
Maximus · Buffalo 14266, NY
$70,000–$100,000from the description
Jul 11, 2026
Buffalo 14266, NY
Jul 20, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
Senior level · 7+ years · Remote · Bachelor's required · Contract
“or” means any one of them counts — you don't need all of them.
Posted 3 times — it's one opening, so apply once.
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How this req sits in the market our data
Roughly 15,700 people nationally plausibly meet what this posting asks for (network and computer systems administrators). range 4,600–23,500
Applicant volume Heavy — This req sits in a large pool with little in its requirements to thin it, and auto-apply tools fire at everything in the occupation. Applying early and leading with the rare skills below is what gets read.
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 28, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (8)
The role is listed as a contract engagement (Maximus TCS internal profile TCS220, T4, Band 7).
Clearance: the JD requires the ability to obtain and maintain a Public Trust and states active Public Trust / DHS suitability is preferred, but does not gate on a formal US security clearance level (Confidential/Secret/TS), so the clearance requirement is set to None.
The scripting requirement (PowerShell, Bash, Python) appears in BOTH the required duties section and the preferred section; the required section lists it without a bullet header, making placement ambiguous. It has been treated as preferred since the dedicated 'Preferred Skills' section explicitly calls it out and the required section formatting is inconsistent.
The role sits between systems administration (15-1244) and information security analysis (15-1212) given its heavy CVE/vulnerability-remediation focus; 15-1244 was chosen because the primary day-to-day work is operating and patching infrastructure rather than security analysis.
Location is listed as LI-Remote, indicating fully remote work; no specific metro or state is identified in the posting.
Ignored 3 non-technology phrase(s) as skills (responsibilities/concepts, not named tools): patch management, virtual server administration, change management.
Posting is for a contract engagement — the market benchmarks below price full-time roles, so read the comp comparison with that in mind.
This posting reads as a fully-remote role, so it was scored against the national candidate pool rather than a single metro.
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