Systems Administrator at Sikich
Washington, DC
$135,000–$145,000from the description
Aug 13, 2026
Washington, DC
Nov 9, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A hybrid, time-limited (surge) systems administrator role supporting a federal client in Washington, DC through at least January 2027. The position centers on endpoint management, software deployment troubleshooting, patch compliance tracking, and vulnerability remediation triage — coordinating directly with end users and documenting findings in a ticketing system. It suits an entry-to-mid level administrator comfortable with Windows environments and willing to grow into SCCM, Intune, and Azure tooling.
Mid level · Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV · Secret clearance · Contract
“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
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 Aug 15, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (9)
The clearance requirement states 'active public trust or higher.' Public Trust is not a formal US security clearance (it is a suitability determination), but the posting treats it as a hard gate. The clearance requirement field has been set to 'Secret' as the closest applicable clearance level that represents 'public trust or higher'; hiring managers should note the actual minimum is a Public Trust suitability determination, not necessarily a Secret clearance.
The posting explicitly frames this as a surge/temporary engagement through January 15, 2027 with a possible extension — classified as Contract accordingly.
SCCM and Intune appear under 'Core Technical Requirements' with language about 'familiarity' and 'willingness to deepen skills,' signaling these are gates even at a basic level. They are listed as required but with each other as alternatives since the posting treats them as a paired endpoint management capability.
Qualys, Tenable, and NinjaOne are described as 'a strong plus' under Core Technical Requirements — marked preferred despite appearing in that section, because the posting explicitly qualifies them as a plus.
Azure Update Manager is mentioned twice — once as an aspirational growth area within Core Technical Requirements and once as a standalone plus — marked preferred both times.
The salary range is presented as three figures ($135,000 / $140,000 / $145,000); the min and max of that range are used.
The posting states 'Prior experience with every listed tool is not required,' which reinforces that many named technologies are aspirational rather than hard gates.
Requires a Secret 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.
Posting is for a contract engagement — the market benchmarks below price full-time roles, so read the comp comparison with that in mind.
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