System Administrator 1 at Wyetech
Bluffdale, TX
$64,397–$179,982
Jul 15, 2026
Bluffdale, TX
Jul 21, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A systems administrator role supporting federal government IT infrastructure, covering day-to-day operations, monitoring, and troubleshooting across client, server, storage, and network environments. Responsibilities span Tier 1 help desk through Tier 2 escalation support, along with configuration and management of UNIX and Windows systems. An active TS/SCI clearance with a polygraph is required.
Mid level · 3+ years · Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD · TS/SCI clearance · Full-time
Pay in the description: $30.96–$86.53/hr
Posted 3 times — it's one opening, so apply once.
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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 $125,654 (middle half $96,394–$162,956). 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 spans Tier 1 Help Desk through Tier 2 escalation, systems administration, and network/infrastructure operations — a broad IT operations scope typical of federal contract SA (Systems Administrator) positions.
A TS/SCI clearance with an agency-appropriate polygraph is a hard gate explicitly stated in both the body and Required Qualifications sections.
Degree requirement: a Bachelor's in a technical discipline is listed as required, but the JD explicitly states '5 years of additional SA experience may be substituted for a bachelor's degree' — treated as no hard degree gate.
Total experience minimum is 3 years as a Systems Administrator; the degree substitution path requires 5 additional years (8 total) but the baseline gate is 3 years.
Work locations span Maryland, Virginia, Colorado, Texas, Utah, Alaska, Hawaii, and OCONUS — no single primary metro is specified. Maryland/Virginia (the National Capital/Fort Meade corridor) is the most common location for Wyetech federal contracts and is used as the representative CBSA.
The wide hourly pay range ($30.96–$86.53/hr) reflects variation across contract rates, experience levels, and geographic locations, as explicitly noted by the employer.
UNIX and Windows OS administration are the only concrete named technologies called out in the posting; no other specific tools or platforms are mentioned.
Ignored 1 non-technology phrase(s) as skills (responsibilities/concepts, not named tools): IT systems administration.
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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