Indianapolis, INremote

Salary
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Posted
Jul 29, 2026
Location
Indianapolis, IN
Last confirmed open
Sep 24, 2026

What this job asks for AI summary

This role supports day-to-day production operations and sustainment of a large federal information system at a defense and government solutions firm near Reston, VA. Responsibilities span software deployments, system administration, configuration management, and operational troubleshooting on a mainframe-centric stack (z/OS, JCL, Oracle, Cognos, Endevor). The position suits a mid-level systems engineer with enterprise IT operations experience, ideally in federal financial or ERP environments.

Mid level · 5+ years · Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV · Bachelor's required

Must have (5)
IBM z/OSJCLOracleCognosBroadcom Endevor
Nice to have (2)
COBOLIDMS

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How this req sits in the market our data

Roughly 2 people in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV area plausibly meet what this posting asks for (network and computer systems administrators). range 1–3

Applicant volume Light — Few people clear these requirements, so an application that does clear them gets looked at. Worth applying to even if you miss a nice-to-have.

What gives you an edge
JCLIBM z/OSOracle12%

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What the occupation pays Median $128,188 (middle half $100,819–$156,589).

Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Aug 1, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.

Why we read it this way (6)

The title 'Intermediate Systems Engineer' is treated as a Mid-level designation, consistent with the 5+ years experience requirement.

SOC classification is a judgment call: the role blends systems administration (15-1244) with systems analysis and configuration management (15-1211). The primary day-to-day work — operating and maintaining a production mainframe environment — leans toward 15-1244.

The posting mentions 'Remote or Hybrid work model' but also references potential deployment to field locations and core office hours; remote=false is set because fully remote work is not clearly guaranteed.

No compensation range is stated in the posting.

Configuration Management appears in the required skills list as a practice/methodology rather than a named tool (e.g., Broadcom Endevor is the named tool); it is omitted from the skills list per extraction rules.

Enterprise financial systems, ERP, and payroll applications appear under Preferred as domain context rather than named technologies and are omitted from the skills list.

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