Linux Systems Admin L2 at Jovian Concepts, LLC
Annapolis Junction, MD
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Jul 21, 2026
Annapolis Junction, MD
Jul 29, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A mid-to-senior Linux systems administrator role supporting a classified government environment near Annapolis Junction, MD. Day-to-day work covers Linux and Windows administration, containerization, Tier 1/2 helpdesk escalation, SSP and STE/STN compliance, and security tooling including Nessus and LatteArt. Requires an active TS/SCI clearance with a polygraph from the Maryland customer, ten years of relevant SA experience, and a DoD 8570-compliant certification.
Senior level · 10+ years · Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD · TS/SCI clearance
Advertised as Mid, but the requirements read as Senior.
“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
Rare in this occupation — lead with these, and say what you built with them.
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).
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 titled 'Systems Administrator Level 2' but requires 10 years of SA experience, placing the actual scope firmly at Senior level despite the mid-level title framing.
A current, active TS/SCI clearance with a Polygraph specifically from the 'MD Customer' (NSA/NSOC) is a hard gate; CCAs are explicitly not accepted.
Degree requirement: a Bachelor's in a technical discipline is listed as required, but the JD explicitly allows substitution of 5 additional years of SA experience (15 total) in lieu of the degree — treated as no hard degree gate.
DoD 8570 compliance (e.g., Security+ CE or equivalent qualifying certification) is listed as a hard requirement; Security+ CE is the most commonly cited qualifying cert and is used as the representative skill.
LatteArt (spelled 'LatterArt' once and 'LatteArt' once in the posting) appears to be a specialized NSA/IC-community tool; both spellings appear in the JD — 'LatteArt' is used as the canonical name.
Ansible and SALT are explicitly called out as a bonus/nice-to-have ('automation tools is a bonus such as Ansible/SALT'), so they are marked preferred.
Annapolis Junction, MD is within the Baltimore-Columbia-Towson CBSA (12580), the metro area encompassing the NSA campus at Fort Meade.
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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