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Junior Cloud Systems Administrator [$276k/yr+] TS/SCI-FS Poly with Security Clearance

SYSTOLICAnnapolis Junction, MD🇺🇸United StatesPosted 27 Aug 2026

Quick Overview

Seniority
Junior
Employment type
Employee
Work mode
Hybrid
Location
Annapolis Junction, MD, United States
Posted
18 hours ago
PythonSwiftPerlBashCassandraAWSDockerKubernetesPuppetGrafanaLogstashHadoopLLMHTTPSDNSLoad BalancingNginxHAProxy

Job Description

Candidates must already possess an active Top Secret/SCI w/ Full Scope Polygraph to be considered.

Summary: • Implement, troubleshoot, and maintain large-scale distributed Hadoop and cloud clusters. • Architect AWS cloud environments and integrate advanced AI capabilities including LLMs, Agentic AI, and RAG. • Manage Linux systems using scripting in Bash, Python, or Perl, automating configuration via Puppet and Salt. • Oversee container orchestration with Kubernetes and Docker, and manage log aggregation with Elasticsearch, Logstash, and Grafana. Qualifications && Compensation:

  • Degree: Technical bachelor's degree or equivalent experience - Years of experience: 5+ years - Total Compensation: $276k+ yearly (tentative) Job Description: • Provide engineering support for the implementation, troubleshooting, and maintenance of large-scale distributed systems and cloud clusters. • Design and develop AWS cloud infrastructure adhering to security, compliance, and architectural best practices. • Integrate and support Large Language Models (LLM), Agentic AI, and Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) capabilities. • Automate system configuration, software deployments, and administration tasks using Bash, Python, Perl, Puppet, and Salt. • Manage core Linux services, network provisioning (PXE, Kickstart, DHCP, DNS, TFTP), and remote hardware diagnosis via IPMI and serial interfaces. • Support distributed databases and object storage solutions such as Hadoop, Accumulo, Cassandra, and Scality/Swift. • Deploy and manage containerized environments utilizing Docker and Kubernetes orchestration services. • Configure software load balancing (HAProxy, NGINX) and log aggregation pipelines using Elasticsearch, Logstash, and Grafana. • Maintain an active TS/SCI clearance with polygraph.

About SYSTOLIC: SYSTOLIC is dedicated to giving our employees the best possible company experience so that they can focus on providing outstanding support to their customer’s mission. Our company is founded on integrity, enthusiasm, and a relentless commitment to supporting the Intelligence Community. You can learn more about us and submit an application to be considered against our current and future openings at https://systolic.com. To learn about our compensation ranges, visit our

Pay Transparency page at: https://systolic.com/pay-transparency

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