
Senior Network and Computer Systems Administrator
Colorado Springs, COFull-time$115–170K/yrSeen 6 days agoSeen in employer's feed 6 days ago
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AMERICAN SYSTEMS seeks a Senior Network and Computer Systems Administrator to lead platform and infrastructure sustainment for Red LAN systems. The role oversees maintenance, technical changes, escalated infrastructure issues, and platform readiness for availability, operational continuity, cybersecurity compliance, and engineering and test activity. The administrator also coordinates with network engineers and may be assigned responsibility for less experienced staff.
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Senior Network and Computer Systems Administrator Location US-CO-Colorado Springs ID 2026-5030 Category IT / Cyber Security / Network Systems Position Type Full-Time Remote No Clearance Required Top Secret Overview AMERICAN SYSTEMS is an employee-owned federal government contractor supporting national priority programs through our strategic solutions in the areas of Information Technology, Test & Evaluation, Program Mission Support, Engineering & Analysis, and Training. Responsibilities - Leads platform and infrastructure sustainment for Red LAN servers, virtualized services, operating environments, storage, accounts, patches, backups, restorations, and system configurations. - Oversees maintenance execution and approved technical changes; resolves escalated infrastructure issues; and ensures platform readiness supports availability, operational continuity, cybersecurity compliance, and engineering/test activity. - Maintains smooth operation of multi-user computer systems, including coordination with network engineers. - Monitors and manages system resources, including CPU usage, disk usage, and response times to maintain operating efficiency. - Performs systems security administration functions, including creating user profiles and accounts. - Other duties may include setting up administrator accounts, maintaining system documentation, tuning systemperformance, installing system wide software and allocating mass storage space. Interacts with users and evaluates vendor products. - Makes recommendations to purchase hardware and software, coordinates installation and provides backup recovery. - Develops and monitors policies and standards for allocation related to the use of computing resources. - May be assigned responsibility for less experienced staff. Qualifications - Bachelor's degree - 8-10 years of related work experience - US Citizenipship - Active Top Secret Clearance Pay Transparency Statement AMERICAN SYSTEMS is committed to pay transparency for our applicants and employee-owners. The salary range for this position is USD $115,000.00/Yr. - USD $170,000/Yr. Actual compensation will be determined based on several factors permitted by law. AMERICAN SYSTEMS provides for the welfare of its employees and their dependents through a comprehensive benefits program by offering healthcare benefits, paid leave, retirement plans, insurance programs, and education and training assistance. EEO Statement EEO Race/Sex/Disability Status/Veteran Status Apply at: https://ipc.us/t/963F778F32834135.
How this job compares
Set against the 728 open Network Administrator jobs on Olive Jobs, counted October 27, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$115–170K/yr
- Colorado median$88–129K/yr32 salary ranges
- US median$75–109K/yr460 salary ranges
This range's midpoint, $143K, is 30% above the Colorado median midpoint ($110K) — in the top quarter of Network Administrator salary ranges in Colorado.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 44 open Network Administrator jobs in Colorado and 728 across the US. 2% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in Colorado
- American Systems Corporation (this employer)9 open
- Watermark Risk Manag6 open
- Brookfield Global In4 open
- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 8 years of experience — more than three in four Network Administrator postings that state a minimum ask for (median 4 years, across 615 postings).
- Education
- This posting asks for a bachelor's degree; 252 of the 728 open Network Administrator jobs (35%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on October 27, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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