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Systems Administrator

Booz Allen Hamilton

Fort Meade, MDFull-time$62–141K/yrPosted 1mo agoStill listed today

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At a glance

Compensation
$62–141K/yr
Location
Fort Meade, MD
Schedule
Full-time
Work Authorization
Not specified

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Requirements

Credentials this posting asks for.

Secret clearance, required

Job overview

The Systems Administrator will help maintain functional, available infrastructure supporting national security. The role involves monitoring and performance management, identifying network problems and improvement opportunities, and communicating the meaning of metrics. The team shares techniques, works through challenges, and develops methodologies together. The posting seeks system administration or engineering experience and lists additional preferred experience with servers, networks, security frameworks, and automation.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

System Administration, requiredSystem Engineering, requiredDevice Installation and Configuration, requiredApplication Installation and Configuration, requiredSecurity Tool Installation and Configuration, requiredNetwork Troubleshooting, requiredDeployment Automation, requiredSystem Operations Optimization, requiredResource Utilization Optimization, requiredProcess Improvement, requiredWindows Server Administration, nice to haveLinux Server Administration, nice to haveVirtualized Networks, nice to haveDoD Risk Management Framework, nice to haveLinux, nice to haveUnix, nice to haveSQL, nice to haveSystem and Network Diagrams, nice to haveTechnology Stack Knowledge, nice to haveInfrastructure as Code, nice to haveAutomation Tools, nice to haveScripting, nice to have

Qualifications

Secret Clearance Eligibility, requiredHigh School Diploma or GED, requiredBachelor's in CS or Related, nice to haveLinux or Cloud Certifications, nice to have

Benefits

Medical Insurance
401(k) Match
Paid Time Off
Tuition Assistance

Full job description

Systems AdministratorThe Opportunity: Your combination of people skills and system administrator knowledge makes you the team hero, solving one problem after another. What if you could use those skills to improve the technology supporting national security?

As a system administrator on our team, you’ll ensure the current infrastructure is functional and available. You’ll help clients overcome tough challenges through monitoring and performance management. Your knowledge will be vital as you identify problem areas and opportunities for improvement in a critical network. Your communication skills will come in handy as you turn metrics into information and articulate their meaning. We focus on growing as a team, so we’ll share techniques, work through challenges, and develop new methodologies together. Work with us and resolve daily challenges.

Join us. The world can’t wait.

You Have:

  • Experience in a System Administration or System Engineering role

  • Experience installing or configuring devices, applications, and security tools

  • Experience troubleshooting network infrastructure

  • Experience automating deployments

  • Knowledge of optimizing system operations and resource utilization

  • Ability to recommend process improvements

  • Ability to obtain a Secret clearance

  • HS diploma or GED

Nice If You Have:

  • Experience operating and maintaining Microsoft Windows and Linux servers, including operating systems and virtualized networks

  • Experience with installation, configuration, and troubleshooting of network infrastructure

  • Experience with DoD Risk Management Framework

  • Experience with Linux, Unix, and SQL

  • Experience creating system and network diagrams

  • Knowledge of different layers of the technology stack, including network, application frameworks, database systems, and vendor solutions

  • Ability to use automation tools and Infrastructure-as-Code to manage installations, pipelines, and scripting

  • Bachelor's degree in CS, Computer Engineering, Mathematics, Statistics, or Engineering

  • Linux or Cloud Certifications

Clearance: Applicants selected will be subject to a security investigation and may need to meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information.

Compensation At Booz Allen, we celebrate your contributions, provide you with opportunities and choices, and support your total well-being. Our offerings include health, life, disability, financial, and retirement benefits, as well as paid leave, professional development, tuition assistance, work-life programs, and dependent care. Our recognition awards program acknowledges employees for exceptional performance and superior demonstration of our values. Full-time and part-time employees working at least 20 hours a week on a regular basis are eligible to participate in Booz Allen’s benefit programs. Individuals that do not meet the threshold are only eligible for select offerings, not inclusive of health benefits. We encourage you to learn more about our total benefits by visiting the Resource page on our Careers site and reviewing Our Employee Benefits page.

Salary at Booz Allen is determined by various factors, including but not limited to location, the individual’s particular combination of education, knowledge, skills, competencies, and experience, as well as contract-specific affordability and organizational requirements. The projected compensation range for this position is $61,900.00 to $141,000.00 (annualized USD). The estimate displayed represents the typical salary range for this position and is just one component of Booz Allen’s total compensation package for employees. This posting will close within 90 days from the Posting Date. Identity Statement As part of the hiring process, we will ask you to complete an identity verification process that leverages advanced biometrics and artificial intelligence to ensure authenticity and protect against identity fraud. You are expected to be on camera during interviews and assessments. We reserve the right to take your picture to verify your identity and prevent fraud.

Candidate AI Usage Policy AI is a part of our daily work at Booz Allen, and we are committed to the responsible and ethical use of AI tools. However, we want to ensure a fair candidate process based on your own skills and knowledge. As part of this commitment, the use of artificial intelligence (AI) or other tools to assist with responses during interviews (whether in-person or virtual) is prohibited unless permission is explicitly provided.

Work Model Our people-first culture prioritizes the benefits of collaboration, whether it occurs in person or virtually. To support engagement and effective communication, employees working virtually are generally expected to have their cameras on during meetings.

  • Remote: If this position is listed as remote, there may still be occasions when you are required to work in person at a Booz Allen or customer facility.

  • Hybrid: If this position is listed as hybrid, you will be expected to work from a Booz Allen facility frequently, in alignment with leadership expectations and the needs of the role. You may also be required to work from or visit a customer facility.

  • Onsite: If this position is listed as onsite, work will primarily be performed at a Booz Allen office or customer facility, where employees will collaborate directly with colleagues and customers as required by the role.

Commitment to Non-Discrimination All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to disability, status as a protected veteran or any other status protected by applicable federal, state, local, or international law.

How this job compares

Set against the 2,422 open Systems Administrator jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 10, 2026.

Pay
  • This posting$62–141K/yr
  • Maryland median$104–170K/yr122 salary ranges
  • US median$95–149K/yr1,490 salary ranges

This range's midpoint, $101K, is 26% below the Maryland median midpoint ($137K) — in the lowest quarter of Systems Administrator salary ranges in Maryland.

Openings
Olive Jobs lists 164 open Systems Administrator jobs in Maryland and 2,422 across the US. 5% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most in Maryland
Experience
Systems Administrator postings that state a minimum ask for 5 years of experience at the median; the middle half ask for 3 to 6 years (2,024 postings).
Education
This posting asks for a high school diploma; 510 of the 2,422 open Systems Administrator jobs (21%) ask for a high school diploma or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 10, 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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