Senior Cloud Systems Administrator

Job overview

The Senior Cloud Systems Administrator role is hybrid, with onsite support at Credence headquarters in McLean, VA three days per week. Compensation is $145,000–$160,000 per year. The role supports the Enterprise Sourcing, Medical and Contingency Portfolio Hosting Support Contract, helping maintain hosting environments for mission-critical applications and services. The administrator maintains secure, reliable, and efficient enterprise hosting across Windows and Linux systems. Through automation, DevOps practices, monitoring, security remediation, and recovery support, the role helps ensure hosted services meet operational and government security requirements.

What you'll do

• Administer and troubleshoot Windows Server environments and support Linux servers
• monitor system performance, availability, and capacity
• implement infrastructure automation and configuration management
• support CI/CD, infrastructure-as-code, automated deployments, and monitoring
• collaborate with developers, cybersecurity personnel, network engineers, and stakeholders
• perform patching, upgrades, vulnerability remediation, and security hardening
• manage virtualized environments
• maintain technical documentation and system diagrams
• support backup, continuity, and disaster recovery
• participate in incident response and root cause analysis
• ensure compliance with security policies, regulations, and standards.

What we're looking for

Skills & competencies

senior cloud systems administrator

hybrid

mclean va

windows server

linux

devops

cloud infrastructure

powershell

vmware

hyper-v

infrastructure as code

federal mission

$145k–$160k

Work arrangement

• Weekend coverage required

Benefits & perks

• Medical, dental, and vision
• retirement plan
• life insurance
• paid time off and public holidays
• family leave
• short- and long-term disability
• training and development
• wellness resources.

Why this role

Requires at least five years administering enterprise Windows Server environments, Linux production support, scripting experience, virtualization experience, and DevOps familiarity. A public trust must be obtainable and maintained; equivalent experience may substitute for the stated bachelor’s degree. Cloud, infrastructure-as-code, container, and federal or DoD experience are preferred.

About the employer

Credence is hiring for this role. Industry: Computer Systems Design Services. Sector: 54.