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System Administrator V
Job Location:
Job Location:
Fairfax, VA - USA
Yearly Salary:
USD 105000 - 115000
Yearly Salary:
Posted:
2 October 2026 (Yesterday)
Posted:
Application Deadline:
30 December 2026
Application Deadline:
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Vacancies:
Job Summary
System Administrator V
Full Time
Nationwide IT Services NIS is seeking a System Administrator V to serve as a senior technical resource supporting USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) Veterinary Services (VS) application operations and maintenance.
The position provides application-facing systems administration and operational support across the VS hosting environment helping maintain the availability reliability security and recoverability of mission-critical applications while working within USDA-established infrastructure cybersecurity configuration-management and change-control processes. This position is fully remote.
The role supports application components hosted across Azure Kubernetes environments WebLogic clusters virtual machines and associated application platforms.
Responsibilities include application availability monitoring deployment and configuration support environment troubleshooting SSL certificate and credential lifecycle activities patch and version coordination backup and recovery support disaster-recovery preparation and production incident and root-cause analysis.
Duties and Responsibilities
NIS is a CVE-verified Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business and an IT and management consulting company. Our mission is to deliver value-added services to our customers leveraging technology people and industry best practices to implement innovative solutions through our trusted employees and team members.
Our benefits package includes medical dental and vision insurance; life and disability insurance; a 401(k) plan with employer match; paid holidays; PTO (sick/vacation); commuter benefits; an employee assistance program (EAP); educational reimbursement; and pet insurance.
Salary range $105000 to $115000 annually
The salary range is a general guideline. We consider several factors when determining base salary offers including the positions scope and responsibilities the candidates experience education and skills and current market conditions.
Full Time
Nationwide IT Services NIS is seeking a System Administrator V to serve as a senior technical resource supporting USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) Veterinary Services (VS) application operations and maintenance.
The position provides application-facing systems administration and operational support across the VS hosting environment helping maintain the availability reliability security and recoverability of mission-critical applications while working within USDA-established infrastructure cybersecurity configuration-management and change-control processes. This position is fully remote.
The role supports application components hosted across Azure Kubernetes environments WebLogic clusters virtual machines and associated application platforms.
Responsibilities include application availability monitoring deployment and configuration support environment troubleshooting SSL certificate and credential lifecycle activities patch and version coordination backup and recovery support disaster-recovery preparation and production incident and root-cause analysis.
Duties and Responsibilities
- Support application-facing administration across Azure Kubernetes clusters WebLogic clusters virtual machines and associated application components.
- Monitor and support application availability; troubleshoot application/platform interactions and coordinate infrastructure issues with USDA teams.
- Manage application-level SSL certificate credential and version-currency activities within assigned authority.
- Support application backup/recovery procedures recovery testing dependency documentation and disaster-recovery coordination with USDA infrastructure/DBA teams.
- Support deployment configuration environment troubleshooting patch/version coordination and production incident/root-cause analysis.
- Maintain operational documentation and provide evidence for security accreditation and change activities as required.
- Demonstrated experience supporting federal or enterprise production system administration.
- Experience with cloud and container platforms including Kubernetes or comparable container orchestration.
- Experience supporting enterprise application servers such as WebLogic and Windows/Linux virtualized environments.
- Experience with SSL/certificate lifecycle credentials availability troubleshooting backup/recovery support and operational documentation.
- Azure and Kubernetes administration/support experience.
- WebLogic administration/support experience.
- Federal application availability and incident-response experience.
- Experience supporting RMF/ATO artifacts vulnerability remediation and disaster-recovery exercises.
- Support USDA APHIS Veterinary Services application operations and maintenance in a remote delivery environment.
- Normal support coverage is 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Mountain Time Monday through Friday. Routine after-hours weekend and on-call support are not required.
- This position is fully remote.
- Must satisfy applicable USDA personnel-security suitability PIV training and system-access requirements before performing access-dependent work.
- Work is performed using Government-furnished systems tools software and processes. Personnel must follow USDA change release security accessibility and documentation requirements.
NIS is a CVE-verified Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business and an IT and management consulting company. Our mission is to deliver value-added services to our customers leveraging technology people and industry best practices to implement innovative solutions through our trusted employees and team members.
Our benefits package includes medical dental and vision insurance; life and disability insurance; a 401(k) plan with employer match; paid holidays; PTO (sick/vacation); commuter benefits; an employee assistance program (EAP); educational reimbursement; and pet insurance.
Salary range $105000 to $115000 annually
The salary range is a general guideline. We consider several factors when determining base salary offers including the positions scope and responsibilities the candidates experience education and skills and current market conditions.
Required Experience:
Senior IC
