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Systems Administrator

Fusion Innovation


Job Location:

Chantilly, VA - USA

Yearly Salary: USD 100000 - 215000
Posted: 5 October 2026 (15 hours ago)
Application Deadline: 2 January 2027
Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

FusionInnovations recent growth has earned us a top spot in the Inc 5000 FastestGrowing Private Companies in America and in Washington Business Journals BestPlaces to Work multiple years in a row. Our team members are passionate abouttheir work and are empowered to contribute their unique skills and perspectivesto our projects. Here at Fusion we put people first. When you join us youdont just join a company you join a family. If you are ready to be part of afun and engaging team where your innovative ideas are heard supported andmake ever lasting mission impacts for our Nations most sensitive programs youhave come to the right place.


Position Overview

Fusion Innovation is seeking a Mid-Level Systems Administrator to support critical web infrastructure and production systems. The selected candidate will administer Linux servers maintain secure and reliable AWS environments support web applications and contribute to infrastructure and application-level troubleshooting. This position blends traditional systems administration with cloud engineering and web application support. The ideal candidate has strong Linux and AWS experience understands secure production operations and can work with object-oriented application code databases and front-end web technologies.


Key Responsibilities
  • Administer configure monitor and maintain Linux-based servers and systems.

  • Perform operating system patching upgrades configuration management and system hardening.

  • Design implement and maintain secure production-grade AWS environments.

  • Monitor system availability performance capacity and security.

  • Troubleshoot server application database network and cloud infrastructure issues.

  • Implement and maintain system security controls and configuration standards.

  • Support deployment and operation of web applications and related infrastructure.

  • Develop review or modify application code using object-oriented programming languages.

  • Support PHP-based applications and services.

  • Develop or maintain web application components using HTML CSS and JavaScript.

  • Administer and troubleshoot relational databases and SQL-based applications.

  • Support MySQL database environments.

  • Automate recurring administrative deployment monitoring and maintenance activities.

  • Maintain backups recovery procedures system documentation and operational runbooks.

  • Identify system risks and recommend improvements to security reliability scalability and performance.

  • Collaborate with developers and other technical personnel to deploy maintain and troubleshoot integrated solutions.

  • Participate in incident response root-cause analysis and corrective-action activities.

Required Skills
  • Active Top Secret/SCI with Polygraph.

  • Five or more years of experience in systems administration.

  • Experience performing Linux server maintenance patching configuration management and system hardening.

  • Experience designing implementing and maintaining production-grade AWS environments.

  • Five or more years of experience with an object-oriented programming language.

  • Experience developing or supporting web applications using HTML CSS and JavaScript.

  • Proficiency with SQL and experience working with a relational database management system.

  • Strong troubleshooting and problem-solving skills across systems applications and infrastructure.

  • Ability to independently manage technical assignments while collaborating with a multidisciplinary team.

  • Bachelors degree in Systems Administration Computer Information Systems Computer Science or a related technical discipline.

Five or more years of relevant systems administration experience may be considered in lieu of a bachelors degree.

Desired Skills
  • Experience with PHP.

  • Experience administering or developing solutions using MySQL.

  • Experience developing or supporting websites using the Joomla content management system.

  • Experience with infrastructure automation scripting and configuration management tools.

  • Knowledge of cloud security monitoring logging backup and disaster-recovery practices.

  • Experience supporting highly available web infrastructure in a secure production environment.

Additional Details
  • Fusion Innovation anticipates the annual base salary for this position will generally range from $100000 to $215000. Actual compensation will be determined based on several factors including but not limited to:
    • Years of direct applicable experience with this work and the Customer
    • Relevant education certifications and training
    • Contract labor category requirements skill level contract bill rate and hours allocation
    • Alignment with the positions responsibilities
    • Additional specialized skills


In addition to base salary eligible employees may be considered for discretionary bonuses and are eligible for Fusion Innovations comprehensive benefits package which includes medical dental vision company-sponsored retirement contributions paid leave professional development opportunities and other employee benefits.

Fusion Innovation is an Equal Opportunity Employer and considers all qualified applicants for employment without regard to disability protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal state or local law. Fusion Innovation participates in E-Verify to confirm employment eligibility for all newly hired employees. If you require a reasonable accommodation to complete the application process please contact and include your name and contact information.

Required Experience:

Unclear Seniority


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