AWS Systems Administrator – level 2 or 3

Northrop Grumman is hiring for AWS Systems Administrator – level 2 or 3 in Morrisville, NC, US. What you'll do: on-call and deployment / devops, work across the infrastructure, security, and education domains. Qualifications: 4+ years of experience, a PhD, and familiarity with TypeScript, Python, C++, AWS, Docker, and Kubernetes. Paying $80K.

Hiring signals for Network and Computer Systems Administrators

SOC 15-1244 — measured across all currently-active postings classified to this occupation.

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Network and Computer Systems Administrators Job Market Score

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Pay matches the national median ($151k vs $138k national)
Slow inflow of new postings (only 6% from the last 14 days)
Few reposted listings (27% appear duplicated)

Network and Computer Systems Administrators job market

Aggregated from currently-active postings tracked in Network and Computer Systems Administrators.

1,438Active postings
54Posted this week
435Open 30+ days30% of active
213Remote / hybrid15% of active
8%List salary117 of 1,438
0%Hourly0 of disclosed
$151kMedian annual (max)
—Median hourly (max)
20dMedian agep90 65d (long tail)

Wages by category

Bucket	Jobs	Median annual	Median hourly
DevOps / SRE	888	$155k n=64	—
Engineering	247	$144k n=24	—
VP	17	—	—
Food Service	11	—	—
Director	11	—	—

Wages by employment type

Bucket	Jobs	Median annual	Median hourly
Full-time	50	$165k n=25	—
Contract	47	$158k n=21	—
Intern	12	—	—
Temporary	3	—	—
Part-time	2	—	—

Wages by sector

Bucket	Jobs	Median annual	Median hourly
Technology	750	$158k n=94	—
Manufacturing	342	$120k n=17	—
Financial Services	325	$189k n=13	—
Professional Services	261	$158k n=19	—
Government / Public Sector	155	$101k n=10	—

Top categories

DevOps / SRE888
Engineering247
VP17
Food Service11
Director11
Server / Host10

In-demand skills

AWS305
Azure272
Kubernetes214
Google Cloud205
Python175
Linux163
Terraform147
Docker129

Top sectors

Technology750
Manufacturing342
Financial Services325
Professional Services261
Government / Public Sector155
Healthcare54

Employment mix

Unspecified1,324 · 92%
Full-time50 · 3%
Contract47 · 3%
Intern12 · 1%
Temporary3 · 0%
Part-time2 · 0%

Top hiring companies

Salary: $80k
Source: jobs.northropgrumman.com
Original link: https://jobs.northropgrumman.com/careers/job/1340071371037
ATS: Workday
Posted: 2 weeks ago (2026-04-26)
Status: active

Skills: TypeScript, Python, C++, AWS, Docker, Kubernetes, Terraform, Ansible, Grafana, Linux, Agile

Topics: Infrastructure, Security, Education

Activities: On-call, Deployment / DevOps

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