Telework eligibleFederal

IT Specialist (SYSADMIN)

Government Accountability Office · Legislative Branch

Information Technology Management

Salary
$108,430–$160,934/year
Grade
2
Work location
Telework eligible · Washington, District of Columbia
Schedule
Full-time
Posted
Sep 24, 2026
Apply by
Oct 9, 2026
Category
Information Technology Management

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Summary

This position is located in the Government Accountability Office Information Systems and Technology Services, Enterprise Infrastructure Division. As a IT Specialist (SYSADMIN) you will be responsible for sustaining the integrity and availability of systems, networks and/or data in support of GAO's IT architecture and business needs.

Duties

As a IT Specialist (SYSADMIN), PT- 2210- 2, your typical work assignments may include the following: Administer and manage physical and virtual environments, including configurations, monitoring, performance, optimization, issue resolution, and lifecycle management. Collaborate with colleagues and system owners on vulnerabilities affecting GAO IT systems; work with functional and system admins to identify, troubleshoot, and remediate vulnerabilities. Collaborate with colleagues to support requirements for customer-facing systems and applications and special customer environments. Provide technical advice and assistance to include troubleshooting, diagnosing and resolving issues and problems in response to reported or observed incidents and ensure critical business activities are carried out. Work with federal colleagues and contract support staff to plan, test, and deploy systems and operational updates to IT platforms and customer-facing systems including but not limited to Windows and Linux servers, monitoring and compliance systems, and workstation and desktop operating systems. Serve as a technical analyst for enterprise systems with responsibility for investigating and resolving challenging integration or configuration issues of a wide variety of infrastructure systems including but not limited to Windows and Linux servers, enterprise storage, backup, and archive.

Requirements

You must meet all qualification requirements before the announcement closes. You is required to submit a financial disclosure statement.

Education

No education requirement for this position.

How you will be evaluated

If you meet the qualification requirements stated above, you will be further rated based on your responses to the vacancy questions. Please make sure that your responses to the vacancy questions are supported in your resume. Please follow all instructions carefully. If you provide incomplete answers, fail to provide a narrative response to any vacancy question(s) that requires further explanation, or if your response to a vacancy question is "see resume", your rating may be affected or you may be determined ineligible. Your qualifications will be evaluated on the following competencies (knowledge, skills, abilities and other characteristics): Attention to Detail Customer Service Oral Communication Problem Solving Information Technology Program Management Technical Competence

About this listing

Government Accountability Office has 5 open listings on the site: all telework eligible. This one is telework eligible, based in Washington, District of Columbia. See all Government Accountability Office listings, or read what fully remote and telework eligible mean.

Advertised pay is $108,430 to $160,934 a year.

This announcement is open for 15 days, from Sep 24, 2026 to Oct 9, 2026. Among currently open Information Technology Management postings, the typical advertised window is about 13 days. As of Oct 6, 2026, it closes in 3 days.

Who can apply: employees of the hiring agency. This announcement is not open to the general public. The announcement's "This job is open to" section has the exact eligibility rules.

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