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title: 'Senior Staff Systems Administrator at Bluestaq US External'
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# Senior Staff Systems Administrator at Bluestaq US External

- **Company:** Bluestaq US External
- **Location:** Colorado Springs, CO
- **Compensation:** $125k–$155k
- **Posted:** 2026-06-04
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-10
- **Apply:** https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/bluestaq/jobs/4274330009

## Job description

## Why This Role Matters

At Bluestaq, mission success depends on systems that are secure, reliable, and always ready. As a Senior Staff Systems Administrator, you won't just keep the lights on — you'll set the technical bar for how we operate and evolve the infrastructure that powers our most critical missions. Your expertise raises the team, your standards shape the environment, and your ownership ensures what we build holds up under real-world pressure.

What You'll Own:

- Maintain and support the integrity of enterprise system networks across cloud-hosted and on-premises environments through technical support and configuration management
- Perform daily maintenance, monitoring, and troubleshooting of applications, networking, and systems infrastructure to ensure continuous operational readiness
- Serve as the senior escalation point for complex infrastructure incidents, outages, and systemic performance issues — empowering the team to resolve routine issues independently
- Partner closely with Bluestaq's core teams to troubleshoot, share knowledge, and ensure smooth integration and collaboration across the organization
- Perform software and system installations, upgrades, routine automation, cybersecurity risk mitigation tasks, and technical support in coordination with the security team
- Design and implement automation workflows using Ansible, Terraform, Docker, Kubernetes, and related tooling to reduce manual effort and improve reliability at scale
- Administer and support cloud identity and access management (IAM) across a broad range of systems spanning the AWS component stack and on-premises environments
- Collaborate with stakeholders across teams and leadership to understand systemic challenges and drive improvements in system performance and organizational effectiveness
- Own documentation standards in Confluence — driving consistent, high-quality runbooks, SOPs, and system records across the team
- Manage and communicate work scope, status, and risk effectively through Jira at a program level
- Actively mentor and develop junior and mid-level administrators, modeling ownership, accountability, and a growth mindset for the team
- Proactively identify systemic issues, anticipate roadblocks, and drive resolution before they impact operations
- Independently prioritize and escalate unforeseen issues as needed
- Display a strong sense of ownership for ensuring systems are available 24/7
- You use modern AI tools with judgment: integrating them into workflows where they're impactful, reviewing their outputs, and handling proprietary or sensitive data responsibly.

What You Bring:

Must Have:

- Willingness to support 24/7 operations and shift work
- Active DoD Secret or Top Secret security clearance
- Expert-level Linux systems administration in production environments
- Advanced experience administering cloud identity and access management (IAM) tools across complex, multi-system environments
- Advanced knowledge of system vulnerabilities and security issues
- Strong networking expertise — DNS, DHCP, VLANs, firewalls, and routing
- Advanced hands-on experience with automation tools — Ansible, Terraform, Kubernetes, Docker, and Packer
- Strong experience with cloud computing concepts and the AWS component stack
- Exceptional troubleshooting and debugging skills, with a passion and curiosity for problem-solving and investigation
- Hands-on experience with Atlassian tools — Confluence and Jira — at a team or program-wide level
- Demonstrated experience mentoring and developing team members, sharing knowledge, and supporting professional growth
- Strong collaboration and communication skills — able to work across teams and engage stakeholders at all levels with clarity and confidence
- Active CompTIA Security+ certification (DoD Directive 8140/8570.01-M)

Bonus:

- CISSP or CEH certification
- Advanced Linux certifications (RHCE, LPIC-3, or equivalent)
- Experience with CI/CD pipelines or DevSecOps practices

Required Education: 12+ years of systems administration/information technology experience with a High School Diploma/GED OR an Associate degree with 2 additional years of experience beyond the minimum required OR a Bachelor's degree with 8 years OR a Master's degree with 6 years OR a PhD with 4 years may be substituted in lieu of a degree. Salary Range (CO) $125,000—$155,000 USD

Clearance Requirement: This position may require an active TS/SCI Clearance. Current clearance holders are strongly encouraged to apply. If you don't currently hold one, Bluestaq will sponsor eligible candidates through the clearance process based on program needs.

## About Bluestaq

At Bluestaq, we build secure data platforms that matter for space missions, national defense, healthcare systems, and commercial innovation. Founded in 2018, we've become a leader in enterprise software and secure data management by staying focused on what counts: modern architecture, operational excellence, and mission impact.

We're engineers, problem-solvers, and builders who take the mission seriously, but not ourselves. We automate the repeatable, question the status quo, and design systems that are as reliable as they are scalable. Whether we're supporting space, defense systems, or healthcare advancements, we build with the same principles: cloud-native solutions, security by design, and relentless simplicity.

Relocation: Relocation assistance may be available for this role and is evaluated on a case-by-case basis.

Date the Position Closes: Applications will be accepted for 60 days beyond the posting date, or until the position is filled, whichever comes first.

Bluestaq is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We prohibit unlawful discrimination against applicants or employees on the basis age 40 and over, color, disability, gender identity, genetic information, military or veteran status, national origin, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, or any other status protected by state or local law.

Bluestaq will make reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with known disabilities and employees whose work requirements interfere with a religious belief unless doing so would result in an undue hardship to Bluestaq or a direct threat. Employees needing such accommodation are instructed to contact Human Resources immediately at contact.us@bluestaq.com.

## About Bluestaq US External

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Bluestaq builds secure, scalable data management platforms that enable organizations to ingest, store, manage, discover, and share data across on-premises, cloud, and edge environments.
- **Entity Type**: Private (bootstrapped/self-funded, no disclosed funding rounds)
- **Headquarters**: Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA
- **Founded**: 2018
- **Founders**: Seth Harvey (CEO, per Inc. profile)

## Core Business
- **Primary industry**: Enterprise data management and integration software
- **Target customers**: B2B, primarily U.S. military, intelligence agencies, healthcare, public sector, and large corporations
- **Mission**: Build enterprise software platforms to connect, integrate, catalog, govern, and discover data for data-driven communities

## Products & Services
- **EdgePlatform**: Portable, ruggedized data mobility solution for austere environments with minimal infrastructure
- **Storefront**: Data catalog and marketplace for discovering, consuming, and subscribing to data feeds with live API documentation
- **Secure Content Store**: Manages and exploits unstructured data (documents, video, audio, imagery) with search and correlation tools
- **HybridSolution**: On-premise hybrid cloud deployment (single or multi-node) to minimize data latency
- **EnterprisePlatform**: Cloud-based platform deployable across multiple availability zones with real-time synchronization
- **PEPStaq API Gateway**: Lightweight policy enforcement point / API gateway for securing web-based enterprise systems
- **Ecommerce Marketplace**: Marketplace for acquiring commercial data from global vendors for government, commercial, and academic consumers

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not disclosed
- **Key Metric**: 232% 3-year growth (Inc. 2025); 143 total employees (Built In)
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: Not publicly disclosed
- **Growth Signals**: Recognized as an Inc. Best Workplace (2026); multiple Inc. 5000 rankings (No. 630 in 2023, No. 1,327 in 2024, No. 1,663 in 2025, No. 1,871 in 2022); named one of Colorado’s fastest-growing private companies

## Competitive Advantages
- Deep specialization in secure data ecosystems for high-stakes, mission-critical sectors (defense, intelligence, healthcare)
- Proprietary edge computing and hybrid cloud capabilities for disconnected or austere environments
- Integrated AI/ML and NLP capabilities for real-time data exploitation
- Strong emphasis on data governance, policy enforcement, and interoperability across disparate systems

## Strategic Focus
- Continuing to expand data unification capabilities across on-prem, cloud, and edge
- Deepening AI/ML and natural language processing integration for unstructured data
- Growing presence in healthcare and commercial sectors while maintaining defense/intelligence core
- Scaling the team and maintaining a small-company culture as headcount grows

## Why Work Here
- **Culture**: Values-driven (trust, ownership, curiosity, talent, teamwork, mentorship); described as purpose-driven with a small-company feel
- **Work Policy**: Hybrid – typically 3–4 days in office, 1–2 days remote depending on role; onsite in Colorado Springs
- **Benefits**: 100% employer-paid PPO health insurance for employees and dependents; profit share; “Take-What-You-Need” time off; mental health benefits; paid internship program
- **Tech Stack**: Modern – AWS, Kubernetes, Docker, Terraform, React, React Native, Node.js, Python, Angular, Kafka, Neo4j, TensorFlow, Spring, GitHub, and more
- **Impact**: Work directly supports national security, healthcare operations, and critical infrastructure – described as “measurable global impact”

## Sources
1. [bluestaq.com](https://www.bluestaq.com/)
2. [bluestaq.com/careers](https://www.bluestaq.com/careers)
3. [greenhouse.io](http://job-boards.greenhouse.io/bluestaq)
4. [builtin.com](https://builtin.com/company/bluestaq)
5. [inc.com](https://www.inc.com/profile/bluestaq)

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