Remote Appian & Java Systems Administrator

Synergy; Reston (VA); Remote; USD 84,000 - 126,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision

Life insurance

Disability insurance

HSA

FSA

401(k) match

PTO & leave

Holidays

Parental leave

Tuition reimbursement

Referral bonus

Well-being programs

Job summary

Synergy Business Innovation & Solutions, in Reston, VA, is seeking an experienced System Administrator to administer, maintain, secure, and optimize a mission-critical Appian-based platform and Java applications in a Linux environment.

You will collaborate with application developers, DBAs, infrastructure, and cybersecurity teams to ensure platform availability, security, and performance, while following change-management processes and creating runbooks and recovery procedures.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a technical field; additional experience may substitute.
• 5+ years in systems or enterprise app administration or DevOps.
• Experience with Appian on-premises environments.
• Experience with Java-based enterprise applications; logs, stack traces, deployments.
• Linux/Unix administration and shell scripting.
• Experience with application servers and web technologies (Tomcat, JBoss, NGINX).
• Experience with relational databases (Oracle/SQL Server/PostgreSQL).
• Familiarity with authentication methods (AD/LDAP/SSO/SAML/OAuth/MFA).
• Knowledge of IT service management, incident response, change management, release management, and configuration management practices.
• Ability to communicate technical information to technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Administer, configure, monitor, maintain, and troubleshoot on-premises platform environments.
• Manage configuration, application deployment, system upgrades, patches, hotfixes, and environment refreshes.
• Configure and maintain users, groups, roles, security settings, authentication integrations, and access controls.
• Monitor system performance, health, capacity, and availability; identify trends, diagnose bottlenecks, and implement corrective or preventive actions.
• Support configuration and administration of components, including process models, records, data stores, integrations, document repositories, and interface dependencies.
• Coordinate with vendor support, infrastructure teams, and application stakeholders to investigate and resolve complex platform defects, incidents, and operational issues.
• Develop, maintain, and execute standard operating procedures, system administration guides, runbooks, and recovery procedures.

Skills

Appian administration

Java-based apps

Linux administration

Incident management

Communication

Documentation

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science/IT/Engineering

Tools

Apache Tomcat

JBoss/WildFly

NGINX

Oracle

MS SQL Server

PostgreSQL

Job description

Synergy Business Innovation & Solutions, in Reston, VA, is seeking an experienced System Administrator to administer, maintain, secure, and optimize a mission-critical Appian-based platform and Java applications in a Linux environment.

You will collaborate with application developers, DBAs, infrastructure, and cybersecurity teams to ensure platform availability, security, and performance, while following change-management processes and creating runbooks and recovery procedures.