Senior Systems Administrator – Appian & Java (Remote)

Synergy Business Innovation & Solutions, Inc.; United States; Remote; USD 84,000 - 126,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Company-paid life insurance

Short-term disability

Long-term disability

HSA

FSA

401(k) with company match

PTO & Bonus Leave

11 paid federal holidays

Parental leave

Tuition and training reimbursement

Referral bonus program

Well-being programs

Job summary

Synergy Business Innovation & Solutions, Inc. is seeking an experienced System Administrator to administer, maintain, secure, and optimize a mission-critical enterprise application platform.

The candidate will combine Appian platform administration with Java-based support to sustain a secure, scalable environment. The role covers on-premises Appian environments across dev/test/stage/production, collaborating with developers, DBAs, and cybersecurity teams to ensure platform availability and

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related technical discipline; additional relevant experience may be substituted for a degree.
• 5+ years of progressively responsible experience in systems administration, application administration, DevOps, platform operations, or enterprise application support.
• Demonstrated experience supporting on-premises Appian environments, including installation, configuration, patching, upgrades, monitoring, and troubleshooting.
• Practical experience supporting Java-based enterprise applications, including analysis of application logs, error messages, Java stack traces, configuration files, and deployment artifacts.
• Experience with Linux/Unix systems administration, command-line troubleshooting, file permissions, process management, shell scripting, and service monitoring.
• Experience with application servers and web technologies, such as Apache Tomcat, JBoss/WildFly, Apache HTTP Server, NGINX, or comparable technologies.
• Experience supporting relational databases and database connectivity, preferably Oracle, Microsoft SQL Server, PostgreSQL, or similar platforms.
• Familiarity with enterprise authentication and authorization methods, including Active Directory, LDAP, SSO, SAML, OAuth, or multifactor authentication integrations.
• Knowledge of IT service management, incident response, change management, release management, and configuration management practices.
• Demonstrated ability to diagnose complex technical issues and communicate recommended solutions to technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Strong written communication skills, including the ability to prepare technical documentation, runbooks, incident reports, and operational procedures.
• Ability to satisfy applicable government background investigation, suitability, and security requirements.

Responsibilities

• Administer, configure, monitor, maintain, and troubleshoot on-premises platform environments, including development, test, staging, and production instances.
• Manage platform configuration, application deployment, system upgrades, patches, hotfixes, and environment refreshes in accordance with approved change-management procedures.
• Configure and maintain users, groups, roles, security settings, authentication integrations, and access controls consistent with least-privilege principles.
• 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

Systems administration

Appian

Java

Linux/Unix

Web servers

Relational databases

Active Directory / LDAP / SSO

IT service management

Technical documentation

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science / IT / Engineering

Tools

Git

Jenkins

GitLab CI

Azure DevOps

Ansible

Docker

Kubernetes

Terraform

Oracle

SQL Server

Job description

Synergy Business Innovation & Solutions, Inc. is seeking an experienced System Administrator to administer, maintain, secure, and optimize a mission-critical enterprise application platform.

The candidate will combine Appian platform administration with Java-based support to sustain a secure, scalable environment. The role covers on-premises Appian environments across dev/test/stage/production, collaborating with developers, DBAs, and cybersecurity teams to ensure platform availability and