Appian
Senior DevOps Engineer
$100K–$200K
McLean, Virginia +1 · Senior · Full-time · Posted Sep 9, 2026
- Location
- McLean, Virginia
Appian Corporation - US - Experience
- 3–5 years of professional experience as an expert IT systems administrator.
- Education
- Bachelor of Science or Bachelor of Arts degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology, Mathematics, or a related technical discipline.
About the job
Leads deployment, operation, scaling, automation, and security of Appian platform environments for federal customers, while advising agencies on cloud and on-premise solutions.
What you'll do
- Oversee installation, operation, management, and scaling of Appian across federal customer environments and major IaaS platforms.
- Automate patching, host maintenance, and configuration management; administer and optimize enterprise systems and relational databases.
- Advise federal clients and guide complex secure-cloud and on-premise installations.
What they ask for
- U.S. Citizen with an active Top Secret clearance or higher and ability to maintain it.
- Bachelor of Science or Bachelor of Arts in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology, Mathematics, or a related technical discipline.
- 3–5 years of professional experience as an expert IT systems administrator managing enterprise hosts, databases, and interconnected cloud networks.
- Active CompTIA Security+ certification or willingness to complete it directly following onboarding.
Nice to have
- Hands-on administration, management, and troubleshooting of an on-premise Appian environment or similar enterprise process engine.
- Practical Kubernetes experience; enterprise-platform experience with Salesforce or ServiceNow is also valued.
Pay
$100,000 — $200,000 USD (base salary)
Tools
Linux, Windows, AWS, Google Compute Engine, Microsoft Azure, BASH, Java, JavaScript
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