Senior Systems Administrator / Appian

Genesis10 is seeking a Senior Systems Administrator / Appian for our mortgage services client in McLean, VA. This is a 3-month contract with a possible extension.
This role is open to 100% remote candidates, however candidates able to work onsite in McLean, VA will be preferred.

The candidate must have hands-on experience in Appian Administration and experience with cloud/migration projects related to Appian or similar platforms. The client is NOT looking for Appian Developers, but rather someone with strong administrative expertise who can actively contribute to the migration effort.

Summary and responsibilities:
Experienced Appian Administrator to support and lead the migration of Appian applications from an on-prem Linux environment to AWS EKS (Elastic Kubernetes Service). Hands-on experience administering Appian environments, managing deployments, and working closely with DevOps and cloud engineering teams to design, implement, and stabilize containerized Appian solution in AWS.

• Manage, configure, and maintain multiple Appian environments (on-prem and cloud)
• Collaborate with infrastructure, security and DevOps teams to plan and execute migration from on-prem to AWS EKS
• Set up and manage Appian Docker containers and Helm configurations.
• Oversee installation, patching, upgrades and hotfixes of Appian versions.
• Coordinate database migrations (e.g., DB2 to PostgreSQL)
• Ensure application and plugin compatibility post-migration
• Work with InfoSec for image scanning, vulnerability remediation, and compliance approvals.
• Support performance tuning, monitoring and troubleshooting across environments.
• Create and maintain detailed runbooks, SOPs, and architecture documentation.

Requirements:

• 5+ years of experience as an Appian Administrator (versions 21.x or later)
• Proven experience migrating Appian from on-prem to containerized/cloud environments (preferably AWS EKS)
• Strong understanding of Linux administration, Docker, Kubernetes, Helm, and AWS services (ECR, S3, IAM, CloudWatch).
• Experience in integrating Appian with enterprise services (LDAP, SSO, SMTP, database, secrets management)
• Kubernetes pods, Webhooks/Controllers
• Familiarity with Appian automation, deployment pipelines (CI/CD), and plugin management.
• Excellent troubleshooting, communication, and documentation skills.
• Experience working with EFS, ASM (Amazon secret manager), Appian operator/CRD.
• CloudFormation Templates, Terraform

Preferred skills:

• Experience in financial services or regulated environments
• Exposure to Hashicorp Vault or CyberArk, Elastic for secrets management
• Familiarity with Goldfield/Private cloud environments or large enterprise cloud migration projects
• Appian administration or DevOps certification is a plus.

If you have the described qualifications and are interested in this exciting opportunity, apply today!

Genesis10
Ranked a Top Staffing Firm in the U.S. by Staffing Industry Analysts for six consecutive years, Genesis10 puts thousands of consultants and employees to work across the United States every year in contract, contract-for-hire, and permanent placement roles. With more than 300 active clients, Genesis10 provides access to many of the Fortune 100 firms and a variety of mid-market organizations across the full spectrum of industry verticals.

For contract roles, Genesis10 offers the benefits listed below. If this is a perm-placement opportunity, our recruiter can talk you through the unique benefits offered for that particular client. Benefits of Working with Genesis10:

• Access to hundreds of clients, most who have been working with Genesis10 for 5-20+ years.
• The opportunity to have a career-home in Genesis10; many of our consultants have been working exclusively with Genesis10 for years.
• Access to an experienced, caring recruiting team (more than 7 years of experience, on average.)
• Behavioral Health Platform
• Medical, Dental, Vision
• Health Savings Account
• Voluntary Hospital Indemnity (Critical Illness & Accident)
• Voluntary Term Life Insurance
• 401K
• Sick Pay (for applicable states/municipalities)
• Commuter Benefits (Dallas, NYC, SF)
• Remote opportunities available

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