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NIH - Linux Systems Administrator

cFocus Softwareorporated

Bethesda, Maryland(remote)

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JOB DETAILS
SKILLS
Access Control, Ansible, Applications Security, Authentication, Automation, Bash Scripting, Benchmarking, CISSP - Certified Information Systems Security Professional, Cloud Computing, CompTIA Linux+, CompTIA Security+, Computer Science, Configuration Management, Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA), Disaster Recovery, Documentation, Engineering Change Management, Enterprise Applications, GCUX - GIAC Certified UNIX Security Administrator, Information Technology & Information Systems, Internet Security, Kerberos, Kernel Programming, LDAP (Lightweight Directory Access Protocol), Linux Administration, Linux Operating System, Microsoft Active Directory, National Institutes of Health (NIH), Network Architecture/Engineering, Operating Systems, Operational Improvement, Operational Strategy, Oracle, Position of Public Trust, Python Programming/Scripting Language, Red Hat Linux Operating System, Security Architecture, Server Architecture, Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC), Software Engineering, Software Patches, Systems Engineering, U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), Ubuntu, Virtualization
LOCATION
Bethesda, Maryland
POSTED
8 days ago
cFocus Software seeks a Linux System Administrator to join our program supporting the National Institutes of Health (NIH). This position is fully remote. This position requires a Public Trust or the ability to obtain a public trust clearance.
Qualifications:
  • Public Trust Clearance
  • B.S. Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field
  • 5+ years administering enterprise Linux environments.
  • Experience with enterprise infrastructure engineering, automation, virtualization, cloud technologies, and cybersecurity.
  • Experience supporting federal or highly regulated environments preferred
  • RHCSA, RHCE, CompTIA Security+, Linux+, GCUX, or CISSP (preferred)

Duties:
  • Administer, configure, maintain, and optimize enterprise Linux operating systems including Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL), Rocky Linux, Ubuntu, and Oracle Linux.
  • Support Security Architecture engineering activities by designing, implementing, and maintaining secure Linux server architectures.
  • Implement Zero Trust Architecture principles including least privilege, identity-based access controls, micro-segmentation, and continuous verification.
  • Deploy, configure, and maintain enterprise authentication services (LDAP, Active Directory integration, Kerberos, SSSD, MFA).
  • Perform operating system hardening using DISA STIGs, CIS Benchmarks, and NIST guidance.
  • Manage enterprise patching, software lifecycle management, kernel updates, and configuration management.
  • Develop automation using Bash, Python, Ansible, or similar tools to improve operational efficiency.
  • Support virtualization, cloud-hosted Linux systems, containers, and hybrid infrastructure.
  • Participate in architecture reviews, system engineering efforts, change management, disaster recovery, and system documentation.
  • Collaborate with Security Architects, Network Engineers, ISSOs, Vulnerability Analysts, and application teams to maintain secure enterprise infrastructure.

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