NIH Linux Systems Administrator

CFocus Softwareorporated

Job Location:

Bethesda, MD - USA

Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed

Posted on: 3 days ago

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

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.