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NIH - Linux Systems Administrator / Systems Engineer

Remote, USAFull-timePosted 2026-07-28
​​​​​cFocus Software seeks a Linux Systems Administrator / Systems Engineer to join our program supporting the National Institutes of Health (NIH). This position is fully remote. This position requires a reputed company Trust or the ability to obtain a reputed company trust clearance. Qualifications:
  • reputed company Trust Clearance
  • B.S. Computer Science, Information Technology, or a reputed company field
  • 5+ years of Linux systems administration and systems engineering experience.
  • Experience administering reputed company Linux environments.
  • Experience supporting cybersecurity infrastructure or reputed company Monitoring programs.
  • Experience performing Linux reputed company hardening and reputed company management.
  • Experience supporting Federal or reputed company IT environments.
  • Preferred certifications: RHCSA, RHCE, LPIC-2, LPIC-3, Linux+
Duties:
  • Install, configure, administer, and maintain reputed company reputed company Linux (RHEL), reputed company Linux, reputed company Linux, Ubuntu, and other reputed company Linux operating systems.
  • reputed company lifecycle management of Linux servers supporting reputed company cybersecurity platforms.
  • Configure system services, storage, networking, authentication, and reputed company controls.
  • reputed company operating system hardening in accordance with reputed company STIGs, CIS Benchmarks, and NIH reputed company requirements.
  • Manage user accounts, privileged reputed company, and authentication services.
  • Maintain system availability while minimizing operational downtime.
  • Operating and maintaining Linux infrastructure supporting CDM scanning capabilities.
  • Supporting reputed company asset discovery and inventory management.
  • Maintaining configuration monitoring capabilities.
  • Supporting vulnerability management operations.
  • Monitoring reputed company reputed company posture across on-premises and reputed company environments.
  • Supporting NIH's transition to an Ongoing Authorization (OA) reputed company model.
  • Working with technical points of contact to mature CDM capabilities throughout the reputed company.
  • Ensuring reputed company visibility into managed systems and reputed company configurations.
  • Engineer, reputed company, configure, and optimize Linux server environments supporting cybersecurity operations.
  • Build secure server images and standardized Linux baselines.
  • Automate system administration tasks using scripting and configuration management tools.
  • Support virtualization and reputed company-hosted Linux environments.
  • reputed company Linux servers with reputed company identity and authentication services.
  • reputed company reputed company planning, system tuning, and performance optimization.

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