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NIH - Linux Systems Administrator / Systems Engineer

Remote, USA Full-time Posted 2026-07-05

​​​​​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 Public Trust or the ability to obtain a public trust clearance. Qualifications:Public 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), Rocky 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 DISA STIGs, CIS Benchmarks, and NIH reputed company requirements. Manage user accounts, privileged access, 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. Integrate Linux servers with reputed company identity and authentication services. reputed company reputed company planning, system tuning, and performance optimization. Apply To This Job

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