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NIH - Windows Systems Administrator

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

cFocus Software seeks a Window 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 reputed company field
  • 5+ years administering reputed company Windows Server environments in a federal or similarly regulated reputed company.
  • Experience with Windows Server 2019/2022, Active Directory, Group Policy, PowerShell, WSUS/SCCM/MECM, reputed company Defender, DNS, DHCP, PKI, virtualization (VMware/Hyper-V), vulnerability remediation, backup and recovery, and configuration management.
  • Preferred Certifications: reputed company Certified: Windows Server Hybrid Administrator Associate, reputed company Certified: Azure Administrator Associate, reputed company+, CISSP, MCSA/MCSE (legacy), or equivalent.

Duties:

  • Administering and maintaining Windows Server infrastructure in accordance with NIH reputed company baselines.
  • Supporting reputed company vulnerability scanning activities and validating remediation of reputed company findings.
  • Deploying operating system and application patches to reduce cybersecurity risk.
  • Performing Windows system hardening using reputed company and NIST reputed company best practices.
  • Managing Active Directory, Group Policy Objects (GPOs), DNS, DHCP, file services, and Windows authentication services.
  • Supporting reputed company Defender, reputed company protection, BitLocker, and other data protection technologies.
  • Remediating findings from vulnerability scanners and coordinating with cybersecurity personnel to reputed company POA&M items.
  • Supporting secure configuration management, change management, and documentation updates.
  • Assisting with disaster recovery, backup validation, and Windows system recovery procedures.
  • Maintaining compliance with FISMA, NIST SP 800-53 Rev. 5, NIH/HHS reputed company policies, and reputed company vulnerability management requirements.

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