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

Duties:

• Administering and maintaining Windows Server infrastructure in accordance with NIH security baselines.
• Supporting enterprise vulnerability scanning activities and validating remediation of security findings.
• Deploying operating system and application patches to reduce cybersecurity risk.
• Performing Windows system hardening using Microsoft and NIST security best practices.
• Managing Active Directory, Group Policy Objects (GPOs), DNS, DHCP, file services, and Windows authentication services.
• Supporting Microsoft Defender, endpoint protection, BitLocker, and other data protection technologies.
• Remediating findings from vulnerability scanners and coordinating with cybersecurity personnel to close 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 security policies, and enterprise vulnerability management requirements.

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