NIH - Windows Systems Administrator

• 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.

• 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.

Invitation for Job Applicants to Self-Identify as a U.S. Veteran

• A “disabled veteran” is one of the following:
• a veteran of the U.S. military, ground, naval or air service who is entitled to compensation (or who but for the receipt of military retired pay would be entitled to compensation) under laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs; or
• a person who was discharged or released from active duty because of a service-connected disability.
• A “recently separated veteran” means any veteran during the three-year period beginning on the date of such veteran’s discharge or release from active duty in the U.S. military, ground, naval, or air service.
• An “active duty wartime or campaign badge veteran” means a veteran who served on active duty in the U.S. military, ground, naval or air service during a war, or in a campaign or expedition for which a campaign badge has been authorized under the laws administered by the Department of Defense.
• An “Armed forces service medal veteran” means a veteran who, while serving on active duty in the U.S. military, ground, naval or air service, participated in a United States military operation for which an Armed Forces service medal was awarded pursuant to Executive Order 12985.