System administrator (52710)

Job Details

Job Location: National Institutes of Health (NIH) - Main Campus/Bethesda - Bethesda, MD 20892

Position Type: Full Time

Education Level: High School Diploma/GED or Equivalent

Salary Range: $100,000.00 - $115,000.00 Salary/year

Travel Percentage: None

Job Shift: Day

Job Category: Information Technology

Position Objective:

Provide services as a System Administrator III in support of the overall functions of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID).

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Support enterprise cloud and SaaS operations by onboarding and administering SaaS platforms, managing identity and access controls, and performing routine system troubleshooting.
• Apply foundational knowledge of AWS services and cloud administration to maintain secure, reliable system environments.
• Support authentication and authorization integrations, including SAML and OIDC, to ensure seamless user access across applications.
• Troubleshoot web based applications, monitor system performance, and assist in maintaining system documentation, security compliance, and operational continuity.
• Collaborate with cross functional teams to resolve issues and enhance system reliability.

Qualifications

Basic Qualifications:

• HS diploma or GED
• 6 or more years of system administration experience required
• 2–4 years of experience with onboarding SaaS systems
• 2–4 years of experience with Identity and Access Management
• 2–4 years of experience with SAML tracer, SAML decoder, SAML or OIDC tokens, and SSO certificates
• 2–4 years of experience with AWS cloud management and administration
• 2–4 years of experience with AWS services (EC2, RDS, CloudWatch, CloudFormation, SNS, Route 53, Backup, etc.)
• 2+ years of experience troubleshooting web based application issues
• Knowledge of network fundamentals, including DNS, subnetting, firewalls, IP addressing, or CIDR
• Ability to obtain Public Trust clearance or other applicable security clearance.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with SaaS products supporting:
• Document Management
• Electronic Common Technical Document (eCTD) Management Systems
• Quality Management Systems
• Clinical Data Systems
• Trial Master File Systems
• Electronic Lab Notebooks
• Specimen Management Systems
• Experience with scripting and automation
• Experience with security vulnerability remediation
• Knowledge of Computer Systems Validation principles (IQ, OQ, PQ)
• AWS Certification

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