Linux Systems Administrator

Talentify; Chapel Hill (NC); On-site; USD 95,000 - 115,000; Full time

Job summary

The Sheps Center for Health Services Research in Chapel Hill, NC is seeking a Linux Systems Administrator to support secure, HIPAA-aligned research computing environments for large-scale analytics, ML, and research databases.

You will collaborate with senior infrastructure staff and researchers to design, automate, secure, and operate Linux-based workloads, managing projects from scoping to deployment and continuous improvement.

Job description

Come work at the Sheps Center for Health Services Research supporting the technical infrastructure behind cutting-edge health services research. This position helps research teams address critical questions facing health and healthcare by operating secure, reliable Linux-based environments for large-scale analytics, statistical computing, machine learning, and research database workloads.

The Linux Systems Administrator - Research Computing & DevOps works closely with senior infrastructure staff, faculty, statisticians, analysts, data scientists, and research professionals to design, automate, secure, and operate Linux-based environments supporting sensitive healthcare data in HIPAA-aligned and IRB-governed research settings.

The position requires independent judgment, technical ownership, and the ability to manage and prioritize a full spectrum of infrastructure tasks from project scoping and requirements gathering through deployment, documentation, support, and continuous improvement.