Cybersecurity Research Assistant

An early-career security role at Axle, which supports the National Institutes of Health on rare disease work, protecting AI research platforms hosted on in-house Kubernetes and a shared HPC environment. The hire is supervised jointly by the AI technical lead and a lead systems administrator.

The work covers implementing catalogued security controls, building monitoring and alerting, scheduled vulnerability scans, Ansible and Python hardening automation, evidence collectors for federal authorization, and internal AI tools for the compliance work. Axle wants one to three years in IT, systems administration or similar, Linux and scripting skills and a real interest in security, plus eligibility for a Public Trust clearance. The company pays for and makes time for certifications such as Security+ and CKS. Remote within the US.