IT Security Specialist

Job Title

IT Security Specialist

Location

Pontiac, MI

Duration

6 Months

IT Security Specialist . Systems Administrator – Security Responsible for administering, securing, maintaining, and optimizing enterprise infrastructure across on-premises, virtualized, hybrid, and cloud environments. Focuses on vulnerability management, remediation, patch compliance, and security across Windows, Linux, VMware, and cloud platforms. Experience with Tanium or similar tools is a plus. Key Responsibilities

Infrastructure Security

Administer Windows, Linux, VMware, and cloud infrastructure. Implement security baselines, access controls, and hardening standards.

Vulnerability Management

Identify, prioritize, track, and remediate vulnerabilities across servers, virtual machines, and cloud resources. Validate fixes and coordinate remediation timelines.

Patching

Coordinate OS and infrastructure patching, validate deployments, maintain compliance, and minimize disruption.

Security & Compliance

Assess configurations against security standards, correct weaknesses, and support audits and compliance reporting.

Cloud & Virtualization

Secure and maintain VMware, virtual machines, cloud services, configurations, and access controls across hybrid environments.

Security Tools

Support asset discovery, endpoint management, vulnerability assessment, patching, and remediation using Tanium or similar platforms.

Automation

Develop PowerShell, Bash, or Python scripts and workflows to automate patching, remediation, security validation, and reporting.

Troubleshooting

Resolve infrastructure, configuration, patching, and security issues. Maintain incident and change records in the IT service management system.

Documentation & Collaboration

Document configurations, security standards, patching, and remediation procedures.

Work Schedule

County business hours required; flex time optional. Occasional after-hours work for maintenance, patching, and security remediation. Hybrid position requiring two in-office days per week.

Experience Level

5 years

Environment

Works in a hybrid enterprise environment spanning on-premises, virtualization, and cloud infrastructure, focusing on vulnerability management, security, hardening, and remediation.

Required Experience

Infrastructure

Windows Server, Linux, troubleshooting, access management, storage, networking, identity, and endpoint systems.

Security

Vulnerability scanning, remediation tracking, patching, risk prioritization, and configuration compliance.

Virtualization/Cloud

VMware vSphere, virtual machines, and cloud platforms.

Tools/Automation

Endpoint management, asset discovery, Tanium or similar tools, PowerShell, Bash, Python, Ansible, and Terraform.

Operations

Incident/change management, documentation, reporting, and cross-team collaboration.