EI
IT Security Specialist
Expert In Recruitment Solutions
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Hybrid
- 6 hours ago
- Vulnerability Management
- Windows
- Linux
- VMware
- CrowdStrike
- EDR
- SIEM
- triage
- PCI DSS
- PowerShell
- Windows Server
- Active Directory
- AWS
- Okta
- Bash
- Python
- Ansible
- Terraform
- Change Management
6 hours ago
Location : Pontiac, MI (2 days a week on site)
Duration: ongoing long term
IT Security Specialist
Job Description:
- 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.
Core Skills:
- Security lead for the server/systems administration team, integrated with InfoSec team.
- Focus on maintaining security compliance mainly through Crowdstrike Falcon, EDR/SIEM, FileVantage , etc..
- Vulnerability threat detection , analysis, and monitoring. Remediation planning, testing, and deployment.
- Triage remediation procedures across multiple departments and managing the teams' efforts.
- Implementation and administration of patch management system for all servers.
- PCI DSS (up to current 4.0.1) compliance maintenance for servers , including quarterly scan remediation, evidence
gathering, and tabletop simulations. - Server builds and server hardening.
- PowerShell scripting automation modification and troubleshooting .
- Windows Server OS advanced troubleshooting. And various other system administration duties relating to Active Directory, VMWare/vSphere, Cloud/AWS, and Windows Server .
- Further manage software: Duo, Okta, Tripwire Enterprise and Log Center, BeyondTrust
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.
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.
IT Security Specialist · Expert In Recruitment Solutions