IT Security Specialist

Cb•Pontiac, MI

21h•Hybrid

About The Position

The IT Security Specialist is responsible for administering, securing, maintaining, and optimizing enterprise infrastructure across on-premises, virtualized, hybrid, and cloud environments. The role 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. This is a hybrid position requiring two in-office days per week, with flexible work-from-home options. County business hours are required, with optional flex time. Occasional after-hours work may be needed for maintenance, patching, and security remediation. Compensation is $45.00–$50.00 per hour.

Nice To Haves

Experience with Tanium or similar tools.

Responsibilities

Administer Windows, Linux, VMware, and cloud infrastructure.
Implement security baselines, access controls, and hardening standards.
Identify, prioritize, track, and remediate vulnerabilities across servers, virtual machines, and cloud resources.
Validate fixes and coordinate remediation timelines.
Coordinate operating system and infrastructure patching, validate deployments, maintain compliance, and minimize disruption.
Assess configurations against security standards, correct weaknesses, and support audits and compliance reporting.
Secure and maintain VMware, virtual machines, cloud services, configurations, and access controls across hybrid environments.
Support asset discovery, endpoint management, vulnerability assessment, patching, and remediation using Tanium or similar platforms.
Develop PowerShell, Bash, or Python scripts and workflows to automate patching, remediation, security validation, and reporting.
Resolve infrastructure, configuration, patching, and security issues.
Maintain incident and change records in the IT service management system.
Document configurations, security standards, patching, and remediation procedures.