IT Security Specialist

Info Origin Inc; Pontiac (MI); On-site; USD 41,000 - 48,000; Full time

Job summary

Info Origin Inc. is seeking an IT Security Specialist to administer enterprise infrastructure across on-premises, virtualization, and cloud environments. You will focus on vulnerability management, remediation, and security hardening, coordinating patching and compliance across Windows, Linux, VMware, and cloud platforms.

The role requires scripting and automation (PowerShell, Bash, Python) to streamline security validation and reporting within a hybrid environment.

Qualifications

• Experience securing and managing enterprise infrastructure in hybrid environments.
• Knowledge of vulnerability management, patching, and security compliance.
• Familiarity with cloud platforms and virtualization technologies such as VMware.

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.
• 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.

Skills

Infrastructure security

Troubleshooting

Cross-team collaboration

Automation mindset

Tools

Tanium

PowerShell

Bash

Python

Ansible

Terraform

VMware vSphere

Job description

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IT Security Specialist

3 days ago Requisition ID: 2289

Salary Range: $30.00 To $35.00 Hourly

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.

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.


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

• 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.

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.

Required Skills

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