IT Security Specialist

EITACIES Inc.; Pontiac (MI); Hybrid; USD 75,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Training & development

Tuition assistance

Job summary

EITACIES Inc. is seeking a Systems Administrator focused on security across on-prem, virtualized, hybrid, and cloud environments. The role emphasizes vulnerability management, remediation, patch compliance, and security controls for Windows, Linux, VMware, and cloud platforms. Tanium experience is a plus.

The position involves implementing baselines, access controls, and hardening, with hybrid work requiring two in-office days per week and flexible work-from-home options.

Qualifications

• Experience securing Windows, Linux, VMware, and cloud infrastructure.
• Ability to implement security baselines, access controls, and hardening standards.
• Knowledge of vulnerability management, patching, and security audits is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Administer Windows, Linux, VMware and cloud infrastructure with security baselines.
• Identify, prioritize, track, and remediate vulnerabilities across servers and cloud resources.
• Coordinate OS and infrastructure patching, maintain compliance and minimize disruption.
• Assess configurations against security standards and support audits.
• Secure and maintain VMware and cloud services in hybrid environments.
• Support asset discovery, endpoint management and remediation using Tanium or similar tools.
• Develop PowerShell, Bash, or Python scripts to automate patching and remediation.
• Resolve infrastructure, configuration, patching, and security issues; document changes.
• Document configurations and security standards; occasional after-hours maintenance.

Skills

Infrastructure security

Vulnerability management

Patching & remediation

Security compliance

Cloud & virtualization

Automation scripting

Windows/Linux

Tools

Tanium

PowerShell

Bash

Python

VMware

Job description

Benefits:

• Competitive salary
• Training & development
• Tuition assistance

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.

Flexible work from home options available.