IT Security Specialist

Varmoda; Pontiac (MI); On-site; USD 100,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Varmoda is seeking an experienced IT Security Specialist to administer and secure enterprise infrastructure across on‑premises, virtualized, hybrid, and cloud environments. You will focus on vulnerability management, patching, and hardening Windows, Linux, VMware, and cloud platforms.

The role requires hands‑on security, automation scripting, and strong troubleshooting across hybrid environments. You will work with cross‑functional teams to maintain secure, compliant configurations and document

Qualifications

• 5+ years of professional experience in systems administration, infrastructure security, or related area.
• Experience with Windows Server and Linux environments, troubleshooting, access management, storage, networking, identity, and endpoints.
• Experience with vulnerability scanning, remediation tracking, patching, risk prioritization, and config compliance.
• Experience administering VMware vSphere, virtual machines, and cloud platforms.
• Experience with endpoint management and asset discovery technologies.
• Scripting and automation in PowerShell, Bash, Python, Ansible, Terraform.

Responsibilities

• Administer and secure Windows Server, Linux, VMware, and cloud infrastructure with baselines and hardening standards.
• Identify, prioritize, track, and remediate vulnerabilities across servers, VMs, endpoints, and cloud resources.
• Coordinate OS and infrastructure patching, validate deployments, maintain patch compliance.
• Support compliance reporting, audits, and documentation of configurations and security practices.
• Collaborate with teams to coordinate remediation and maintain secure enterprise systems.

Skills

Windows Server

Linux

VMware vSphere

Cloud platforms

Vulnerability scanning

Patching

Automation scripting

PowerShell

Bash

Python

Ansible

Terraform

Incident management

Change management

Tools

Tanium

Job description

Varmoda is hiring an experienced IT Security Specialist to administer, secure, maintain, and optimize enterprise infrastructure across on-premises, virtualized, hybrid, and cloud environments. This role focuses heavily on vulnerability management, security remediation, patch compliance, infrastructure hardening, and maintaining secure configurations across Windows, Linux, VMware, and cloud platforms. The ideal candidate will combine strong systems administration expertise with hands‑on security, automation, and troubleshooting capabilities.

Key Responsibilities

• Administer and secure Windows Server, Linux, VMware, and cloud infrastructure, implementing appropriate security baselines, access controls, and hardening standards.
• Identify, prioritize, track, and remediate vulnerabilities across servers, virtual machines, endpoints, and cloud resources, including validating completed remediation.
• Coordinate operating system and infrastructure patching, validate deployments, maintain patch compliance, and minimize operational disruption.
• Assess infrastructure configurations against applicable security standards, identify weaknesses, implement corrective actions, and support compliance reporting and audits.
• 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 and maintain automation scripts and workflows using PowerShell, Bash, Python, Ansible, and/or Terraform to improve patching, remediation, security validation, and reporting activities.
• Troubleshoot and resolve infrastructure, security, configuration, and patching-related issues.
• Maintain accurate incident and change records within IT service management systems.
• Document infrastructure configurations, security standards, patching processes, and vulnerability remediation procedures.
• Collaborate with infrastructure, security, cloud, and other technical teams to coordinate remediation and maintain secure enterprise systems.

Required Qualifications

• 5+ years of relevant professional experience in systems administration, infrastructure security, cybersecurity, or a closely related technical area.
• Hands-on experience with Windows Server and Linux environments, including troubleshooting, access management, storage, networking, identity, and endpoint systems.
• Experience with vulnerability scanning, remediation tracking, security patching, risk prioritization, and configuration compliance.
• Experience administering and securing VMware vSphere, virtual machines, and cloud platforms.
• Experience with endpoint management and asset discovery technologies.
• Working knowledge of automation and scripting technologies such as PowerShell, Bash, Python, Ansible, and Terraform.
• Experience supporting vulnerability remediation and patch compliance across enterprise infrastructure.
• Knowledge of infrastructure security practices, including security baselines, system hardening, configuration management, and access controls.
• Experience with incident and change management, technical documentation, reporting, and cross-functional collaboration.
• Ability to troubleshoot complex infrastructure, configuration, security, and patching issues across hybrid technology environments.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with Tanium or comparable endpoint management, asset discovery, vulnerability management, or remediation platforms.
• Strong experience supporting security and vulnerability remediation within hybrid enterprise environments spanning on-premises, virtualization, and cloud infrastructure.
• Experience developing automation workflows for infrastructure security, patching, vulnerability remediation, compliance validation, and reporting.
• Broad familiarity with enterprise technologies across servers, networking, storage, identity, endpoints, virtualization, and cloud environments.