IT Security Specialist - Hybrid - Pontaic, MI

Info Origin Inc; Pontiac (MI); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 103,000; Full time

Job summary

Info Origin Inc. seeks an IT Security Specialist for a hybrid contract role in Pontiac, MI. The incumbent will oversee security across on‑premises, virtualized, hybrid, and cloud environments, focusing on vulnerability management, patching, and secure configurations.

The role requires hands‑on experience with Windows, Linux, VMware, and cloud platforms, plus automation with PowerShell, Bash, and Python to streamline remediation and reporting.

Qualifications

• Experience securing Windows, Linux, VMware, and cloud infra.
• Vulnerability scanning, remediation tracking, patching, and config compliance.
• Experience with automation tools for patching and security validation.

Responsibilities

• Infrastructure Security: secure Windows, Linux, VMware, and cloud infra; implement baselines and access controls.
• Vulnerability Management: identify, prioritize, track, and remediate vulnerabilities; coordinate timelines.

Skills

Infrastructure security

Vulnerability management

Patch management

Cloud security

Cross-team collaboration

Tools

Tanium

PowerShell

Bash

Python

Ansible

Terraform

VMware vSphere

Job description

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IT Security Specialist - Hybrid - Pontaic, MI

Contract Pontiac, MI, US

3 days ago Requisition ID: 2290

Salary Range: $65.00 To $75.00 Hourly

Role: IT Security Specialist

Work Mode: Hybrid

Employment Type: Contract

Interview Mode: Only Video

• 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.

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.