IT Specialist - Microsoft 365 & Security (CMMC/NIST)

Primary Holdings, Inc.; Johns Creek (GA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Onsite Johns Creek location

Medical, dental, vision coverage 85%

401(k) with company match up to 5%

Discretionary Paid Time Off (DPTO)

Plum Benefits

ESOP

Job summary

EasternCompanies is seeking an IT Specialist to manage the Microsoft 365 environment and support our technology infrastructure across offices and job sites. You will handle identity and access, endpoint security, device compliance, network services, servers, monitoring, and IT asset management.

You will help maintain documentation and compliance evidence for federal contracting obligations, including NIST SP 800-171 and CMMC Level 2.

Qualifications

• Four or more years of hands-on experience administering Microsoft 365 and Windows environments.
• Tenant-level experience administering Microsoft Entra ID and Microsoft Intune.
• Experience administering Exchange Online and SharePoint Online.
• Proficiency with PowerShell scripting and administrative automation.
• Working knowledge of networking concepts and technologies, including firewalls, VPNs, and DNS.
• Working knowledge of endpoint protection technologies, including EDR, antivirus, and vulnerability-management tools.

Responsibilities

• Administer the Microsoft 365 environment, including Exchange Online, SharePoint Online, Microsoft Teams, and OneDrive.
• Manage Microsoft Entra ID, including user accounts, licensing, multifactor authentication, conditional access, and the employee account lifecycle.
• Implement and maintain phishing-resistant or hardware-key authentication for privileged accounts.
• Administer Microsoft Intune for device enrollment, configuration, compliance, and patch management.
• Maintain core network services, including firewalls, VPNs, Wi‑Fi, DNS, and certificates.
• Support Windows and Linux servers through patching, monitoring, backups, and periodic restoration testing.
• Deploy and monitor endpoint detection and response and antivirus solutions across managed devices.
• Conduct vulnerability scans and coordinate remediation within established service-level expectations.
• Coordinate with technology vendors and managed service providers.
• Participate in an on-call rotation for after-hours infrastructure issues.

Skills

Microsoft 365

Entra ID

Intune

Exchange Online

SharePoint Online

PowerShell

Networking

Endpoint security

Executive communication

Tools

Wazuh

Python

Job description

EasternCompanies is seeking an IT Specialist to manage the Microsoft 365 environment and support our technology infrastructure across offices and job sites. You will handle identity and access, endpoint security, device compliance, network services, servers, monitoring, and IT asset management.

You will help maintain documentation and compliance evidence for federal contracting obligations, including NIST SP 800-171 and CMMC Level 2.