Yale University
Yale University

IT Security Specialist

• Posted 2 days ago • Updated 12 hours ago
Full Time
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Skills

  • IT Security
  • MI
  • Marketing Intelligence
  • Microsoft Windows
  • Servers
  • Auditing
  • VMware
  • Access Control
  • Vulnerability Assessment
  • Scripting
  • Workflow
  • IT Service Management
  • IaaS
  • Vulnerability Management
  • Hardening
  • Microsoft Windows Server
  • Microsoft Operating Systems
  • Linux
  • Identity Management
  • SAN
  • Vulnerability Scanning
  • Regulatory Compliance
  • Virtualization
  • VMware vSphere
  • Virtual Machines
  • Cloud Computing
  • Management
  • Windows PowerShell
  • Bash
  • Python
  • Ansible
  • Terraform
  • Change Management
  • Documentation
  • Reporting
  • Collaboration

Summary

Role: IT Security Specialist

Location: Oakland County, MI (Hybrid - two in-office days per week)

Duration: Long Term

Position Summary:

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.

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.
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  • Dice Id: RTL939169
  • Position Id: 3ffba028d425a4be84ae3e8888157b77
  • Posted 2 days ago
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