Job Title: IT Security Specialist / Systems Administrator – Security
Location: Pontiac, MI (Hybrid – 2 days/week on-site)
Job Type: Contract
Duration: 6+ months (with possible extension)
Experience: 5+ years
Job Overview
Our client is seeking an experienced IT Security Specialist / Systems Administrator to administer, secure, maintain, and optimize enterprise infrastructure spanning on-premises, virtualized, hybrid, and cloud environments. This role is central to vulnerability management, patch compliance, and security hardening across Windows, Linux, VMware, and cloud platforms.
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, VMs, 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, and cloud services across hybrid environments.
- Automation: Develop PowerShell, Bash, or Python scripts to automate patching, remediation, security validation, and reporting.
- Troubleshooting: Resolve infrastructure, configuration, patching, and security issues; maintain incident and change records in ITSM system.
- Documentation & Collaboration: Document configurations, security standards, patching, and remediation procedures; collaborate cross-functionally.
Required Skills
- Windows Server administration and troubleshooting
- Linux system administration
- VMware vSphere / virtualization
- Vulnerability scanning and remediation tracking
- Patch management and compliance
- Access management, identity, and endpoint systems
- Networking and storage fundamentals
- Scripting: PowerShell, Bash, Python
- Automation tools: Ansible, Terraform
- Incident and change management (ITSM)
Preferred Skills
- Experience with Tanium or similar endpoint management and asset discovery platforms
- Cloud platform security experience (hybrid environments)
- Configuration compliance and risk prioritization
Location & Work Model
Hybrid – county business hours required with two in-office days per week at the Oakland County facility. Occasional after-hours work for maintenance, patching, and security remediation.
