Wolverine Staffing
IT Security Specialist
Long-term contract IT Security Specialist (Systems Administrator – Security) securing a county government's hybrid on-prem, VMware, and cloud infrastructure — focused on vulnerability management, patching, hardening, and compliance across Windows and Linux, with automation in PowerShell, Bash, Python, Ansible, and Terraform. Hybrid: two in-office days per week in Pontiac.
- Compensation
- Not disclosed
- Location
- Pontiac, Livingston County
- Work setup
- Hybrid
- Seniority
- Not specified
- Employment
- Contract
- Experience
- 5+ years
- Category
- Security
- Posted
Skills
Must have
- 5 years of experience
- Administer Windows Server and Linux infrastructure
- Troubleshooting, access management, storage, networking, identity, and endpoint systems experience
- Vulnerability scanning, remediation tracking, patching, risk prioritization, and configuration compliance
- VMware vSphere, virtual machines, and cloud platforms experience
- Endpoint management and asset discovery
- Scripting/automation with PowerShell, Bash, or Python
- Ansible
- Terraform
- Incident and change management, documentation, reporting, and cross-team collaboration
- Implement security baselines, access controls, and hardening standards
- Support audits and compliance reporting
- Work county business hours with occasional after-hours maintenance/patching
- Hybrid position requiring two in-office days per week
Nice to have
- Experience with Tanium or similar tools
Full description
IT Security Specialist
- 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.
- Work Schedule:
- County business hours required; flex time optional.
- Occasional after-hours work for maintenance, patching, and security remediation.
- Hybrid position requiring two in-office days per week.
- Experience Level: 5 years
- Duration: Long-Term Contract
- Environment:
- Works in a hybrid enterprise environment spanning on-premises, virtualization, and cloud infrastructure, focusing on vulnerability management, security, hardening, and remediation.