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. 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. Additional Info At FastTek Global, Our Purpose is Our People and Our Planet . We come to work each day and are reminded we are helping people find their success stories . Also, Doing the right thing is our mantra . We act responsibly, give back to the communities we serve and have a little fun along the way. We have been doing this with pride, dedication and plain, old-fashioned hard work for 24 years ! FastTek Global is financially strong, privately held company that is 100% consultant and client focused . We've differentiated ourselves by being fast, flexible, creative and honest . Throw out everything you've heard, seen, or felt about every other IT Consulting company. We do unique things and we do them for Fortune 10, Fortune 500, and technology start-up companies. Benefits Our benefits are second to none and thanks to our flexible benefit options you can choose the benefits you need or want, options include: Medical and Dental (FastTek pays majority of the medical program)VisionPersonal Time Off (PTO) ProgramLong Term Disability (100% paid)Life Insurance (100% paid)401(k) with immediate vesting and 3% (of salary) dollar-for-dollar match Plus, we have a lucrative employee referral program and an employee recognition culture. FastTek Global was named one of the Top Work Places in Michigan by the Detroit Free Press in 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022! 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