IT Security Specialist

The Evolvers Group
    • $65–$75 Per Hour
    • Temporary
    • Instant Apply
    9 days ago
    The Evolvers Group

    Job Description

    Role: IT Security Specialist

    Work Location: Pontiac, MI

    Schedule: Hybrid| 2 days per week in office

    Duration: 6+ months- high possible to extend

     

    Job Description:

    We are seeking a 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.

    Job 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.

     

    Numbers & Facts

    Location
    Job TypeTemporary
    IndustryComputer/IT Services
    Salary$65–$75 Per Hour
    Year Founded2001
    HeadquartersFlower Mound, Texas, US
    Websitehttp://www.evolversgroup.com/

    Qualifications

    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

    About Company

    The Evolvers Group is a Dallas/Ft. Worth based consulting and contracting firm, spun-off in 2001, to provide contract resources to augment client staff, with the philosophy that, "the foundation of everything good is good people". Therefore, our investment in human resources is two-fold: first, our main investment is in our recruiting staff and the technical core team that supports recruiting, which in turn empowers them to hire the best talent for our clients. Our Staff is dedicated to working closely with our clients to establish close working relationships that foster open communication and understanding of their needs.

    IT Staffing: The Evolvers Group has extensive public sector (Federal, State and Local) and private sector experience and has been providing IT consulting and Staff Augmentation services to State of Texas agencies through the DIR ITSAC (Department of Information Resources IT Staff Augmentation Contract) since 2006. We have also been providing consulting services via the DBITS (Deliverables-based IT Services) contract since 2013.

    General Staffing: Evolvers is also a staffing vendor for General - Non-Technical office/clerical, administrative support, and light industrial positions for temporary and contract-hire. 

    Healthcare Staffing:  Evolvers has its own healthcare practice made of a team that consists of Public Health Specialists, Medical Doctors, Certified Nurse Practitioners, Registered Nurses, Licensed Vocational Nurses, Pharmacist In Charge, Radiologists, Phlebotomists, Certified Medical Assistants, Research Scientists, Technicians, Case Workers, Analysts, Investigators, Medical Writers, and administrative staff.

    Skills

    • Security Analysis
    • Systems Administration/Management

    Skills

    • Cloud Computingunmatched
    • Computer Securityunmatched
    • Hybrid Cloudunmatched
    • Linux Operating Systemunmatched
    • Microsoft Windows Operating Systemunmatched
    • Security Complianceunmatched
    • Security Patchesunmatched
    • Systems Administration/Managementunmatched
    • VMWareunmatched
    • Virtualizationunmatched

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