Windows Systems / Security Administrator

Our client is looking for a Windows Systems / Security Administrator to be responsible for administering, securing, maintaining, and optimizing enterprise infrastructure across on-premises, virtualized, hybrid, and cloud environments. Candidate focuses on vulnerability management, remediation, patch compliance, and security across Windows, Linux, VMware, and cloud platforms.

Tasks

• 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

5 years of experience in the following:

• Experience with Windows Server
• Experience with Linux
• Experience with troubleshooting
• Experience with access management
• Experience with storage
• Experience with Networking
• Experience with Identity and endpoint systems
• Experience with Vulnerability scanning, remediation tracking, patching, risk prioritization, and configuration compliance
• Experience with VMware vSphere
• Experience with virtual machines
• Experience with cloud platforms
• Experience with Endpoint management & asset discovery
• Experience with PowerShell, Bash, Python, Ansible, and Terraform
• Experience with Incident/change management, documentation, reporting, and cross-team collaboration.