IT Security Specialist - Remote

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  • Columbus, OH
  • 1 day ago
  • Remote
  • $50–$55 Per Hour

Highlights

Planning, implementing, managing, monitoring, and upgrading security measures for the protection of DRC data, systems, and networks Responding to all system and/or network security breaches. Manage Software Update Points (SUP), WSUS synchronization, software update groups, deployment packages, and Automatic Deployment Rules (ADRs).

Numbers & Facts

LocationColumbus, OH (
Remote
)
Salary$50–$55 Per Hour

Description

IT Security Specialist
Planning, implementing, managing, monitoring, and upgrading security measures for the protection of DRC data, systems, and networks
  • Responding to all system and/or network security breaches
  • Design and maintain enterprise SCCM/MECM patching strategies for Windows endpoints and supported server environments.
  • Create and manage SCCM device collections, deployment groups, maintenance windows, software update groups, and deployment schedules.
  • Coordinate vulnerability information from Qualys with SCCM patching data to identify vulnerable systems requiring remediation.
  • Perform vulnerability-first remediation by identifying affected assets and determining the appropriate patch, configuration change, software upgrade, or compensating control.
  • Analyze patch compliance, deployment status, failed installations, pending reboots, missing updates, and non-reporting devices.
  • Manage Software Update Points (SUP), WSUS synchronization, software update groups, deployment packages, and Automatic Deployment Rules (ADRs).
  • Troubleshoot SCCM client installation, client health, policy retrieval, software update scanning, deployment evaluation, and content download failures.
  • Develop procedures for emergency patch deployment when critical or actively exploited vulnerabilities require accelerated remediation.
  • Package and deploy third-party application updates and security fixes where Microsoft updates do not provide remediation.
  • Create and maintain SCCM operational runbooks, patching procedures, troubleshooting guides, deployment standards, and rollback procedures.
  • Testing and identifying network and system vulnerabilities
  • Evaluating the organization s security needs and establishing best practices and standards accordingly
  • Taking appropriate security measures to ensure that DRC s infrastructure and existing data are kept safe
  • Perform scheduled and ad-hoc vulnerability scans across networks, servers and endpoints.
  • Work with server, endpoint, security, network, and application teams to resolve cross-platform remediation dependencies.
  • Tune scans and reduce false positives to improve data accuracy
  • Develop vulnerability metrics, dashboards, and executive-level reports
  • Conducting testing and scans to identify any vulnerabilities in the network and system
Requirements
  • Network Security and threat detection, incident response and vulnerability management - Required 10 Years
  • Hands-on experience administering Qualys, remediation documentation and patch management processes - Required 10 Years
  • Microsoft SCCM/MECM administration. - Required 10 Years
  • Experience with Vulnerability scan reports and remediation tracking, risk assessment and compliance documentation - Highly desired

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