Infrastructure & Security Engineer (6 month contract to hire)

We are seeking a well-rounded Infrastructure & Security Engineer to support a short-term engagement with one of our customers. This role will focus on auditing and securing the client’s existing environment after a recent internal transition. The ideal candidate is a hands-on “jack-of-all-trades” technologist with experience across infrastructure, networking, security, and cloud technologies.

This engagement will primarily involve assessing current systems, identifying potential security gaps, and helping implement remediation actions across the environment.

Key Responsibilities:

• Perform a security and infrastructure audit to identify potential vulnerabilities, backdoors, or misconfigurations

• Review and strengthen identity and access management controls

• Evaluate and improve MFA and endpoint security configurations

• Assess existing networking infrastructure and recommend improvements

• Assist with remediation and hardening of systems across cloud and on-prem environments

• Document findings and provide recommendations to the internal IT team

Requirements:
Required Technical Experience:

• Strong experience with Microsoft 365 administration and security
• 7–10 years of hands-on experience in IT infrastructure, networking, and security roles

• Experience working with Azure environments

• Experience supporting hybrid environments (on-prem + cloud)

• Strong networking fundamentals including routing, switching, and core network protocols

• Experience with VMware virtualization

• Experience implementing or managing Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) solutions

• Familiarity with Microsoft Entra ID (Azure AD) identity and access management

Preferred Experience:

• Experience with Ubiquiti networking infrastructure

• Familiarity with UniFi controllers and gateways

• Experience with security and monitoring tools such as:

• Microsoft Defender

• SentinelOne

• Darktrace

• Arctic Wolf