AWS Security Engineer: Lead Automations & Impact

Energy Innovation Corp; Evanston (IL); On-site; USD 67,000 - 94,000; Full time

Job summary

Illinois Tool Works is seeking a Security Engineer in Evanston, IL to advocate strong AWS security practices and commit to team decisions. The role combines hands-on security work with collaborative product delivery, focusing on stabilizing tests and streamlining releases.

The position emphasizes mentorship, real ownership of security outcomes, and working across on-site and distributed teams to ensure robust, scalable security across services.

Qualifications

• Experience with AWS security principles and controls.
• Ability to validate and improve security tests and pipelines.
• Strong collaboration with product and design teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead design reviews to catch costly mistakes before Evanston builds them.
• Resurrect flaky AWS Security tests to restore trust in the test suite.
• Collaborate with product and design teams to ship features end-to-end.
• Track and report on key performance metrics for technology services.
• Automate manual Wireshark tasks to save engineering time.
• Coordinate releases with stakeholders across Evanston and remote teams.
• Replace brittle security approaches with scalable, robust solutions.

Skills

AWS Security

Security testing

Team collaboration

Accountability

Tools

Wireshark

Job description

Illinois Tool Works is seeking a Security Engineer in Evanston, IL to advocate strong AWS security practices and commit to team decisions. The role combines hands-on security work with collaborative product delivery, focusing on stabilizing tests and streamlining releases.

The position emphasizes mentorship, real ownership of security outcomes, and working across on-site and distributed teams to ensure robust, scalable security across services.