Hands-On Information Security Lead — Build Enterprise Security

Motion Recruitment Partners LLC; Schaumburg (IL); On-site; USD 130,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance

Job summary

Motion Recruitment Partners LLC in the Chicago area is seeking an Information Security Lead to own security initiatives from concept to execution, designing and building enterprise security solutions using M365, Defender, Intune, and Entra ID.

This hands-on leadership role requires independent operation, cross-team collaboration, and the development of scalable security playbooks, with exposure to both corporate and operational environments and long-term security strategy.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in cybersecurity, systems, or network engineering.
• Strong hands-on experience with Microsoft security stack (M365, Defender, Intune, Entra ID).
• Background in designing and implementing security solutions from the ground up.
• Experience with incident response, root cause analysis, and remediation.
• Knowledge of networking fundamentals (firewalls, segmentation, routing).
• Experience with vulnerability management tools (e.g., Rapid7 or similar).
• Strong understanding of identity and access management systems.

Responsibilities

• Hands-on engineering tasks across security domains.
• Strategic planning and cross-team collaboration.
• Develop and implement scalable security playbooks.

Skills

Microsoft security stack

Incident response

Vulnerability management

Identity & Access Management

Networking fundamentals

Tools

M365

Defender

Intune

Entra ID

Rapid7

Job description

Motion Recruitment Partners LLC in the Chicago area is seeking an Information Security Lead to own security initiatives from concept to execution, designing and building enterprise security solutions using M365, Defender, Intune, and Entra ID.

This hands-on leadership role requires independent operation, cross-team collaboration, and the development of scalable security playbooks, with exposure to both corporate and operational environments and long-term security strategy.