Information Security Engineer

Motion Recruitment; Columbus (OH); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Motion Recruitment is seeking an Information Security Engineer to join a hybrid team focused on encryption, key management, and scalable security architectures. The role demands hands-on experience with cryptographic protocols, HSMs, and modern protection technologies across Linux and Windows environments.

You will mentor teammates, drive secure engineering practices, and partner with operations to strengthen the organization’s security posture in a fast-paced enterprise setting.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of Information Security Engineering experience.
• 5+ years with Thales CipherTrust Key Manager and CipherTrust Transparent Encryption (CTE).
• 5+ years of Unix/Linux/Windows Systems Administration with OS hardening/tuning.
• 5+ years of encryption or tokenization technologies.
• 3+ years of hardware security modules or security appliance devices.
• Knowledge of cryptographic protocols & algorithms.
• Understanding of FPE, tokenization, and TDE.
• Experience with infrastructure upgrades, patches, and version upgrades.
• Experience with Agile Scrum or Kanban methodologies.
• Experience with Linux/Windows server applications and incident management.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and scale encryption and key management solutions.
• Harden systems across Linux/Windows and automation frameworks.
• Collaborate with engineering/operations to deliver secure architectures.
• Mentor team members and foster continuous security learning.

Skills

Information security

Cryptographic protocols

OS hardening

Encryption technologies

Agile Scrum/Kanban

Incident/Change management

Tools

Thales CipherTrust Key Manager

CipherTrust Transparent Encryption

HSM administration

Puppet/Chef/Ansible

Job description

Job Title: Information Security Engineer

Job Duration:24 months

Job mode: Hybrid

Job Description:

This role is in the office three days a week and a hybrid position.

Join a high-impact security engineering team at the forefront of enterprise cryptography, where you’ll design, build, and scale critical encryption and key management solutions that protect some of the organization’s most sensitive data. This role is ideal for a hands-on security engineer with deep expertise in cryptographic protocols, HSMs, and modern data protection technologies, who thrives in complex, large-scale environments. You’ll work across Linux, Windows, and automation frameworks to harden systems, optimize performance, and drive secure architecture forward—while partnering with engineering and operations teams to deliver resilient, scalable solutions. If you’re passionate about encryption, key management, and solving sophisticated security challenges in a fast-paced enterprise setting, this is a role where your expertise will directly shape the organization’s security posture.

This role will actively mentor and develop team members by providing technical guidance, sharing best practices, and fostering a culture of continuous learning and security excellence.

Required Qualifications:

• 5+ years of Information Security Engineering experience, or equivalent demonstrated through one or a combination of the following: work experience, training, military experience, education.
• 5+ years of experience with Thales CipherTrust Key Manager and CipherTrust Transparent Encryption (CTE).
• 5+ years of Unix/Linux/Windows Systems Administration experience with in-depth knowledge of troubleshooting, OS hardening and OS tuning.
• 5+ years of experience with encryption or tokenization technologies.
• 3+ years of experience performing builds, administration and/or support of hardware security modules or security appliance devices.
• Advanced Knowledge of Cryptographic protocols & algorithms.
• Knowledge and understanding of Cryptographic Technologies and Key Management
• Understanding of format preserving encryption (FPE), tokenization and transparent data encryption (TDE)
• Knowledge and understanding of implementing infrastructure upgrades, security patches, version upgrades for systems, appliances and HSM’s
• Experience with Agile Scrum or Kanban methodologies.
• Experience with application support in Linux and Windows server environments.
• Proven experience with change and incident management practices in medium to large enterprise environments.

Desired Qualifications:

• Experience with and the ability to thrive in a complex and fast-paced technology and/or information security organization, within a large enterprise environment.
• Experience performing technical product assessments, including development of implementation plans, in a large enterprise.
• Experience mentoring/guiding less experienced staff.
• Strong analytical skills with high attention to detail and accuracy.
• Advanced critical thinking, problem solving and technical troubleshooting abilities.
• Security certifications such as CISSP, GIAC or equivalent.
• Cloud certifications such as AZ-900, MS-900 or equivalent/higher.
• Knowledge and understanding of implementing infrastructure upgrades, security patches, or version upgrades.
• Experience designing, developing and implementing synthetic transactions for the monitoring of applications and/or infrastructure.
• Experience with Puppet/Chef/Ansible or similar automation tools.
• Knowledge and understanding of banking or the financial services industry.
• Ability to coordinate completion of multiple tasks and meet aggressive time frames.