Security Engineer

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 needs a Security Engineer in IL who can argue passionately about AWS Security, then commit to whatever the team decides. This is where 1 years becomes $67,000 - $94,000, where temporary hours meet real technology ownership, and where Illinois Tool Works bets on you.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead People Management design reviews that catch the costly mistakes before Evanston, IL builds them
• Resurrect flaky AWS Security tests until the Evanston, IL suite is trustworthy again
• Collaborate with product and design teams to ship features end to end
• Track and report on key performance metrics for technology services
• Automate the manual Wireshark chores that quietly drain Evanston, IL engineering hours
• Coordinate releases with stakeholders across Evanston, IL and remote teams
• Replace the brittle People Management hack with a CISM solution that survives Evanston scale

What You'll Bring

• A teammate's instinct to unblock others before yourself
• A point of view on Illinois Tool Works's space, sharpened by your own reading
• Adaptability and resilience when facing shifting requirements
• Reliable, accountable, and committed to following through

Illinois Tool Works makes AWS Security look simple, which anyone in technology knows is the tinker-friendly hardest thing to pull off. Our Evanston office prizes the quiet contributor who makes everyone around them measurably better.

We offer $67,000 - $94,000 and the things money cannot fake, real mentorship, lasting benefits, and flexibility you will actually use.

Fresh as of this morning, Illinois Tool Works marked the junior seat available.

Your Strategic Planning story isn't finished, and the next chapter might be a Security Engineer role here.