Senior Cybersecurity Architect & Systems Engineer

Motorola Solutions; Schaumburg (IL); On-site; USD 73,000 - 115,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental, Vision benefits

401K with Company Match

10+ paid holidays

Generous PTO

Job summary

Motorola Solutions is seeking a Senior Cybersecurity Architect & Systems Engineer to oversee security across mission-critical systems within the Applied Technology department. You will architect reference security designs, deploy EDR, DLP, MFA, and encryption, and manage SIEM operations under strict NIST and CMMC controls.

You’ll lead incident response, drive vulnerability management, and ensure secure Linux/Windows server baselines while automating security tooling and policy enforcement.

Qualifications

• Associates degree in IT, CS, Cybersecurity or related field required.
• 3+ years of progressive information security engineering experience.
• Experience designing enterprise-level security systems and deployments.
• Ability to meet government regulatory requirements (NIST SP 800-171/CMMC).
• Strong written and verbal communication for technical audiences.

Responsibilities

• Define and architect enterprise-grade security reference architectures for mission-critical systems.
• Develop, deploy, and maintain SIEM, EDR, DLP, MFA, and data-at-rest encryption solutions.
• Lead audits and technical controls for NIST/CMMC compliance and government programs.
• Serve as Incident Response lead for triage, containment, and root-cause analysis.
• Design and deploy secure network infrastructures with firewalls, IDS/IPS, and VPNs.

Skills

Security architecture

NIST/CMMC compliance

Scripting (PowerShell/Python/Bash)

Incident response leadership

Network security design

Regulatory compliance

Education

Associates degree in IT/CS/Cybersecurity

Tools

SIEM platforms

Firewalls (Palo Alto/Fortinet)

SCCM/Ansible

VPN/IDS/IPS

Job description

Motorola Solutions is seeking a Senior Cybersecurity Architect & Systems Engineer to oversee security across mission-critical systems within the Applied Technology department. You will architect reference security designs, deploy EDR, DLP, MFA, and encryption, and manage SIEM operations under strict NIST and CMMC controls.

You’ll lead incident response, drive vulnerability management, and ensure secure Linux/Windows server baselines while automating security tooling and policy enforcement.