IT Security Manager

MMD Services is partnering with a long-standing client in the Western Chicago suburbs to hire a IT Security Manager for a full-time, direct-hire opportunity. Our close client is an established enterprise logistics and distribution company with an excellent reputation, exceptional employee tenure, and competitive benefits.

Only local candidates who can commute to Naperville 3x/week will be considered. Target start date asap, qualified candidates will be shortlisted and submitted directly to senior IT leadership.

This is a high-impact opportunity to drive modernization efforts as well as strengthen IT security across a complex North American enterprise. You'll work closely with IT leadership, infrastructure and application teams, and business stakeholders to introduce new technologies, improve processes, strengthen governance, and drive meaningful improvements across cloud and on-premises environments.

MMD is a Chicago-based boutique IT recruiting firm with over 20 years of established client relationships. We work directly with hiring leadership and take a personalized, quality-over-quantity approach to recruiting.

What You'll Be Doing:

• Own and advance enterprise IT security across infrastructure, applications, cloud platforms, and business operations.
• Lead initiatives to strengthen security, resilience, and risk management across AWS, Azure, and on-premises environments.
• Partner with IT leadership, engineering, application teams, and business stakeholders to introduce new technologies, security controls, and operational improvements.
• Own security monitoring, vulnerability management, threat detection, and incident response processes, including SIEM and EDR/XDR technologies.
• Drive improvements in IT governance, security policies, compliance, and enterprise risk management.
• Collaborate on disaster recovery, business continuity, and operational resilience planning.
• Establish scalable security processes, reporting standards, and accountability across internal teams and external service providers.
• Influence long-term technology strategy, evaluate emerging capabilities, and help shape the future security organization.

What We're Looking For:

• 10+ years of progressive experience across enterprise IT infrastructure, information security, or related technical disciplines.
• 3+ years of technical leadership, team leadership, supervisory, or management experience.
• Strong understanding of enterprise infrastructure, applications, cloud technologies, and IT security principles.
• Experience supporting large, complex, or geographically distributed enterprise environments.
• Experience improving IT security practices, implementing new technologies, or developing enterprise processes and standards.
• Familiarity with AWS, Azure, and hybrid enterprise environments.
• Experience with security monitoring, vulnerability management, incident response, and related technologies.
• Strong understanding of IT governance, compliance, risk management, and security frameworks.
• Background in infrastructure engineering, cloud engineering, enterprise security, or IT architecture.
• Experience with SIEM, EDR/XDR, MSSP/MDR, and security monitoring technologies.
• Exposure to regulatory compliance, security audits, or governance initiatives.
• Experience with automation, emerging technologies, or AI-related initiatives.

MMD Services Inc. is an equal opportunity employer. All applicants are considered for all positions without regard to race, religion, color, sex, gender, sexual orientation, pregnancy, age, national origin, ancestry, physical/mental disability, medical condition, military/veteran status, genetic information, marital status, ethnicity, alienage, or any other protected classification in accordance with applicable federal, state, and local laws.