You'll help decide which security projects matter most across our global operations, run the audits and reviews that back that up, and help shape security policy and standards alongside security leadership. A growing part of the role is AI: you'll manage how our AI tools (including Claude) are configured, decide what new AI capabilities are safe to turn on, and vet integrations — including reviewing new MCP servers — before they go live. You'll also work with Information Security to build and maintain evidence for J-SOX, NIST 800-171, CMMC 2.0, and SOC 2 across a global business.
What You'll Do
Security Decisions & Prioritization
Act as the hands-on security lead across IT and engineering, and the main point of execution for security work
Help decide which security projects and initiatives to tackle first across MISUMI Americas' global operations
Help write, shape, and enforce security policies, standards, and governance alongside security leadership
Incident Response & Escalation
Serve on our cross-departmental threat detection and incident response team, investigating incidents hands-on and helping coordinate the response
Act as the escalation point for IT, providing direction, mitigations, or solutions when an issue goes beyond routine
Dig into root cause on tougher problems and put fixes in place so they don't recur
Infrastructure Security
Keep infrastructure secure across physical networking and cloud — firewalls, segmentation, wireless, and cloud account/workload configuration
Design and manage IAM at the infrastructure level: roles, security groups, and permission policies scoped to least privilege
Review and tighten application permissions and access policies as the environment grows; catch misconfigurations and permission drift early
Identity, Access & User Audits
Run user access audits and regular access reviews across identity and application layers
Determine what user groups and roles are needed to manage system access
Handle access changes as people join, move, and leave, keeping permissions aligned with policy
AI Security
Manage enterprise AI tools such as Claude, keeping configurations, roles, and access current
Evaluate new AI capabilities (e.g., Claude for Chrome) and decide whether to enable them and what guardrails they need
Vet new AI integrations before launch, including automated scans and manual review of any new local MCP server
Turn AI security decisions into reusable policies and practices
Application & Engineering Security
Review systems for security issues, including running automated scans
Vet third-party and open-source components before adoption
Partner with engineering to build security into how we ship software and infrastructure
Compliance & Audit Support
Gather and maintain audit evidence for J-SOX, NIST 800-171, CMMC 2.0, and SOC 2
Run recurring compliance checks and validate controls across our global footprint
Map controls and evidence to audit requirements and support audits start to finish, with a focus on evidence and remediation
Policy, Process & Automation
Turn manual security work into documented practices, runbooks, and repeatable processes
Automate access reviews, monitoring, alerting, and reporting
Keep security documentation and the internal knowledge base current
What We're Looking For
Senior-level, hands-on expertise across identity and access management, infrastructure/cloud security, governance and compliance, incident response, application/integration security, and AI/LLM security
Hands-on incident investigation experience and the judgment to serve as an escalation point on user-facing threats like phishing and spam
Strong experience securing infrastructure across networking and cloud — firewalls and segmentation on the network side; IAM, security groups, permission policies, and application permissions on the cloud side
Cloud security experience (AWS, Azure, or similar) and comfort designing roles/RBAC in platforms like Microsoft Entra ID, Okta, or AWS IAM
Familiarity with security monitoring and detection tools sufficient to support investigations
Real experience running user access audits, access reviews, and compliance checks
Experience supporting audit/compliance programs such as SOC 2, NIST 800-53/800-171, CMMC 2.0, and J-SOX, including evidence gathering and control validation
Solid application security skills: automation tooling, secure code review, and secure integration practices
Confidence to make independent security decisions and sort competing priorities
Working understanding of AI/LLM security — administering AI tools, weighing new capabilities for risk, and evaluating integrations like MCP servers
A habit of converting manual security work into repeatable process and automation
Clear communication and the ability to work across a distributed, multi-site, global organization
Location
This role is located at our Schaumburg, IL office.
Compensation
$150,200 - $180,100
Eligibility
Candidates must be a US citizen or green card holder.
We’re actively seeking teammates who
Bring diverse perspectives and experience to our culture and company.
Excel at being part of a strong, empathetic team.
Thrive in an environment emphasizing respect, honesty, collaboration, and growth.
Have an ‘always learning’ mindset that celebrates learning, not just wins.
Help us continue to build a world-class organization that values the contributions of all of our teammates
We encourage applications from members of underrepresented groups, including but not limited to women, members of the LGBTQ community, people of color, people with disabilities, and veterans.
