Fictiv
Director of IT - Schaumburg, IL (Chicago area)
Schaumburg, IL · Director
Work authorization required$190k-$230kDetected 7 days ago
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About the role
- MISUMI Americas is the product of two strong brands coming together with a shared ambition: to become the defining force in digital manufacturing.
- MISUMI USA brings decades of established trust, global scale, and an unmatched catalog.
- IT infrastructure is foundational to getting that right.
Responsibilities
- With operations in the San Francisco Bay Area and Chicago, the company serves as a vital partner for the most innovative companies in the Americas.
- Fictiv brings a track record of technology-led innovation and a relentless drive to reimagine how manufacturing gets done.
- Together, we're not just combining companies - we're building something more capable than either could be alone, with the resources of an industry leader and the energy of a company that still thinks like a challenger.
- Drive the timeline, quality, and business continuity throughout - this is yours to close out
- This position plays a central role in completing a critical integration and establishing a long-term IT function that supports the organization at scale. You will have direct influence on systems, processes, and team structure that impact the entire business.
- Help us continue to build a world-class organization that values the contributions of all of our teammates
- Build a unified, responsive IT support experience regardless of which legacy company an employee came from
- Set and maintain clear SLAs; define severity levels, escalation paths, and incident communication protocols
Requirements
- Next-gen SIEM MUST HAVE - operating a cloud-native platform (LogScale, Splunk Cloud, Chronicle, Elastic, or equivalent) in production: connectors, detection rule tuning, dashboards, threat hunting
- Microsoft Entra ID MUST HAVE - deep hands-on: conditional access design, SAML/OIDC federation, SCIM provisioning, dynamic groups, and experience with Okta-to-Entra or similar IDP migration
- Intune & endpoint management MUST HAVE - mixed macOS/iOS/Windows fleet, Apple Business Manager, compliance policies, and conditional access integration
- Slack Enterprise Grid MUST HAVE - SSO, SCIM, workspace management, retention policies
- Microsoft 365 administration MUST HAVE - Exchange Online (mail flow, transport rules, DNS), SharePoint Online, OneDrive
- DNS & infrastructure fundamentals MUST HAVE - MX, SPF, DKIM, DMARC, autodiscover, cross-tenant migration implications
- Work Authorization: Must be a U.S. Citizen or U.S. Permanent Resident (Green Card holder)
Nice to have
- CrowdStrike Falcon NICE TO HAVE - hands-on sensor deployment, prevention policy management, Falcon Insight EDR investigation, and Falcon Fusion workflow automation across macOS/Windows/Linux
- Google Workspace administration and Google-to-M365 migration tooling (BitTitan, ShareGate, Microsoft Mover) NICE TO HAVE
- Scripting and automation (PowerShell, Python, or similar) for bulk ops and integration tasks NICE TO HAVE
- Azure infrastructure beyond M365: Application Proxy, Logic Apps, Azure Functions NICE TO HAVE
- Microsoft Purview compliance and eDiscovery tooling NICE TO HAVE
- ITIL or ITSM framework experience
- experience evaluating and implementing ticketing platforms NICE TO HAVE
- Falcon Identity Threat Detection or Falcon Discover experience NICE TO HAVE
Compensation
- Salary Range: $190,000 - $230,000 per year, depending on experience
Benefits
- Monitor system health proactively and resolve infrastructure issues before they become outages
- Own the Apple Business Manager integration and the device lifecycle from enrollment to retirement
- prevention policies, host groups, sensor health, Falcon Fusion workflows, exclusion management, and incident response
- Have an 'always learning' mindset that celebrates learning, not just wins.
Company info
- Bring diverse perspectives and experience to our culture and company.
- We've combined two organizations onto a shared technology platform, and we're doing it deliberately - investing in world-class security, modern tooling, and a team that treats every employee as a high-value customer.
Visa & Work Authorization
- Work Authorization: Must be a U.S. Citizen or U.S. Permanent Resident (Green Card holder)
This listing is sourced directly from Fictiv's careers page and normalized into a canonical job model.