About Northern Trust
As a global leader in innovative wealth management, asset servicing, asset management and banking services, Northern Trust (Nasdaq: NTRS) is proud to guide the world’s most successful individuals, families, corporations and institutions.
Since 1889, we have aligned our efforts with our three guiding Principles That Endure: Service, Expertise, and Integrity. Together, they reflect the three cornerstones of business conduct which we strive to instill in our employees, whom we call partners, and to provide to our clients and the communities we serve worldwide.
With more than 135 years of financial experience and over 24,000 partners, we serve the world’s most sophisticated clients using leading technology and exceptional service.
The Senior Lead, Security Engineer is an experienced individual contributor responsible for engineering and operationalizing enterprise security platforms across Northern Trust. This role combines hands-on platform delivery with technical ownership for reliable, auditable and scalable security capabilities. It suits an engineer who can work across architecture discussions, implementation planning, operational support and deep technical troubleshooting while partnering effectively with engineering, infrastructure, application and risk stakeholders.
What You'll Do
Security Platform Engineering Across Key Domains
- Contribute technical expertise to security platform engineering decisions and operational governance.
- Design, engineer and operate security tools spanning zero-trust, SASE/SSE, network, vulnerability & exposure management, AI guardrails, and SaaS.
- Apply engineering patterns, implementation standards and operational runbooks that support consistent adoption across business units and technology teams.
- Develop maturity models and metrics to measure assurance and compliance.
- Partner with engineering, infrastructure and application teams on cross-functional security initiatives
Key Deliverables
- Design, Engineer, Coordinate and Operate:
- Intrusion prevention(IPS) across next-gen firewalls
- Vulnerability scanning platforms and unified vulnerability management(UVM) layer
- Enterprise SASE / SSE security platforms
- Secure web gateway, CASB, and cloud access protection
- SaaS application protection and monitoring
- Secure remote access and internet traffic inspection
- Browser isolation and modern web threat prevention
- AI gateway controls that govern how users and applications consume LLMs and AI services
- ServiceNow integrations (Vulnerability Response, ITSM, CMDB)
- Support technical outcomes for platform health, upgrades, capacity, resilience, lifecycle management and vendor escalations across the stack.
- Define and publish metrics on coverage, control effectiveness, SLA adherence, tool health, control performance and measurable risk reduction.
- Support audits and regulatory exams (PCI-DSS, SOX, GLBA, OCC/FFIEC) by ensuring controls are designed for evidence quality, traceability and repeatable operation.
- Author runbooks and executive-ready documentation that can be used by engineering, operations, risk and audit stakeholders.
- Evaluate new capabilities, proofs of concept and tool rationalization opportunities, with recommendations based on risk reduction, operational fit, cost and control outcomes.
What You'll Bring
- Typically 12+ years of experience in information technology, cybersecurity, cloud, infrastructure, network security or platform engineering, with hands-on experience supporting enterprise-scale security platforms.
- Ability to operate as an experienced technical contributor: making sound tradeoffs across security, reliability, usability and compliance while helping drive alignment on technical decisions.
- Deep hands-on experience with at least one SSE/SASE platform, including ZTNA, secure web gateway policy, segmentation, connector architecture and operating model design.
- Working knowledge of IPS/next-gen firewall platforms and signature tuning.
- Strong networking fundamentals: TCP/IP, routing, DNS, TLS/PKI, proxies and tunneling (IPsec/GRE), and segmentation.
- Experience with vulnerability management tooling.
- Familiarity with identity integration: SAML/OIDC, Entra ID, conditional access.
- Scripting and API skills (Python, PowerShell, REST/JSON).
- Experience integrating security tools with ServiceNow, SIEM platforms and enterprise reporting workflows.
- Strong communication skills, including the ability to document technical decisions, support audit inquiries and collaborate with stakeholders across engineering, operations, risk and audit.
- Experience working in a regulated environment with control evidence, operational resilience, risk acceptance, issue management and audit/regulatory response expectations.
Nice to Have
- Exposure to AI/LLM security controls:
- AI gateways
- Prompt-injection defenses
- OWASP Top 10 for LLM Applications
- MITRE ATLAS
- ServiceNow Vulnerability Response or USEM implementation experience.
- Low-code automation or Terraform/IaC.
Salary Range:
$114,500 - 194,700 USDSalary range is a good faith estimate of base pay. Northern Trust provides a comprehensive benefits package including retirement benefits (401k and pension), health and welfare benefits (medical, dental, vision, spending accounts and disability), paid time off, parental and caregiver leave, life & accident insurance, and other voluntary and well-being benefits. Northern Trust also provides a discretionary bonus program that may include an equity component.
Work Authorization
Applicants must be authorized to work in the U.S. without the need for employment-based visa sponsorship now or in the future. Northern Trust will not sponsor applicants for U.S. work visa status for this opportunity (no sponsorship is available for H-1B, L-1, TN, O-1, E-3, H-1B1, F-1, J-1, OPT, CPT or any other employment-based visa).
Working with Us
As a Northern Trust partner, you will be part of a flexible and collaborative work culture, which has a strong history of financial strength and stability. Movement within the organization is encouraged, senior leaders are accessible, and you can take pride in working for a company committed to an inclusive workplace and assisting the communities we serve.
Philanthropy is deeply rooted in Northern Trust’s history and is an essential element of our culture. Employees around the world give their time and talent to work for the greater good of their communities.
Reasonable Accommodation
Northern Trust is committed to working with and providing adjustments to individuals with health conditions and disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the employment process, please email our HR Service Center at [email protected], or alternatively you can discuss your individual requirements with the recruiter you are working with.
Skills Required
- Typically 12+ years of experience in information technology, cybersecurity, cloud, infrastructure, network security, or platform engineering
- Hands-on experience supporting enterprise-scale security platforms
- Experience with at least one SSE/SASE platform, including ZTNA, secure web gateway policy, segmentation, connector architecture, and operating model design
- Working knowledge of IPS and next-generation firewall platforms, including signature tuning
- Strong networking fundamentals, including TCP/IP, routing, DNS, TLS/PKI, proxies, IPsec/GRE tunneling, and segmentation
- Experience with vulnerability management tooling
- Familiarity with SAML/OIDC and Microsoft Entra ID conditional access
- Scripting and API skills using Python, PowerShell, REST, and JSON
- Experience integrating security tools with ServiceNow, SIEM platforms, and enterprise reporting workflows
- Experience working in regulated environments with control evidence, operational resilience, risk acceptance, issue management, and audit or regulatory response
- Strong communication, technical documentation, audit support, and cross-functional collaboration skills
- Exposure to AI/LLM security controls, including AI gateways, prompt-injection defenses, OWASP Top 10 for LLM Applications, or MITRE ATLAS
- ServiceNow Vulnerability Response or USEM implementation experience
- Low-code automation or Terraform/IaC experience
Northern Trust Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Northern Trust and has not been reviewed or approved by Northern Trust.
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Retirement Support — A 401(k) with company match alongside an employer‑funded defined‑benefit pension is highlighted in employer‑verified materials and filings, setting the retirement package apart from many private employers.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — PTO is portrayed as solid overall, and two paid volunteer days per year are clearly documented across corporate materials.
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Parental & Family Support — Company sources and postings reference paid parental and caregiver leave and recent enhancements to parental benefits, indicating meaningful family support within the package.
Northern Trust Insights
What We Do
As a global leader in innovative wealth management, asset servicing and investment solutions, Northern Trust (Nasdaq: NTRS) is proud to guide the world’s most successful individuals, families and institutions by remaining true to our enduring principles of service, expertise and integrity. A globally recognized Fortune 500 Company in continuous operation since 1889, we’ve built a legacy of empowering clients to reach their goals with confidence. Since our roots as a trust bank, we’ve grown to a global presence with more than 24,000 employees in more than 20 countries and across six core business units: Wealth Management Asset Management Asset Servicing Technology Corporate Functions Enterprise Operations Join a Team That’s Achieving Greater At Northern Trust, we refer to our employees as partners – with good reason. We understand that relationships are the key to our success. Here you’ll join a diverse and inclusive team of innovators with the drive to challenge the way things have always been done. Instead of choosing between a dynamic career and work-life balance, enjoy working with a team that supports your goals in the office and at home. We’ll help you get where you want to go without sacrificing what matters most to you. Delivering value and adhering to our enduring principles What are enduring principles? Since our founding, they have guided our strategy and success. Thanks to the dedication of our partners, Northern Trust continues to thrive by adhering to three enduring principles: service, expertise and integrity . What does this mean? Service Northern Trust has a relentless drive to provide exceptional service to our clients, our partners and our communities. We set new standards and go above and beyond in our commitment to delivering greater results. Expertise Expertise is at the core of who we are. We focus sharply on what we do well. From expanding our capabilities, to hiring talented professionals to developing innovative solutions, our expertise is why we continue to be a trusted advisor for generations of families and institutions. Integrity Operating with uncompromising ethics is central to Northern Trust’s heritage. As a result, our clients, partners and communities know they can rely on us. For more than 130 years, our integrity has been our guide – and that will never change.
Why Work With Us
At Northern Trust, we go further because we go together. We embrace flexibility, encourage balance, and prioritize inclusion at all levels, working together to keep you connected. We are committed to our employees—all 24,000 of them. Whether this is a first step or a bold new leap in your career, we’re here to help you move forward.
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