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.
ROLE OVERVIEW
The Sr Principal Solutions Consultant – Cyber Resiliency sits at the intersection of Cyber Security, Infrastructure & Cloud Engineering, and Resiliency Engineering. The role leads the design, engineering, and validation of enterprise cyber resilience capabilities across the firm's global technology estate — developing severe-but-plausible cyber scenarios, integrated end-to-end recovery playbooks, and enterprise-wide recovery validation strategies. Partnering closely with Cyber Security, Infrastructure Engineering, Application & Data Engineering, and the Global Command Center, this position ensures Tier-0 and mission-critical services can recover from destructive cyber events while meeting global regulatory expectations for operational resilience.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
Enterprise Cyber Resilience Architecture
- Define and lead enterprise cyber resilience architecture patterns across on-prem, private cloud, public cloud (AWS, Azure), and critical SaaS providers
- Design capabilities including:
- Isolated Recovery Environments (IRE) / Clean Room Recovery
- Cyber vault and immutable backup architectures
- Point-in-Time Recovery (PiTR) strategies
- Identity and access recovery mechanisms
- Ensure resilience is embedded into Tier-0 architecture and design standards
Cyber Scenario Engineering
- Develop severe-but-plausible cyber-attack scenarios aligned to real-world threats: ransomware, identity compromise, data corruption, cloud control plane compromise, and supply chain attacks
- Translate scenarios into end-to-end recovery execution models across infrastructure, applications, and data layers
Integrated Recovery Playbooks
- Lead development of cyber recovery playbooks orchestrating response across Cyber Security, Infrastructure, Application teams, Business Continuity, and Global Command Center
- Define recovery sequencing, escalation paths, clean data validation, and operational command structures
- Ensure playbooks are actionable, tested, and executable under crisis conditions
Cyber Tabletop Exercises & Validation
- Design and facilitate enterprise cyber recovery tabletop exercises and simulations
- Validate end-to-end recovery execution, cross-team coordination, RTO achievement, and data integrity
- Capture lessons learned and drive continuous improvement
Gap Identification & Resilience Uplift
- Identify systemic gaps and failure points across cyber recovery capabilities
- Manage a cyber resilience gap remediation backlog
- Partner with engineering teams to implement architectural improvements, enhance recovery automation, and strengthen identity and infrastructure resilience
- Track and report resilience maturity improvements
Tier-0 & Third-Party Alignment
- Ensure Tier-0 and critical business services have defined recovery strategies, validated playbooks, and mapped dependencies
- Assess and validate cyber recovery capabilities of critical third-party vendors and SaaS providers; integrate into enterprise recovery strategies
Architecture Governance & RIG Alignment
- Participate in Architecture Review Boards (ARBs) to enforce cyber resilience standards
- Contribute to Resiliency Implementation Guidelines (RIGs) and enterprise patterns
- Ensure new solutions meet enterprise cyber recovery requirements
REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS & TECHNICAL EXPERTISE
Experience
- 12+ years across infrastructure architecture, cloud engineering, cyber security engineering, and resiliency / disaster recovery engineering
- Large-scale enterprise or financial services environments
- Proven track record designing cyber recovery or disaster recovery architectures
Infrastructure & Platforms
- Data center architecture: compute, storage, virtualization
- Backup and recovery platforms
Cloud
- AWS and/or Azure — hybrid cloud architectures
Security
- Cyber incident response
- Identity and access management
- Threat and attack vectors
Data Protection & Resilience
- Backup / restore, immutable storage, point-in-time recovery
- DR architectures, cyber vault / clean room recovery
- Dependency mapping and failure analysis
Architecture & Leadership Skills
- Ability to design enterprise-scale recovery architectures
- Strong systems thinking and dependency mapping
- Experience developing technical playbooks and recovery procedures
- Ability to lead cross-functional technical initiatives
Preferred Qualifications
- GSIB or highly regulated financial institution experience
- Experience designing Isolated Recovery Environments (IRE)
- Experience running enterprise cyber tabletop exercises
- Familiarity with operational resilience regulatory frameworks
KEY COMPETENCIES
Cyber resilience architecture
Scenario engineering & testing
Enterprise recovery orchestration
Cross-domain technical leadership
Crisis response coordination
Continuous improvement & gap remediation
ROLE IMPACT
This role ensures the firm can withstand and rapidly recover from destructive cyber events — protecting critical business services, safeguarding client data, and meeting global regulatory expectations for operational resilience. Through cyber scenario engineering, recovery playbook leadership, and cross-domain collaboration, the Sr Principal Solutions Consultant – Cyber Resiliency establishes and continuously strengthens the firm's cyber recovery posture.
Salary Range:
$164,600 - 288,000 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
- 12+ years across infrastructure architecture, cloud engineering, cyber security engineering, and resiliency/disaster recovery engineering
- Experience in large-scale enterprise or financial services environments
- Proven track record designing cyber recovery or disaster recovery architectures
- Data center architecture: compute, storage, virtualization
- Backup and recovery platforms (backup/restore, immutable storage, point-in-time recovery)
- AWS and/or Azure experience with hybrid cloud architectures
- Cyber incident response experience
- Identity and access management expertise and identity/access recovery mechanisms
- Threat and attack vector knowledge (ransomware, identity compromise, cloud control plane compromise, supply chain attacks)
- Experience with DR architectures, cyber vault / clean room recovery, dependency mapping and failure analysis
- Ability to design enterprise-scale recovery architectures, develop technical playbooks, and lead cross-functional technical initiatives
- Authorized to work in the U.S. without need for employment-based visa sponsorship
- GSIB or highly regulated financial institution experience
- Experience designing Isolated Recovery Environments (IRE)
- Experience running enterprise cyber tabletop exercises
- Familiarity with operational resilience regulatory frameworks
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 — Retirement offerings are positioned as a standout, with a 401(k) plus an additional employer-funded pension described as a differentiator. This combination is repeatedly framed as a meaningful offset within total rewards, especially for long-term financial security.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Time-off benefits are depicted as generous, spanning paid time off, holidays, and dedicated paid volunteer time. The breadth of leave options is highlighted as a consistent strength that supports work-life balance.
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Healthcare Strength — Health coverage is characterized as comprehensive, typically including medical, dental, vision, and mental-health support through an assistance program. The offering is portrayed as robust and family-supportive, with multiple plan options in some descriptions.
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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