Data Protection Lead - Cloud Security & Risk

Quest Oracle Community; Limerick; Hybrid; EUR 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Northern Trust is seeking a Data Protection - Data Discovery & Remediation Senior Lead to drive risk controls and data security strategies in multi-cloud environments. The role emphasizes cloud security, threat modelling, and policy compliance across Azure and AWS, with collaboration across architecture and security teams.

The ideal candidate brings deep information security expertise, a track record in risk consultancy, and strong stakeholder influence to balance risk with business needs.

Qualifications

• Extensive security experience across cloud and on-premise architectures.
• Experience evaluating technology risk and communicating risk to stakeholders.
• Ability to design and implement detective controls and secure SDLC processes.

Responsibilities

• Offer guidance across businesses to drive awareness of technology risk and controls.
• Develops and administers solutions and detective controls for data protection.
• Delivers secure data protection solutions across cloud and on-premises architectures.
• Lead application risk reviews and coordinate risk treatment activities.
• Collaborate with Enterprise Architecture as needed to align security with strategy.
• Review processes and propose automation or improvements.
• Operate independently to deliver results within the security program.
• Represent Information Security with stakeholders as a trusted advisor.
• Focus on cloud security across Azure and AWS platforms.
• Maintain specialist knowledge of security processes and frameworks.

Skills

Security Architecture

Cloud security

Threat modelling (STRIDE)

SSDLC

Data protection

InfoSec SME

Stakeholder management

Education

CRISC

CISM

CISA

CISSP

Tools

Azure

AWS

Defender

BigID

Azure DevOps

Oracle

Windows

Linux

Job description

Northern Trust is seeking a Data Protection - Data Discovery & Remediation Senior Lead to drive risk controls and data security strategies in multi-cloud environments. The role emphasizes cloud security, threat modelling, and policy compliance across Azure and AWS, with collaboration across architecture and security teams.

The ideal candidate brings deep information security expertise, a track record in risk consultancy, and strong stakeholder influence to balance risk with business needs.