Senior Security Platform Lead: Engineering & Operations

VulnU; Limerick; Hybrid; EUR 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

No visa sponsorship

Paid parental leave

Equity

Job summary

Northern Trust in Limerick, Ireland, is seeking a Senior Lead, Security Engineer to design, implement and operate enterprise security platforms. You will own critical security tooling, collaborate with engineering, risk and audit teams, and help scale Zero Trust, SSE/SASE, and vulnerability management across the organization.

The role combines hands‑on delivery with architectural oversight and requires deep experience with SSE/SASE, IPS, vulnerability tooling and ServiceNow integrations.

Qualifications

• 12+ years of experience in information security or platform engineering.
• Hands-on design and operational governance of security platforms.
• Experience with SSE/SASE, ZTNA, and cloud security controls.
• Strong collaboration with risk, audit, and engineering teams.

Responsibilities

• Design, engineer and operate security platforms across domains.
• Lead runbooks, metrics, and governance for security controls.
• Collaborate with engineering and risk stakeholders on security initiatives.

Skills

Security engineering

Cloud security

SSE/SASE platform

Vulnerability management

Scripting (Python, PowerShell)

Tools

ServiceNow

SIEM

Vulnerability scanners

Next-gen firewalls

Job description

Northern Trust in Limerick, Ireland, is seeking a Senior Lead, Security Engineer to design, implement and operate enterprise security platforms. You will own critical security tooling, collaborate with engineering, risk and audit teams, and help scale Zero Trust, SSE/SASE, and vulnerability management across the organization.

The role combines hands‑on delivery with architectural oversight and requires deep experience with SSE/SASE, IPS, vulnerability tooling and ServiceNow integrations.