Senior Threat & Vulnerability Analyst

Northern Trust; Limerick; On-site; EUR 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Northern Trust is seeking a Threat & Vulnerability Analyst to identify and assess cyber threats, vulnerabilities, and exposures affecting our financial services platforms. The role collaborates with Vulnerability Management, Security Operations, Threat Intelligence, and Risk teams to prioritize remediation based on risk.

The ideal candidate will transform vulnerability data into actionable recommendations, helping to reduce cyber risk and support secure operations across infrastructure,

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Cyber Security, Computer Science, or related field.
• Experience in cyber security, vulnerability management, threat intelligence, or security operations.
• Experience analyzing vulnerabilities in large enterprise environments.
• Understanding of CVSS and attack methodologies.
• Experience with vulnerability management platforms (Zafran, Qualys, MS Defender VM).

Responsibilities

• Analyze vulnerability scanning results across infrastructure, cloud, endpoints, applications and container environments.
• Prioritize remediation using CVSS, threat intelligence, business criticality, and asset context.
• Track remediation activities and report on vulnerability reduction initiatives.
• Collaborate with SOC, Threat Intelligence, Penetration Testing, Infrastructure, Cloud Engineering, and Risk teams.
• Support remediation discussions with technology owners and business stakeholders.

Skills

Analytical thinking

Problem solving

Communication skills

Threat intelligence

Education

Bachelor's degree in Cyber Security

Computer Science or related field

Tools

Zafran

Qualys

Microsoft Defender Vulnerability Management

Job description

Northern Trust is seeking a Threat & Vulnerability Analyst to identify and assess cyber threats, vulnerabilities, and exposures affecting our financial services platforms. The role collaborates with Vulnerability Management, Security Operations, Threat Intelligence, and Risk teams to prioritize remediation based on risk.

The ideal candidate will transform vulnerability data into actionable recommendations, helping to reduce cyber risk and support secure operations across infrastructure,