Chief Platform Security Engineering & Operations

Northern Trust Corp; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 165,000 - 288,000; Full time

Job summary

Northern Trust Corp, headquartered in Chicago, seeks a Director of Platform Security Engineering and Operations. This leadership role defines strategy, governance and the execution of enterprise security platforms to deliver secure, auditable outcomes across the organization.

You will guide cross-functional teams, establish standards for vulnerability management, zero-trust, and SASE/SSE architectures, and ensure alignment with PCI-DSS, SOX, GLBA, OCC/FFIEC requirements.

Qualifications

• 15+ years in information technology, cybersecurity, cloud, infrastructure or platform engineering.
• Proven leadership: directing enterprise security teams or programs.
• Deep expertise in vulnerability scanning, zero trust, SASE/SSE, and web security architectures.
• Excellent executive communication to brief senior stakeholders and drive risk tradeoffs.
• Experience in regulated environments with audit and regulatory response expectations.

Responsibilities

• Lead the team accountable for designing, engineering, coordinating and operating enterprise security platforms.
• Define engineering standards, runbooks, and metrics enabling measurable risk reduction.
• Coordinate cross-functional initiatives with security, risk, audit and operations teams.
• Lead prioritization, tool rationalization, and proofs of concept based on risk reduction and cost.
• Review and approve documentation used by security, operations, risk and audit stakeholders.

Skills

Leadership

Executive communication

Risk management

Security architecture

Zero trust

Vulnerability management

SASE/SSE

Cloud security

Regulatory compliance

Tools

ServiceNow

Vulnerability scanners

Audit tooling

Job description

Northern Trust Corp, headquartered in Chicago, seeks a Director of Platform Security Engineering and Operations. This leadership role defines strategy, governance and the execution of enterprise security platforms to deliver secure, auditable outcomes across the organization.

You will guide cross-functional teams, establish standards for vulnerability management, zero-trust, and SASE/SSE architectures, and ensure alignment with PCI-DSS, SOX, GLBA, OCC/FFIEC requirements.