Director, AI-Driven Cyber Security & Automation

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

Job summary

Northern Trust Corp seeks a Director of Cyber Security Development & Automation to lead a team delivering full-stack security apps and automation that protect clients, data, applications, infrastructure and emerging AI workloads. You will set strategic direction, translate cyber risk into a roadmap, and partner across security, risk, audit and business teams.

The role emphasizes scalable, audit-ready solutions, strong governance and measurable outcomes, with focus on risk reduction and

Qualifications

• 15+ years of experience across cybersecurity, software engineering, security automation, cloud engineering, platform engineering or related tech disciplines.
• 5+ years of meaningful leadership experience running large development teams.
• Strong ability to set technical direction, evaluate architecture and communicate with senior stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Lead Security Development and Automation Strategy, directing a team of developers and automation engineers.
• Translate security needs into a balanced portfolio of development initiatives and automation patterns.
• Own delivery portfolio for security automation; ensure secure, observable, scalable solutions and governance.

Skills

Python automation

API integrations

CI/CD

Cloud-native services

Workflow orchestration

Operational supportability

LLM-enabled patterns

AI agent workflows

Retrieval-augmented generation

Prompt engineering

Model evaluation

AI guardrails

Secure enterprise AI

Tools

ServiceNow

Azure AI Foundry

Azure Functions

Logic Apps

GitHub Actions

Terraform

CI/CD pipelines

Job description

Northern Trust Corp seeks a Director of Cyber Security Development & Automation to lead a team delivering full-stack security apps and automation that protect clients, data, applications, infrastructure and emerging AI workloads. You will set strategic direction, translate cyber risk into a roadmap, and partner across security, risk, audit and business teams.

The role emphasizes scalable, audit-ready solutions, strong governance and measurable outcomes, with focus on risk reduction and