Lead AppSec Platform Engineer

Northern Trust Corp.; Tempe (AZ); On-site; USD 95,000 - 161,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401k and pension

Health, dental, vision

Paid time off

Job summary

Northern Trust is hiring for a hands-on role focused on building and scaling an Application Security program that engineers can rely on. This onsite position in Tempe, AZ centers on engineering security platforms, integrations, and automation that strengthen delivery across CI/CD and developer workflows, with an emphasis on reliability, observability, and repeatable engineering patterns.

You will design and implement integrations with APIs and tooling, troubleshoot complex system issues, and

Qualifications

• Eight or more years of relevant professional experience in software engineering, platform engineering, DevSecOps, infrastructure engineering, security engineering, systems integration, or a related technical discipline.
• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering, information systems, cybersecurity, or a related discipline, or equivalent relevant professional experience.
• Hands-on experience engineering, integrating, or supporting complex enterprise software, platform, infrastructure, DevSecOps, security, or comparable technical capabilities.

Responsibilities

• Engineer and continuously improve Application Security platforms, integrations, automation, and technical workflows.
• Design and enhance integrations across source control, CI/CD, security tooling, cloud services, workflow platforms, and enterprise technology environments.
• Troubleshoot complex technical failures and improve capability reliability, observability, recovery, and scalability.
• Automate repeatable technical work as workflow understanding matures, while creating reusable engineering patterns and technical documentation.
• Provide hands-on technical leadership and collaborate with engineering teams, technology partners, and vendors to improve Application Security technical service delivery.

Skills

DevSecOps

Security engineering

Platform engineering

Systems integration

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/Engineering/IS/Cybersecurity

Tools

GitHub

Checkmarx

ServiceNow

Cloud technologies

Job description

Northern Trust is hiring for a hands-on role focused on building and scaling an Application Security program that engineers can rely on. This onsite position in Tempe, AZ centers on engineering security platforms, integrations, and automation that strengthen delivery across CI/CD and developer workflows, with an emphasis on reliability, observability, and repeatable engineering patterns.

You will design and implement integrations with APIs and tooling, troubleshoot complex system issues, and