Senior Cybersecurity & Data Protection Lead

Northern Trust Corp; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 100,000 - 169,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401k and pension

Health and welfare benefits

Paid time off

Discretionary bonus program

Job summary

Northern Trust in Chicago, IL seeks a Lead Cyber Sec Eng – Business Analyst to drive data protection initiatives, governance, and security policy implementation. You will partner with business and technical teams to translate requirements into effective security solutions and ensure regulatory alignment.

The role emphasizes testing, validation of controls, and collaboration across cross-functional teams to improve security outcomes and support audits.

Qualifications

• 5+ years as a Business Analyst in data protection, cybersecurity, risk or compliance.
• Understanding of data protection principles, DLP policies, and information security.
• Experience with Symantec DLP, Purview or Zscaler or equivalent tools.
• Experience creating, executing and validating security test cases.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with stakeholders to gather, analyze, and document security requirements.
• Support data protection solutions implementation and enhancement.
• Develop and execute business test cases to validate data protection policies.
• Monitor, report and drive improvements for data protection controls.
• Support audit readiness with documentation and evidence collection.

Skills

Data protection

Cybersecurity

Risk & compliance

Test case design

Tools

Symantec DLP

Microsoft Purview

Zscaler DLP

Job description

Northern Trust in Chicago, IL seeks a Lead Cyber Sec Eng – Business Analyst to drive data protection initiatives, governance, and security policy implementation. You will partner with business and technical teams to translate requirements into effective security solutions and ensure regulatory alignment.

The role emphasizes testing, validation of controls, and collaboration across cross-functional teams to improve security outcomes and support audits.