Senior Security Engineering & Operations Leader

Northern Trust; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 115,000 - 195,000; Full time

Job summary

Northern Trust in the United States is seeking a Senior Lead, Security Engineer to own and operationalize enterprise security platforms. You'll blend hands‑on delivery with architectural guidance, working with engineering, infrastructure, risk and audit teams to ensure scalable, auditable security across the stack.

The ideal candidate has 12+ years in IT/security, deep SSE/SASE experience (ZTNA, secure web gateway), IPS, vulnerability management, scripting and ServiceNow integrations, plus

Qualifications

• 12+ years in information technology or cybersecurity.
• Hands-on with enterprise security platforms.

Responsibilities

• Design, engineer and operate security platforms across domains.
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• Develop and publish runbooks and governance metrics.

Skills

SSE/SASE

ZTNA

IPS/NGFW

Vulnerability mgmt

ServiceNow integration

Scripting

REST/JSON

SAML/OIDC

Networking fundamentals

Education

Bachelor's degree in IT/CS

Tools

ServiceNow

SIEM

Vulnerability tools

Next-gen firewalls

Job description

Northern Trust in the United States is seeking a Senior Lead, Security Engineer to own and operationalize enterprise security platforms. You'll blend hands‑on delivery with architectural guidance, working with engineering, infrastructure, risk and audit teams to ensure scalable, auditable security across the stack.

The ideal candidate has 12+ years in IT/security, deep SSE/SASE experience (ZTNA, secure web gateway), IPS, vulnerability management, scripting and ServiceNow integrations, plus