Senior Security Platform Engineer and Technical Lead

Cyber Security Jobs; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 137,000 - 234,000; Full time

Job summary

Northern Trust is seeking a Principal, Security Engineer to lead the engineering and operations of enterprise security platforms. This senior role sets technical direction, mentors engineers, and collaborates with risk, audit and risk/compliance teams in a regulated financial environment.

You will own runbooks, engineering patterns and metrics to prove control effectiveness, resilience and audit readiness across SSE/SASE, IPS, cloud security and AI guardrails.

Qualifications

• 15+ years in IT/cybersecurity with enterprise-scale security platforms.
• Proven senior technical leadership and risk tradeoffs.
• Experience with SSE/SASE platforms and security tool integration.

Responsibilities

• Lead engineering and operations of enterprise security platforms.
• Define patterns, runbooks and metrics for assurance and compliance.
• Coordinate security initiatives across engineering, infrastructure and apps.
• Support audits and regulatory exams with evidence-based controls.

Skills

Security leadership

Risk governance

Stakeholder communication

Mentoring engineers

Regulated environment

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS or related field

Tools

SSE/SASE platforms

ZTNA and CASB concepts

ServiceNow integrations

Job description

Northern Trust is seeking a Principal, Security Engineer to lead the engineering and operations of enterprise security platforms. This senior role sets technical direction, mentors engineers, and collaborates with risk, audit and risk/compliance teams in a regulated financial environment.

You will own runbooks, engineering patterns and metrics to prove control effectiveness, resilience and audit readiness across SSE/SASE, IPS, cloud security and AI guardrails.