Lead, Security Architecture

About Northern Trust:

Northern Trust a Fortune 500 company is a globally recognized awardwinning financial institution that has been in continuous operation since 1889.

Northern Trust is proud to provide innovative financial services and guidance to the worlds most successful individuals families and institutions by remaining true to our enduring principles of service expertise and integrity. With more than 130 years of financial experience and over 22000 partners we serve the worlds most sophisticated clients using leading technology and exceptional service.

Title: Lead Security Architecture

Overview:

Responsible for creating security blueprints (guidelines) that will be used as patterns for the implementation of security designs. Responsible for developing and administering blueprints and guideline documents throughout the lifecycle of relevant solutions and technologies. Partner with enterprise architecture cloud information security and application teams to ensure appropriate security blueprints are available to meet the business requirements.

Description/Major Duties:

• Responsible for understanding the business requirements that need the development of security guidelines and patterns
• Partner with relevant teams and develop security blueprints and patterns
• Help with the automation of the processes that can effectively use the security patterns
• Ensure security blueprints are current and updated to reflect relevant changes in technology stack
• Ensure security blueprints are clearly defined and easily accessible to the application teams
• Measure the effectiveness of security blueprints pattens and guidelines
• Partner with application enterprise architecture and cloud team members to understand the challenges and update documents/processes accordingly to assist
• Ensure security blue prints are aligned with standards policies and well known frameworks (NIST zerotrust etc.)
• Align with information security function leads for the development of guidelines and patterns
• Ensure blueprints patterns and guidelines are well aligned with Information Security strategy
• Make the best use of newer technologies (e.g. AI) that can help optimize the process
• Adopt secure by design practices as security blue prints are developed

Qualifications

• Bachelors degree and experience in information security or an equivalent combination of education and work experience.
• Excellent consultative and communication skills and the ability to work effectively with client partner and IT management and staff.
• Six years of industry experience with at least four years in main stream Information Security role is preferred
• CISSP CISM CSSP or Security certification preferred
• Strong collaboration skills and analytical ability
• Deep knowledge of application or infrastructure systems architecture usually having experience with multiple system technologies.

Knowledge :

• Excellent oral and written communication skills are required
• Indepth information security/industry knowledge is required
• Must be highly flexible and adaptable to change
• Indepth knowledge of various cybersecurity frameworks standards and SSDLC
• Ability to establish security guidelines/patterns related to cloud hybrid and onprem systems and work with various tech teams to assist with the implementation as needed
• Must be very organized and collaborative
• Very good understanding of zerotrust architecture Identity Authentication and Authorization Data protection and working experience with relevant tools/technologies
• Knowledge of AI scripting automation and programing languages is a plus
• Must have knowledge related to cloud technologies
• Knowledge of fundamental networking technologies is required
• Understanding of network protocols authentication and authorization technologies is required
• Understanding of major operating systems endpoint security API security containers and network security is required

Salary Range:

Salary range is a good faith estimate of base pay. Northern Trust provides a comprehensive benefits package including retirement benefits (401k and pension) health and welfare benefits (medical dental vision spending accounts and disability) paid time off parental and caregiver leave life & accident insurance and other voluntary and wellbeing benefits. Northern Trust also provides a discretionary bonus program that may include an equity component.

Working with Us:

As a Northern Trust partner greater achievements await. You will be part of a flexible and collaborative work culture in an organization where financial strength and stability is an asset that emboldens us to explore new ideas.

Movement within the organization is encouraged senior leaders are accessible and you can take pride in working for a company committed to assisting the communities we serve!Join a workplace with a greater purpose.

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Reasonable accommodation

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We hope youre excited about the role and the opportunity to work with us. We value an inclusive workplace and understand flexibility means different things to different people.

Apply today and talk to us about your flexible working requirements and together we can achieve greater.