Sr. Lead, Azure Security Identity & Authentication

About Northern Trust:

Northern Trust a Fortune 500 company is a globally recognized award-winning 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.

Job Description

We are seeking a highly skilled Tech lead with deeper expertise in various security products authentication authorization access management governance. As a key member of Workforce Authentication and Authorization team you lead a team to play a vital role in ensuring the secure implementation of various solutions (Hybrid and Cloud).

Requirements/Responsibilities-

• Lead Identity centric Workforce Security solutions team to develop authentication and access management solutions

• Drive the development of identity solutions access patterns modern security protocols practicing Zero trust least privileged defense in depth principles
• Review and provide feedback on Identity and access management related security solutions proposed by stakeholders and can provide consultation to the partners and IT Management
• In-depth knowledge and experience on Entra ID EPM Sentinel Azure AWS Security
• Knowledge on Okta PingFederate Entitlement management solutions
• Strong knowledge on Identities management on Azure AD with OAuth OIDC SAML SSO MFA Conditional access policies MFA Kerberos LDAP Identity Federations etc.
• Experience in providing security solutions for Java based Micro services React based frontends and Android/iOS based mobile applications on the Azure
• Hands-of experience in JWT session handling Code signing Certificate authentication TLS/SSL API Security Application registration application integration scenarios etc.
• Awareness of API Management Firewalls DLP VPNs DNS Azure Defender MCAS Sentinel WAFs Application Gateways NSGs App Proxy Radius clusters CDN etc.
• Good understanding of Cloud Infrastructure Entitlement Management solution (CIEM) to ensure smooth remediation of toxic combinations high risk entitlements etc.
• Understanding and application of threat modeling concepts and methodologies
• Understanding of Applications security OWASP standards security best practices browser compatibilities/storages/cookies
• Acts as Workforce cybersecurity expert to in solutions spanning end user computing proxy solutions MFA SSO conditional accesses Passwordless Yubikey bio-metric solutions identity and governance scenarios Secrets Management automation role based access control Privileged identity management Just in time accesses etc.
• Participates in solutions to support- token handling OIDC/ OAuth flows authorization patterns identity federation cloud architectures cryptograpgy cloud native services cloud security etc.
• Deeper understanding on Cloud Security areas such as Policies RBAC activities identities privileged access management etc
• Ability to support operations in troubleshooting complex identity scenarios with hands-on experience on Sentinel/KQL/Audit logs etc.
• Good understanding of concepts related to docker Security container orchestrations/Kubernetes

Qualifications

• Bachelors degree in computer science or a related discipline and experience in information security or an equivalent combination of education and work experience.
• Deep knowledge of application or infrastructure systems architecture usually having experience with multiple system technologies.
• Excellent consultative and communication skills and the ability to work effectively with client partner and IT management and staff.
• Ten years of experience in the Information Security role. Five years of experience as aTech lead
• CISSP CSSP or Cloud security certification preferred
• Strong collaboration skills and a analytical ability
• Certifications on Azure AWS security will be preferred

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 well-being 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.

Wed love to learn more about how your interests and experience could be a fit with one of the worlds most admired and sustainable companies! Build your career with us andapply today.#MadeForGreater

Reasonable accommodation

Northern Trust is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the employment process please email our HR Service Center at .

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.