Application Security Engineer

About Northern Trust

As a global leader in innovative wealth management asset servicing asset management and banking services Northern Trust (Nasdaq: NTRS) is proud to guide the worlds most successful individuals families corporations and institutions.

Since 1889 we have aligned our efforts with our three guiding Principles That Endure: Service Expertise and Integrity. Together they reflect the three cornerstones of business conduct which we strive to instill in our employees whom we call partners and to provide to our clients and the communities we serve worldwide.

With more than 135 years of financial experience and over 24000 partners we serve the worlds most sophisticated clients using leading technology and exceptional service.

The Application Security Engineer will help engineer run and continuously improve technical capabilities that support Northern Trusts Application Security program.

This hands-on engineering role works across security platforms integrations automation developer workflows and technical service delivery. The engineer will perform and troubleshoot technical work learn how Application Security capabilities function end to end and help standardize and automate repeatable activities as those workflows become sufficiently understood.

Prior Application Security experience is not required. We are looking for someone with a strong engineering foundation curiosity and the ability to learn and improve complex technical systems.

Job Responsibilities

• Configure support and improve Application Security platforms integrations automation and technical workflows.

• Help integrate security capabilities with source control CI/CD developer workflow cloud and enterprise technology platforms.

• Troubleshoot technical failures across platforms integrations APIs pipelines and related dependencies.

• Develop automation scripts integrations documentation and reusable technical patterns that reduce repetitive manual work and improve reliability.

• Partner with senior engineers software-development teams technology partners and vendors to improve Application Security delivery.

Required Qualifications

• Hands-on experience in software engineering platform engineering DevOps infrastructure systems integration automation security engineering or a comparable technical discipline.

• Experience developing or integrating technology using APIs scripting software development workflow technologies automation or comparable engineering methods.

• Experience working with source control CI/CD cloud services developer tooling enterprise platforms or comparable software-delivery technologies.

Experience and Education

• Two or more years of relevant professional experience in a technical engineering discipline.

• Bachelors degree in computer science engineering information systems cybersecurity or a related discipline or equivalent relevant professional experience.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with Application Security DevSecOps security testing vulnerability-management technologies or software-delivery security.

• Experience with technologies such as GitHub Checkmarx ServiceNow cloud platforms or comparable development workflow and security technologies.

• Experience improving technical workflows through automation integration observability or reliability engineering.

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.

Work Authorization

Applicants must be authorized to work in the U.S. without the need for employment-based visa sponsorship now or in the future. Northern Trust will not sponsor applicants for U.S. work visa status for this opportunity (no sponsorship is available for H-1B L-1 TN O-1 E-3 H-1B1 F-1 J-1 OPT CPT or any other employment-based visa).

Working with Us

As a Northern Trust partner you will be part of a flexible and collaborative work culture which has a strong history of financial strength and stability. Movement within the organization is encouraged senior leaders are accessible and you can take pride in working for a company committed to an inclusive workplace and assisting the communities we serve.

Philanthropy is deeply rooted in Northern Trusts history and is an essential element of our culture. Employees around the world give their time and talent to work for the greater good of their communities.

Reasonable Accommodation

Northern Trust is committed to working with and providing adjustments to individuals with health conditions and disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the employment process please email our HR Service Center at or alternatively you can discuss your individual requirements with the recruiter you are working with.