Senior Lead, Security Engineering and Operations

Northern Trust

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Quick summary

Work type
On-site
Location
Chicago, IL
Salary
$114,500–$194,700 / yr
Employment
Full-time
Posted
3 days ago
Freshness
Confirmed live today

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Salary context

Below market

How this pay compares to similar roles

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This role $155k
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This role pays less than 75% of similar roles. Most pay $155,000–$216,000 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $155k versus about $186k for comparable roles.

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About Northern Trust

Northern Trust is a leading provider of wealth management, asset servicing, asset management, and banking services to corporations, institutions, and high-net-worth individuals. Industry: Financial Services & Asset Management

Northern Trust currently has 58 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $114,500–$194,700 across 45 roles with salary data.

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TL;DR · Senior Lead, Security Engineering and Operations

Senior Lead, Security Engineering and Operations is an experienced individual contributor role focused on engineering and operationalizing enterprise security platforms. You will design, engineer, and operate a wide range of security tools including zero-trust, SASE/SSE, network security, vulnerability management, and AI guardrails. Day-to-day responsibilities involve developing maturity models, creating runbooks, managing vendor escalations, and ensuring compliance with regulations like PCI-DSS and SOX. You will work with infrastructure and application teams to manage tools such as next-gen firewalls, CASB, and secure web gateways. Required skills include deep experience with SSE/SASE platforms, networking fundamentals like TCP/IP and TLS/PKI, identity integration via SAML/OIDC, and scripting using Python or PowerShell. You will also integrate security tools with ServiceNow and SIEM platforms to ensure robust evidence quality and risk reduction in a regulated environment.

What you'll do

  • Design, engineer, and operate security tools including zero-trust, SASE/SSE, network security, and AI guardrails.
  • Manage vulnerability scanning platforms and unified vulnerability management layers to ensure organizational security.
  • Implement and manage secure web gateways, CASB, and cloud access protection for enterprise applications.
  • Develop maturity models and metrics to measure security assurance, compliance, and risk reduction.
  • Support audits and regulatory exams by ensuring controls are designed for evidence quality and traceability.
  • Author technical runbooks and executive-ready documentation for engineering, operations, and audit stakeholders.
  • Evaluate new capabilities and conduct proofs of concept to determine tool rationalization and cost effectiveness.
  • Integrate security tools with ServiceNow platforms for vulnerability response and incident management.

What we're looking for

  • Must have 12+ years of experience in IT, cybersecurity, cloud, infrastructure, network security, or platform engineering.
  • Must possess hands-on experience supporting enterprise-scale security platforms.
  • Must have deep hands-on experience with at least one SSE/SASE platform including ZTNA and secure web gateway policy.
  • Must have working knowledge of IPS/next-gen firewall platforms and signature tuning.
  • Must have strong networking fundamentals including TCP/IP, routing, DNS, TLS/PKI, proxies, and tunneling.
  • Must possess experience with vulnerability management tooling and identity integration such as SAML/OIDC and Entra ID.
  • Must have scripting and API skills in Python, PowerShell, or REST/JSON.
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