Senior Lead Security Engineer
Leidos
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This role pays less than 78% of similar roles. Most pay $160,937–$216,775 — the blue band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $155k versus about $189k for comparable roles.
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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 107 open roles on FindRole.
Listed pay typically runs $114,500–$194,700 across 77 roles with salary data.
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The Senior Lead, Security Engineering and Operations is an experienced individual contributor responsible for engineering and operationalizing enterprise security platforms. You will design, engineer, and operate security tools spanning zero-trust, SASE/SSE, network, vulnerability management, and AI guardrails. Daily responsibilities include developing maturity models, authoring runbooks, and managing platform health, upgrades, and vendor escalations. You will utilize technologies including next-gen firewalls, IPS, CASB, and ServiceNow integrations while leveraging Python, PowerShell, and REST/JSON APIs. The role requires deep networking knowledge of TCP/IP, DNS, and TLS/PKI, alongside identity integration experience with SAML/OIDC and Entra ID. You will solve complex security problems in a regulated environment, ensuring controls meet PCI-DSS, SOX, and GLBA requirements while providing auditable, scalable, and reliable security capabilities across the enterprise.
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