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
6 days ago
Freshness
Confirmed live today

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Below market

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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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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 107 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $114,500–$194,700 across 77 roles with salary data.

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TL;DR · Senior Lead, Security Engineering and Operations

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.

What you'll do

  • Design, engineer, and operate security tools including zero-trust, SASE/SSE, and vulnerability management platforms.
  • Implement AI gateway controls to govern how users and applications consume LLM services.
  • Integrate security tools with ServiceNow for vulnerability response, ITSM, and CMDB workflows.
  • Develop maturity models and metrics to measure security assurance, compliance, and risk reduction.
  • Support audits and regulatory exams by ensuring controls provide high-quality evidence and traceability.
  • Author technical runbooks and executive-ready documentation for engineering, risk, and audit stakeholders.
  • Evaluate new security capabilities and proofs of concept based on cost, risk, and operational fit.
  • Manage platform health, including upgrades, capacity planning, resilience, and vendor escalations.

What we're looking for

  • Typically 12+ years of experience in IT, cybersecurity, cloud, infrastructure, network security, or platform engineering.
  • Deep hands-on experience with at least one SSE/SASE platform, including ZTNA, secure web gateway, and connector architecture.
  • Working knowledge of IPS/next-gen firewall platforms and signature tuning.
  • Strong networking fundamentals including TCP/IP, routing, DNS, TLS/PKI, proxies, tunneling, and segmentation.
  • Experience with vulnerability management tooling and identity integration (SAML/OIDC, Entra ID, conditional access).
  • Scripting and API skills in Python, PowerShell, and REST/JSON.
  • Experience with AI/LLM security controls, low-code automation, or Terraform/IaC (preferred).
  • Work Authorization.

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