Security Architect

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 world’s 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 22,000 partners, we serve the world’s most sophisticated clients using leading technology and exceptional service.

Description –

• Guides the development, specification and communication of application or infrastructure architectures used by multiple business or application systems.
• Provides extensive, in-depth, technical consultation to the clients, partners, and IT Management to develop plans and directions to assure the integration of corporate business area requirements.
• Acts as cybersecurity expert for cloud migration projects/programs
• Leads Cloud Security initiatives from architecture perspective
• Thoroughly understands decision process issues of technology choice, such as design, data security, client server communication, etc.
• Partner with Management in the building of new and on-going vendor relationships
• Evaluates and selects from existing and emerging technologies those options best fitting business/project needs
• Promotes sharing of expertise through consulting, presentations, and documentations, etc.
• Experienced, functional expert with technical and/or business knowledge and functional expertise
• Carries out complex initiatives involving multiple disciplines and/or ambiguous projects
• Displays a balanced, cross-functional perspective, liaising with the business to help improve efficiency, effectiveness, and productivity
• Strategic in developing, implementing, and administering programs within functional areas
• Provides guidance to team members, fostering an environment that encourages employee participation, teamwork, and communication

Qualifications -

• Bachelor's 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.
• Five years of experience in the Information Security role. Three years of experience with cloud and/or technologies
• CISSP, CSSP, or Cloud security certification preferred
• Strong collaboration skills and a team player who can communicate effectively in a global working environment

Requirements/Responsibilities-

• In-depth knowledge of various cybersecurity frameworks, standards, and SSDLC
• Experience working with WAF, App Proxy, CDN, SEIM
• Very good understanding of zero-trust architecture and working experience with relevant tools/technologies
• Experience working with Microsoft Azure/M365, AWS, hybrid, and multi-cloud systems
• In-depth knowledge related to cloud services such as APIM, AKS, Cosmos DB etc.
• Very good understanding of concepts related to DevOps, AI/ML, docker, container, and Kubernetes
• Experience working on Threat management, data protection, encryption, Authentication/Authorization, Privilege access management, Vulnerability management systems, Attack surface management.
• Previous experience related to IPS/IDS, Network load balancer, firewalls is a plus
• Ability to establish security patterns related to cloud/ hybrid architecture and work with various tech teams to assist with the implementation as needed
• Experience working with Infrastructure as Code, automations related to cloud systems, and relevant tools
• Experience working with teams that handle infrastructure components including Networking, Storage systems, directory services, and virtualization
• Experience working with various operating systems including Windows, Linux, Unix, and MAC
• Must be able to represent the team in technical discussions and drive towards deliverables with minimal guidance

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.

We’d love to learn more about how your interests and experience could be a fit with one of the world’s most admired and sustainable companies! Build your career with us and apply 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 MyHRHelp@ntrs.com.

We hope you’re 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.