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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.\nWith more than 135 years of financial experience and over 24,000 partners, we serve the world’s most sophisticated clients using leading technology and exceptional service.\nThe Director, Platform Security Engineering and Operations is a people leader responsible for defining and leading the strategy, governance, and execution of Northern Trust’s enterprise security platforms. This role sets direction for the team, establishes priorities, develops engineering and operations talent, and ensures delivery of secure, resilient and audit-ready platform outcomes. The Director must be able to guide technical strategy, remove execution barriers, influence cross-functional partners and translate complex security engineering work into clear risk, control and business outcomes for senior stakeholders.\nWhat You'll Do\nLead Security Platform Engineering Teams\nLead, coach and develop a team of security engineering individual contributors responsible for enterprise security platforms.\nSet technical and operational direction for security tools spanning zero-trust, SASE/SSE, network, vulnerability and exposure management, AI guardrails, and SaaS.\nEstablish engineering standards, implementation patterns, operating models and runbook expectations that enable consistent execution across the team.\nDefine team goals, maturity models and performance metrics that measure delivery, assurance, compliance and measurable risk reduction.\nCoordinate cross-functional security initiatives across engineering, infrastructure, application, risk, audit and operations teams.\nKey Deliverables\nLead the team accountable for designing, engineering, coordinating and operating:Intrusion prevention(IPS) across next-gen firewalls\nVulnerability scanning platforms and unified vulnerability management(UVM) layer\nEnterprise SASE / SSE security platforms\nSecure web gateway, CASB, and cloud access protection\nSaaS application protection and monitoring\nSecure remote access and internet traffic inspection\nBrowser isolation and modern web threat prevention\nAI gateway controls that govern how users and applications consume LLMs and AI services\nServiceNow integrations (Vulnerability Response, ITSM, CMDB)\n\nOwn team outcomes for platform health, upgrades, capacity, resilience, lifecycle management, vendor management and escalation across the stack.\nDefine, review and communicate metrics on coverage, control effectiveness, SLA adherence, tool health, team throughput and measurable risk reduction.\nEnsure audit and regulatory support is delivered with strong evidence quality, traceability, repeatable operations and clear ownership across PCI-DSS, SOX, GLBA, OCC/FFIEC and related expectations.\nReview and approve engineering, operations and executive-ready documentation used by security engineering, operations, risk and audit stakeholders.\nLead prioritization, investment recommendations, capability evaluations, proofs of concept and tool rationalization decisions based on risk reduction, operational fit, cost and control outcomes.\nWhat You'll Bring\n15+ years of experience in information technology, cybersecurity, cloud, infrastructure, network security or platform engineering, with +5 years of demonstrated leadership of enterprise-scale security teams or major security engineering programs.\nProven people leadership capability: setting direction, developing talent, assigning work, managing priorities, coaching senior engineers and creating accountability for delivery and operational excellence.\nDeep expertise in vulnerability scanning, zero trust architecture, network security, SASE / SSE platforms and web security architectures.\nExcellent executive communication skills, including the ability to brief senior stakeholders, explain risk and control tradeoffs, support audit inquiries, and drive alignment across teams and leaders.\nExperience working in a regulated environment with control evidence, operational resilience, risk acceptance, issue management and audit/regulatory response expectations.\nAbility to balance strategic planning, operational execution, team capacity, stakeholder expectations and regulatory commitments in a complex enterprise environment.\nNice to Have\nPrior experience in financial services, banking, asset servicing, wealth management or another highly regulated industry.\nPrior experience leading globally distributed or matrixed engineering teams through platform modernization, tool consolidation or operating model transformation.\nSalary Range:\n$164,600 - 288,000 USDSalary 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.\nWork Authorization\nApplicants 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).\nWorking with Us\nAs 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.\nPhilanthropy is deeply rooted in Northern Trust’s 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.\nReasonable Accommodation\nNorthern Trust is committed to working with and providing adjustments to individuals with health conditions and disabilities. 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