Sr Lead, Security Infrastructure Architect

Sr Lead, Security Infrastructure Architect

Apply locations: Naperville, IL, Chicago, IL

Time type: Full time

Posted on: Posted 30+ Days Ago

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.

Major Duties

1. Works with management and the architecture team to develop the security strategy and plan and ensures objectives are met.
2. Contributes to the Security Incident Response team and communicates incidents to management in Information Technology and Corporate Risk Management.
3. Interfaces frequently with information security industry groups to stay abreast of emerging security trends.
4. Helps establish overall enterprise information security architecture (EISA) by aligning business processes, IT software and hardware, local and wide area networks, people, operations, and projects with the organization’s overall security strategy.
5. Evaluates proposals to determine if proposed security solutions effectively address enterprise requirements, as detailed in solicitation documents.
6. Identifies alternative functional security strategies to address organizational IT security concerns.
7. Interprets and/or approves security requirements relative to the capabilities of new information technologies.
8. Leads and helps align IT security priorities with the organization’s mission and vision.
9. Manages the monitoring of external threat intelligence data sources to maintain enterprise situational awareness.
10. Assists in monitoring and evaluating the effectiveness of the enterprise's information security safeguards to ensure they provide the intended level of protection.
11. Helps provide technical documents, incident reports, findings from computer examinations, summaries, and other situational awareness information to appropriate senior management.
12. Experienced, functional expert with technical and/or business knowledge and functional expertise.
13. Displays a balanced, cross-functional perspective, liaising with the business to help improve efficiency, effectiveness, and productivity.
14. Provides leadership and guidance to staff, fostering an environment that encourages employee participation, teamwork, and communication.

Knowledge

Good consultative skills, strong analytical ability, and ability to work effectively with IT management and staff. Requires strong communication, technical teamwork, and interpersonal skills. Knowledge of information security program management and project management principles and techniques. Knowledge of Information Assurance principles. Knowledge of incident response and handling methodologies. Knowledge of intrusion detection methodologies and techniques for detecting host and network-based intrusions via intrusion detection technologies. Knowledge of network architecture concepts including topology, protocols, and components and knowledge of network management principles, models, and tools and knowledge of network security architecture, including the application of Defense-In-Depth principles. Knowledge of network traffic analysis methods. Knowledge of Open System Interconnection model. Knowledge of penetration testing tools and techniques (e.g., metasploit, neosploit, etc.). Knowledge of server administration and systems engineering theories, concepts, and methods and knowledge of server and client operating systems and knowledge of system administration concepts for Unix/Linux and/or Windows operating systems.

Experience

A College or University degree and/or relevant proven work experience in the area of Information Security is required. Industry certification such as CISSP, CISM, CISA, GIAC is preferred.

Salary Range

$114,500 - 194,700 USD

Salary 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.

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.

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

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.