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Sr Lead Cyber Security Engineering

Northern Trust
Chicago, IL Posted Jul 20, 2026
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Sr Lead Cyber Security Engineering

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Sr Lead Cyber Security Engineering

About Northern Trust

As a global leader in innovative wealth management, asset servicing, asset management and banking services, Northern Trust (Nasdaq: NTRS) is proud to guide the world’s most successful individuals, families, corporations and institutions. Since 1889, we have aligned our efforts with our three guiding Principles That Endure: Service, Expertise, and Integrity. 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. With 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. We are seeking a highly skilled Tech lead with deeper expertise in various security products, authentication, authorization, access management, governance. As a key member of Workforce Authentication and Authorization team you lead a team to play a vital role in ensuring the secure implementation of various solutions (Hybrid and Cloud).

Requirements/Responsibilities

-Lead Identity centric Workforce Security solutions team to develop authentication and access management solutions -Drive the development of identity solutions, access patterns, modern security protocols, practicing Zero trust, least privileged, defense in depth principles -Review and provide feedback on Identity and access management related security solutions proposed by stakeholders and can provide consultation to the partners and IT Management -In-depth knowledge and experience on Entra ID, EPM, Sentinel, Azure, AWS Security -Knowledge on Okta, PingFederate, Entitlement management solutions -Strong knowledge on Identities management on Azure AD with OAuth, OIDC, SAML, SSO, MFA, Conditional access policies, MFA, Kerberos, LDAP, Identity Federations etc. -Experience in providing security solutions for Java based Micro services, React based frontends and Android/iOS based mobile applications on the Azure -Hands-of experience in JWT, session handling, Code signing, Certificate authentication, TLS/SSL, API Security, Application registration, application integration scenarios etc. -Awareness of API Management, Firewalls, DLP, VPNs, DNS, Azure Defender, MCAS, Sentinel, WAFs, Application Gateways, NSGs, App Proxy, Radius clusters, CDN etc. -Good understanding of Cloud Infrastructure Entitlement Management solution (CIEM) to ensure smooth remediation of toxic combinations, high risk entitlements etc. -Understanding and application of threat modeling concepts and methodologies -Understanding of Applications security, OWASP standards, security best practices, browser compatibilities/storages/cookies -Acts as Workforce cybersecurity expert to in solutions spanning end user computing, pro

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