Cyber Security Engineer: Zero Trust Management Consultant

4 weeks ago

Chicago, Illinois, United States Northern Trust Full time
About Northern Trust:

Northern Trust is a globally recognized financial institution with a rich history dating back to 1889. As a Fortune 500 company, we provide innovative financial services and guidance to the world's most successful individuals, families, and institutions.

We pride ourselves on our enduring principles of service, expertise, and integrity, which have enabled us to remain true to our values for over 130 years.

With a global presence and over 22,000 partners, we serve the world's most sophisticated clients using leading technology and exceptional service.

Description of role and key responsibilities:

The Zero Trust Management Consultant will report to the Sr. Director of Cyber Security and serve as a Subject Matter Expert in Zero Trust networking security.

This is a consultation role with a primary focus of consulting with application developers, network architects, and engineering teams to better secure Northern Trust's and their client's resources by leveraging Zero Trust methodologies.

The ideal candidate will have experience working in high-impact, mission-critical environments, where service matters, and exceeding expectations is the norm.

Key responsibilities:

  • Review and identify gaps in existing metadata accuracy as it relates to Zero Trust initiatives.
  • Consult with data stewards to update or create processes to enhance metadata usability.
  • Create Zero Trust frameworks and guidelines for architecture and engineering teams to leverage.
  • Review existing network architecture to determine placement and configurations of existing controls, identify ways to circumvent existing controls, and recommend ways to enhance existing controls by way of configuration updates or solution placement.
  • Suggest products or services to further information security objectives.
  • Provide training on Zero Trust concepts and best practices to application owners, Project Managers, Security Champions, and other IT Teams.
  • Participate in vendor Proof of Concepts for the purpose of determining useability and interoperability with existing controls.

Core Skills & Experience:

The ideal candidate will have a minimum of 10+ years of experience in network security solutions consulting within a global enterprise-scale organization (5,000-50,000 users) with both traditional datacenters and Cloud.

Considerable first-hand experience of design engineering and building resilient and scalable security solutions, ideally within finance or investment banking.

Strong understanding of Layer 2, Layer 3 & Layer 4-7 network and security technologies, and how various solutions combine to provide a Zero Trust infrastructure.

Cybersecurity principles, global financial services business models, as well as regional compliance standards, relevant local regulations, and applicable laws.

The concepts of risk and compliance and how to translate these into effective security solutions.

Appreciation of automation and orchestration and will have experience of scripting against an API.

Familiar with a variety of testing tools, networking technologies and techniques to enable an understanding of complex technical problems associated with the service, application and network hardware and software.

Technical Skills & Experience:

The ideal candidate will have expert knowledge and experience in several of the following areas and how they contribute to a Zero Trust Network Security framework:

  • NGFW platforms and management tools
  • Network Access Control
  • Application Delivery & Load balancers
  • Public and Private cloud security
  • Workflow automation
  • Routing and switching
  • WAN Optimization
  • DNS, IPAM and DHCP

Technical Certification:

It is desirable and advantageous to have certification or demonstrable working experience with the following:

  • Check Point
  • Zscaler
  • F5
  • Illumio

Personal Attributes:

The ideal candidate will be highly organized and have proven ability to operate well under pressure, working to tight deadlines.

Have good problem management and customer service skills.

A positive attitude and be capable of remaining positive even when under immense pressure.

Able to work with global teams to deliver projects, often at pace and under challenging circumstances.

High professional standards, who never accepts the status-quo; who challenges why things are done the way they are.

Strong communicator, both written and verbal.

Discourage hero culture and ensure the team always comes before the individual, although always ensuring for the welfare of staff at all times.

Always act with integrity and embrace the philosophy of treating our customers fairly (compulsory).

Embrace the philosophy and principles of group IT.

Understand and apply Northern Trust's working practices, policies and procedures.

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

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.

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