Cyber Security Engineer: Zero Trust Management Specialist

7 days ago


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

Northern Trust is a globally recognized financial institution with a rich history spanning over 130 years. As a Fortune 500 company, we provide innovative financial services and guidance to the world's most successful individuals, families, and institutions.

We take pride in our enduring principles of service, expertise, and integrity, which have enabled us to maintain our position as a leader in the industry.

Principal – Cyber Security Engineer: Zero Trust Management Consultant

This role requires an experienced cybersecurity expert who can serve as a Subject Matter Expert in Zero Trust networking security. The ideal candidate will have a strong understanding of Zero Trust methodologies and be able to consult with application developers, network architects, and engineering teams to secure Northern Trust's and their client's resources.

The successful candidate will have experience working in high-impact, mission-critical environments where service matters and exceeding expectations is the norm. They will thrive in critical problem-solving, enjoy providing Subject Matter Expertise (SME) to teams working on critical projects, and have a proven track record of success.

Key Responsibilities
  • Review existing metadata accuracy related to Zero Trust initiatives and identify gaps for improvement.
  • Collaborate with data stewards to update or create processes enhancing metadata usability.
  • Develop Zero Trust frameworks and guidelines for architecture and engineering teams to leverage.
  • Assess existing network architecture to determine placement and configurations of controls, identify ways to circumvent controls, and recommend enhancements.
  • 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 to determine usability and interoperability with existing controls.
Core Skills & Experience
  • A minimum 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 designing engineering and building resilient 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 experience scripting against an API.
  • Familiarity 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 areas contributing 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

Desirable technology platforms include Check Point, Fortinet, Tufin, Forescout, Cisco ISE, F5, Netscaler, Infoblox, Microsoft Active Directory, CyberArk, Azure log analytics, Akamai CDN, Illumio, Zscaler, Python, PowerShell, Ansible, Terraform, Azure and AWS native firewall and load balancing.

Technical Certification

Check Point, Zscaler, F5, Illumio, CISSP, CCSK, ITILv3 foundation or higher certification is desirable.

Personal Attributes
  • Highly organized and able to operate under pressure, working to tight deadlines.
  • Good problem management and customer service skills.
  • A positive attitude and ability to remain positive even under immense pressure.
  • Able to work with global teams to deliver projects, often at pace and under challenging circumstances.
  • High professional standards, never accepting the status quo; always challenging 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, while ensuring staff welfare at all times.
  • Always act with integrity and treat customers fairly.
  • Understand and apply Northern Trust's working practices, policies, and procedures.
Compensation

The estimated salary range for this role is $120,000 - $180,000 per year, depending on location and experience.



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