Lead - Security Architecture
Role Overview
The Security Architect drives security initiatives and aligns organizational security needs and controls with business goals.
The role works with business stakeholders, security functions, enterprise architecture, technology infrastructure, and cloud engineering teams.
Key Skills for This Role
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About Northern Trust
Northern Trust provides wealth management, asset servicing, asset management, and banking services.
The organization has more than 135 years of financial experience and serves clients worldwide.
Role Overview
The Security Architect drives security initiatives and aligns organizational security needs and controls with business goals.
The role works with business stakeholders, security functions, enterprise architecture, technology infrastructure, and cloud engineering teams.
Core Responsibilities
- Define security requirements and evaluate candidate security solutions.
- Design security solutions and lead development of standards, reference architectures, patterns, and guidelines.
- Assess security controls and drive remediation of non-compliance.
- Review threat models, security designs, configurations, baselines, and technical standards.
- Help establish enterprise information security architecture and evaluate proposed technology solutions.
Experience and Qualifications
- At least 10 years of IT experience, including at least 6 years in security and solution architecture.
- At least 3 years of experience with IaaS, PaaS, or SaaS cloud delivery platforms.
- Experience leading enterprise-wide security initiatives and working with enterprise architecture practices.
- Experience authoring security standards, reference architectures, patterns, and guidelines.
- Hands-on cloud security architecture or engineering experience with Azure, GCP, AWS, or equivalent certification.
- A BE or BTech degree and relevant work experience are required.
- CISSP or equivalent certification is required.
Technical Knowledge
- Knowledge of NIST, CSA CCM, or CIS Critical Security Controls.
- In-depth knowledge of OWASP Top 10 and CWE Top 25 with remediation experience.
- Understanding of artificial intelligence and emerging technologies, including generative AI, deep learning, and guardrails.
- Experience with Microsoft Threat Model, SD Element, or other threat modeling tools is beneficial.
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