Principal, Security Engineering and Operations
Northern Trust7 days ago
Limerick, IrelandStaff+
Responsibilities
- Set technical direction and serve as the authority for enterprise security platform engineering and operational governance.
- Design, engineer, coordinate, and operate IPS, next-generation firewall, vulnerability management, SASE/SSE, secure web gateway, CASB, SaaS protection, remote access, browser isolation, AI gateway, and ServiceNow capabilities.
- Define engineering patterns, implementation standards, operational runbooks, maturity models, and assurance metrics.
- Own platform health, upgrades, capacity, resilience, lifecycle management, and vendor escalations.
- Measure coverage, control effectiveness, SLA adherence, tool health, control performance, and risk reduction.
- Support PCI-DSS, SOX, GLBA, OCC, and FFIEC audits and regulatory examinations through traceable, repeatable control evidence.
- Lead capability evaluations, proofs of concept, and tool rationalization efforts.
- Coordinate security initiatives across engineering, infrastructure, application, risk, audit, and operations teams.
- Mentor engineers, brief senior stakeholders, document technical decisions, and drive alignment without direct authority.
Requirements
- 15+ years of experience in information technology, cybersecurity, cloud, infrastructure, network security, or platform engineering, with ownership of enterprise-scale security platforms.
- Deep hands-on experience with at least one SSE/SASE platform, including ZTNA, secure web gateway policy, segmentation, connector architecture, and operating model design.
- Working knowledge of IPS and next-generation firewall platforms, including signature tuning.
- Strong knowledge of TCP/IP, routing, DNS, TLS/PKI, proxies, IPsec/GRE tunneling, and network segmentation.
- Experience with vulnerability management tooling and integrations with ServiceNow, SIEM platforms, and enterprise reporting workflows.
- Experience with identity integration using SAML/OIDC, Entra ID, and conditional access.
- Scripting and API experience with Python, PowerShell, and REST/JSON.
- Demonstrated ability to set technical direction, influence without direct authority, mentor engineers, and balance security, reliability, usability, and compliance.
- Experience working in regulated environments with control evidence, operational resilience, risk acceptance, issue management, and audit or regulatory response.
- Preferred experience with AI/LLM security controls, AI gateways, prompt-injection defenses, OWASP Top 10 for LLM Applications, MITRE ATLAS, ServiceNow Vulnerability Response or USEM, low-code automation, Terraform/IaC, and financial services.
- Applicants must have the right to work in Ireland for the duration of employment.
Benefits
- Flexible and collaborative work culture with accessible senior leaders and opportunities for internal movement.
- Inclusive workplace with reasonable accommodation support for health conditions and disabilities.
- Northern Trust supports employee philanthropy and community involvement.
- Northern Trust is unable to provide employment permit sponsorship for this role, including Critical Skills, General Employment, Intra-Company Transfer, Stamp 1G, and other Irish employment permits.
About Northern Trust
Northern Trust is a financial services company that provides asset servicing (custody and fund administration), asset management, wealth management, and banking/treasury services to institutions, corporations, and affluent families. Its business model centers on fees for assets under custody/administration and management, plus banking services. Founded in 1889 and headquartered in Chicago, it is publicly traded on Nasdaq (NTRS) and serves clients across the Americas, EMEA, and APAC.