Northern Trust · 1 month ago
Cyber Security Principal Architect
Chicago, IL
Full-time
Onsite
Lead/Staff
$137K/yr - $234K/yrNorthern Trust is a globally recognized financial institution that has been in continuous operation since 1889. The Cyber Security Principal Architect will provide oversight and delivery of services and projects, ensuring the development of innovative technology solutions while maintaining system availability and efficiency.
BankingFinanceFinancial ServicesWealth Management
Responsibilities
Provide planning, development, organization, monitoring, oversight and delivery of services and projects. Develops quality deliverables including codes, unit tests, and support documentation
Provide application architectural and big picture oversight for development of new or enhanced technology solutions
Assists architect in the technical design and other team members with their development efforts. Technical support through Development, Testing, and Deployment phases of projects
Reviews documents, processes or procedures, and recommends where automation or improvements can be implemented
Ensures that all supported systems and applications maintain the availability standard
Seasoned multi-disciplinary expert with extensive technical and / or business knowledge and functional expertise
Focus of role is on execution of strategic direction of business function activities
Carries out complex initiatives involving multiple disciplines and/or ambiguous issues
Displays a balanced, cross-functional perspective, liaising with the business to improve efficiency, effectiveness and productivity
Qualification
Required
A College or University degree and/or relevant proven work experience is required
Excellent oral and written communication skills are required
Knowledge of information security, software development, database systems and information technology concepts
Strong knowledge of IDM industry standards, awareness and understanding of IDM products in the market
Analytical and problem solving skills
Highly flexible and adaptable to change
Leadership and organizational skills are required to determine the Business Unit's goals, resources needed, and to assess and develop the skills of staff
Experience managing teams including architects, developers, QA, consultants etc., in large cross-functional team setting and large complex project scope
Strong enterprise technology experience involving J2EE stack, PCF cloud based architecture, DB Modeling
Experience in implementing IDM use cases like Identity processing, Access request, Access certification, Approval workflows, Provisioning connectors (like AD, LDAP, Exchange) etc
Preferred
Industry certification such as CISSP, CISM, CISA, Cisco, SANS, etc
Benefits
Retirement benefits (401k and pension)
Health and welfare benefits (medical, dental, vision, spending accounts and disability)
Paid time off
Parental and caregiver leave
Life & accident insurance
Other voluntary and well-being benefits
Discretionary bonus program that may include an equity component
Company
Northern Trust
Northern Trust is a global leader in delivering innovative investment management, asset and fund administration, fiduciary and banking.
Founded in 1889
10001+ employees
H1B Sponsorship
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$1.25B2025-11-20Post Ipo Debt· $1.25B
1978-01-13IPO
Leadership Team
Michael O'Grady
President, Chief Executive Officer & Director
Peter Cherecwich
Chief Operating Officer
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