Job Description

About Northern Trust:

Northern Trust, a Fortune 500 company, is a globally recognized, award-winning financial institution that has been in continuous operation since 1889.

Northern Trust is proud to provide innovative financial services and guidance to the world’s most successful individuals, families, and institutions by remaining true to our enduring principles of service, expertise, and integrity. With more than 130 years of financial experience and over 22,000 partners, we serve the world’s most sophisticated clients using leading technology and exceptional service.

As part of Northern Trust’s Global Threat Technology team, the AI Security Engineer will be responsible for delivering AI-enabled engineering solutions, cyber automation capabilities, and DevSecOps transformation initiatives within the Security Operations environment. The engineer will also support our Azure security engineering and cloud infrastructure, ensuring stability and adherence to governance.

Responsibilities

• Build and operationalize AI agents and intelligent automation tooling.
• Automate cloud deployments, including network, storage, compute, and monitoring resources.
• Hands on experience and implementing scalable log ingestion and data pipeline solutions, including migration and onboarding of complex , different data sources across security platform.
• Drive the adoption of Infrastructure as Code (IaC) frameworks and best practices using tools such as Terraform, ARM Templates
• Implement CI/CD pipelines for automated deployment, testing, and management of infrastructure.
• Mentor and guide junior engineers in Azure best practices, IaC, and cloud architecture design.
• Design and implement robust security practices and policies in line with Azure’s security standards (e.g., Azure Security Center, Key Vault, etc.).

ExperienceQualifications

• Proven hands-on experience in designing, implementing, and managing Azure cloud infrastructure.
• Experience with architecting, designing and building AI Agents.
• Expertise in Azure services including Compute, Networking, Storage, Security, and Monitoring.
• Strong experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools such as Terraform, ARM Templates.
• Proven experience in setting up CI/CD pipelines for cloud-based infrastructure deployments.
• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field (or equivalent work experience).

Skills & Competencies:

• Exceptional communication skills, both written and verbal.
• Strong problem-solving and analytical skills.
• Ability to adapt to changing requirements in a fast-paced environment.
• Proactive approach to continuous learning and self-improvement.
• Familiarity with DevOps practices and tools like Git, Ansible, or Docker.
• Experience with containerization and Kubernetes within Azure (AKS).

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 MyHRHelp@ntrs.com

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.