Technology Cyber Resiliency Architect

About Northern Trust

As a global leader in innovative wealth management, asset servicing, asset management and banking services, Northern Trust (Nasdaq: NTRS) is proud to guide the world’s most successful individuals, families, corporations and institutions.

Since 1889, we have aligned our efforts with our three guiding Principles That Endure: Service, Expertise, and Integrity. Together, they reflect the three cornerstones of business conduct which we strive to instill in our employees, whom we call partners, and to provide to our clients and the communities we serve worldwide.

With more than 135 years of financial experience and over 24,000 partners, we serve the world’s most sophisticated clients using leading technology and exceptional service.

The Sr Principal Solutions Consultant – Cyber Resiliency sits at the intersection of Cyber Security, Infrastructure & Cloud Engineering, and Resiliency Engineering. The role leads the design, engineering, and validation of enterprise cyber resilience capabilities across the firm's global technology estate — developing severe-but-plausible cyber scenarios, integrated end-to-end recovery playbooks, and enterprise-wide recovery validation strategies. Partnering closely with Cyber Security, Infrastructure Engineering, Application & Data Engineering, and the Global Command Center, this position ensures Tier-0 and mission-critical services can recover from destructive cyber events while meeting global regulatory expectations for operational resilience.

Enterprise Cyber Resilience Architecture

• Define and lead enterprise cyber resilience architecture patterns across on-prem, private cloud, public cloud (AWS, Azure), and critical SaaS providers
• Design capabilities including:

• Isolated Recovery Environments (IRE) / Clean Room Recovery
• Cyber vault and immutable backup architectures
• Point-in-Time Recovery (PiTR) strategies
• Identity and access recovery mechanisms

• Ensure resilience is embedded into Tier-0 architecture and design standards

Cyber Scenario Engineering

• Develop severe-but-plausible cyber-attack scenarios aligned to real-world threats: ransomware, identity compromise, data corruption, cloud control plane compromise, and supply chain attacks
• Translate scenarios into end-to-end recovery execution models across infrastructure, applications, and data layers

Integrated Recovery Playbooks

• Lead development of cyber recovery playbooks orchestrating response across Cyber Security, Infrastructure, Application teams, Business Continuity, and Global Command Center
• Define recovery sequencing, escalation paths, clean data validation, and operational command structures
• Ensure playbooks are actionable, tested, and executable under crisis conditions

Cyber Tabletop Exercises & Validation

• Design and facilitate enterprise cyber recovery tabletop exercises and simulations
• Validate end-to-end recovery execution, cross-team coordination, RTO achievement, and data integrity
• Capture lessons learned and drive continuous improvement

Gap Identification & Resilience Uplift

• Identify systemic gaps and failure points across cyber recovery capabilities
• Manage a cyber resilience gap remediation backlog
• Partner with engineering teams to implement architectural improvements, enhance recovery automation, and strengthen identity and infrastructure resilience
• Track and report resilience maturity improvements

Tier-0 & Third-Party Alignment

• Ensure Tier-0 and critical business services have defined recovery strategies, validated playbooks, and mapped dependencies
• Assess and validate cyber recovery capabilities of critical third-party vendors and SaaS providers; integrate into enterprise recovery strategies

Architecture Governance & RIG Alignment

• Participate in Architecture Review Boards (ARBs) to enforce cyber resilience standards
• Contribute to Resiliency Implementation Guidelines (RIGs) and enterprise patterns
• Ensure new solutions meet enterprise cyber recovery requirements

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS & TECHNICAL EXPERTISE

Experience

• 12+ years across infrastructure architecture, cloud engineering, cyber security engineering, and resiliency / disaster recovery engineering
• Large-scale enterprise or financial services environments
• Proven track record designing cyber recovery or disaster recovery architectures

Infrastructure & Platforms

• Data center architecture: compute, storage, virtualization
• Backup and recovery platforms

Cloud

• AWS and/or Azure — hybrid cloud architectures

Security

• Cyber incident response
• Identity and access management
• Threat and attack vectors

Data Protection & Resilience

• Backup / restore, immutable storage, point-in-time recovery
• DR architectures, cyber vault / clean room recovery
• Dependency mapping and failure analysis

Architecture & Leadership Skills

• Ability to design enterprise-scale recovery architectures
• Strong systems thinking and dependency mapping
• Experience developing technical playbooks and recovery procedures
• Ability to lead cross-functional technical initiatives

Preferred Qualifications

• GSIB or highly regulated financial institution experience
• Experience designing Isolated Recovery Environments (IRE)
• Experience running enterprise cyber tabletop exercises
• Familiarity with operational resilience regulatory frameworks

Cyber resilience architecture

Scenario engineering & testing

Enterprise recovery orchestration

Cross-domain technical leadership

Crisis response coordination

Continuous improvement & gap remediation

This role ensures the firm can withstand and rapidly recover from destructive cyber events — protecting critical business services, safeguarding client data, and meeting global regulatory expectations for operational resilience. Through cyber scenario engineering, recovery playbook leadership, and cross-domain collaboration, the Sr Principal Solutions Consultant – Cyber Resiliency establishes and continuously strengthens the firm's cyber recovery posture.

Salary Range:

$164,600 - 288,000 USD

Salary range is a good faith estimate of base pay. Northern Trust provides a comprehensive benefits package including 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, and other voluntary and well-being benefits. Northern Trust also provides a discretionary bonus program that may include an equity component.

Work Authorization

Applicants must be authorized to work in the U.S. without the need for employment-based visa sponsorship now or in the future. Northern Trust will not sponsor applicants for U.S. work visa status for this opportunity (no sponsorship is available for H-1B, L-1, TN, O-1, E-3, H-1B1, F-1, J-1, OPT, CPT or any other employment-based visa).

Working with Us

As a Northern Trust partner, you will be part of a flexible and collaborative work culture, which has a strong history of financial strength and stability. Movement within the organization is encouraged, senior leaders are accessible, and you can take pride in working for a company committed to an inclusive workplace and assisting the communities we serve.

Philanthropy is deeply rooted in Northern Trust’s history and is an essential element of our culture. Employees around the world give their time and talent to work for the greater good of their communities.

Reasonable Accommodation

Northern Trust is committed to working with and providing adjustments to individuals with health conditions and disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the employment process, please email our HR Service Center at MyHRHelp@ntrs.com, or alternatively you can discuss your individual requirements with the recruiter you are working with.