Head of Security Architecture

1 day ago


Pune, Maharashtra, India Northern Trust Full time ₹ 12,00,000 - ₹ 36,00,000 per year

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.

The Regional Head of Security Architecture and Engineering is a senior technical member of the security organization and will play a pivotal role in guiding and setting direction for the company's security architectural and strategic activities. You will ensure that all acquired or developed systems and architectures align with the company's Information Security policies, standards, and guidelines. Your responsibilities will involve performing security reviews, identifying gaps, developing risk management plans, and delivering strategic goals for technology infrastructure. This role requires a blend of deep technical knowledge with hands-on experience, strategic vision, and effective communication skills to guide and influence security practices and architectural decisions within the organization.

Responsibilities
Key Responsibilities:

  • Security Architecture Guidance:

  • Serve as the senior technical expert in security architecture.

  • Provide guidance and set direction for security-related architectural and strategic activities.

  • Security Reviews and Risk Management:

  • Conduct Security Architecture reviews to ensure alignment with company policies and standards.

  • Collaborate with stakeholders to perform security reviews, identify gaps, and develop risk management plans and recommendations.

  • Strategic Development:

  • Develop long-term strategic goals for technology infrastructure services.

  • Evaluate security architectures and designs to ensure they meet business objectives.

  • Reference Architectures:

  • Develop and document secure by design reference architectures.

  • Define protection needs, security controls, and governance frameworks for managing technology.

  • Security Control Assessment:

  • Assess security controls for software, applications, and systems within the company.

Basic Required Qualifications

  • Technical Expertise:

  • Extensive experience in technical infrastructure security assessments and design.

  • Ability to conduct research into emerging technologies, standards, and products.

  • Knowledge Areas:

  • Applications, networks, firewall, storage, and IDM concepts (e.g., authentication, message scanning, privacy, cryptography).

  • Cloud Infrastructures
  • Industry-standard and organizational risk analysis principles.
  • Enterprise IT architectural concepts and patterns.
  • Ability to determine how security systems should operate and their resilience.
  • Understanding of IT/risk management techniques.

Required Skills And Qualifications

  • Deep expertise in cybersecurity principles, including network security, application security, identity and access management, data protection, and threat intelligence.
  • Proven experience designing and implementing complex security architectures across diverse technology environments.
  • Strong leadership and team management skills with the ability to motivate and develop technical talent.
  • Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills to effectively collaborate with cross-functional teams.
  • Knowledge of relevant security certifications (e.g., CISSP, CISA, CISM) preferred

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

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.

About Our Pune Office
The Northern Trust Pune office, established in 2016, is now home to over 3,000 employees. The office handles various functions, including Operations for Asset Servicing and Wealth Management, as well as delivering critical technology solutions that support business operations across the globe.

Our Pune team takes our commitment to service to heart. In 2024, they volunteered more than 10,000+ hours into the communities where they live and work. Learn more.



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