CyberPurpleTeamOperator

**_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. # Position Overview: # The Purple Team operator will play a crucial role in our cybersecurity team by planning and executing threat actor emulations to assess Northern Trust’s exposure to the latest techniques, tactics and procedures. The ideal candidate will be responsible for developing, planning, and executing advanced intelligence-lead adversary simulations to identify cybersecurity gaps to improve overall defenses and detections. This role requires a deep understanding of threat actor tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs), and a passion for defending against evolving cyber threats. # Key Responsibilities: * # Perform intelligence led adversary simulation exercises. * # Provide recommendations to the security operations team for improving controls and defenses based on adversary simulation exercises. * # Assist Security Operations to continuously test and improve detection, logging, SIEM use cases, and incident response playbooks. * # Bridge the communication gap by translating technical findings into actionable risk metrics for executive shareholders * # Staying up-to date on the latest attack tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs) used by threat actors. * # Continuous improvement of the bank’s security posture by Identifying gaps in processes and technology and evaluating existing security controls. * # Develop reports that include technical findings, risk ratings, and strategic