Lead-Tech.RiskandControl-CloudRisk

**_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. Northern Trust Technology Risk & Control function is responsible for enabling Global Information Technology to build a strong 1st Line of Defense, foster a control aware culture, deliver compliant and secure technology capabilities, protect customers and meet regulatory requirements. The Cloud Risk and Control Officer Lead is part of the Infrastructure and InfoSec Control Officer Team; responsible for embedding risk management into cloud strategy, engineering, and operations, enabling informed risk-based decision-making aligned with Northern Trust’s risk appetite. The position will drive holistic risk visibility across cloud adoption, combining control effectiveness, metrics, and forward-looking risk insights to strengthen technology resilience and regulatory compliance. The role will work directly with Infrastructure, infosec, architecture, and business units teams. **_Major Duties_** _:_ Act as a **trusted advisor** to cloud engineering, DevOps, and platform teams on risk identification, control design, and risk mitigation strategies. Provide proactive consultation during cloud adoption, migration, and transformation initiatives (e.g., AWS, private cloud platforms). Translate technical cloud architectures into risk narratives, control expectations, and residual risk assessments. Advise and support risk and control assessments for core cloud service; including infrastructure, platform, and Sa