Northern Trust
Financial Services
SrLead,CyberSecEng
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“Sr Lead, Cyber Sec Eng at Northern Trust. Skills: AI Security, Data Protection, Microsoft Purview, Microsoft Defender. Drive secure enablement of Microsoft 365 Copilot. Drive secure enablement of enterprise AI capabilities”
Industry & Context.
Troubleshoot controls; Root cause analysis
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
College degree or equivalent experience, Hands-on experience administering Microsoft Purview, Hands-on experience administering Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps, Knowledge of data governance, Knowledge of DLP technologies, Knowledge of information security best practices, Scripting and automation experience, Experience with ServiceNow incident management, Experience with ServiceNow change management
Nice to Have
Experience with M365 services, Experience with Sentinel, Experience with Zscaler, Experience with Symantec DLP, Microsoft Security/Compliance certifications, CISSP certification, CISM certification, CISA certification, SANS certification
What You'll Do.
Drive secure enablement of Microsoft 365 Copilot
Drive secure enablement of enterprise AI capabilities
Design data protection controls
Implement data protection controls
Operate data protection controls
Design compliance controls
Implement compliance controls
Operate compliance controls
Troubleshoot controls
Support production changes
Design Copilot-related controls
Implement Copilot-related controls
Review Copilot platform configurations
Secure Copilot platform configurations
Develop operational runbooks
Provide guidance to stakeholders
Track delivery using Azure DevOps
Contribute to Copilot readiness
Contribute to Zero Trust alignment
Contribute to governance activities
Define Copilot-protected labels
Implement Copilot-protected labels
Prevent unauthorized content ingestion
Expand browser DLP protections
Expand endpoint DLP protections
Establish AI risk use cases
Establish AI risk alerting
Establish AI risk workflows
Operationalize DSPM for AI reporting
Remediate oversharing
Reassess AI data exposure
Support AI governance processes
Conduct risk assessments for AI
Maintain decision logs for AI
Report to AI stakeholders
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Partnering across Security; Partnering across Compliance; Partnering across Privacy; Partnering across M365 teams
Full 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. **Sr Lead, Cybersecurity Engineering** **Job Description** Seeking an individual contributor Sr Lead to drive secure enablement of Microsoft 365 Copilot and enterprise AI capabilities within the Data Protection Control Engineering team. This role is responsible for designing, implementing, and operating AI-related data protection and compliance controls using Microsoft Purview, Defender, and M365 security services. The Sr Lead will act as a hands-on technical expert, partnering across Security, Compliance, Privacy, and M365 teams to reduce AI-driven data risk while enabling productivity at scale. **Key Responsibilities** Serve as hands-on technical lead for Copilot and AI security controls across Microsoft Purview, Defender, and M365. Configure, deploy, troubleshoot, and operate controls in ENT and ENTUAT environments; support production changes via approved change windows. Design and implement Copilot-related controls spanning Information Protection labeling, DLP, Endpoint DLP, Insider Risk, Communication Compliance, Data Lifecycle Management, and DSPM for AI. Review and secure Copilot platform configurations including web grounding, agents, connectors, transcripts, and retention settings. Develop alerting, monitoring, automation, and operational runbooks to ensure stability and audit readiness. Act as subject matter expert, providing guidance to engineering, operations, and governance stakeh
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