Sr. Associate, Threat and Vulnerability

Northern Trust • Chicago, IL

8d • $88,900 - $151,100

About The Position

The Threat & Vulnerability Analyst is responsible for identifying and assessing cyber threats, vulnerabilities, and exposures that may impact Northern Trust's business operations, technology platforms, and regulatory obligations. The role partners with Vulnerability Management, Security Operations, Threat Intelligence, Infrastructure, Cloud Security, Application Security, and Risk teams to ensure vulnerabilities are prioritized and remediated based on risk. The successful candidate will transform vulnerability data into actionable recommendations, helping the organization proactively reduce cyber risk.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Cyber Security, Computer Science, Information Technology, or related discipline.
• 3-5 years of experience in cyber security, vulnerability management, threat intelligence, security operations, or related fields.
• Experience analyzing vulnerabilities and security risks within large enterprise environments.
• Understanding of common attack methodologies and cyber threat actor behaviors.
• Familiarity with vulnerability scoring methodologies such as CVSS.
• Experience with vulnerability management platforms such as Zafran, Qualys, Microsoft Defender Vulnerability Management, or equivalent.
• Understanding of cloud security principles across Azure, AWS, or Google Cloud.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills.
• 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).

Responsibilities

• Analyze vulnerability scanning results across infrastructure, cloud, endpoints, applications, and container environments.
• Assess new vulnerabilities, CVEs, and security advisories to determine organizational exposure.
• Prioritize remediation using CVSS, exploitability, threat intelligence, business criticality, and asset context.
• Track remediation activities and provide reporting on vulnerability reduction initiatives.
• Support validation and verification of remediation efforts.
• Identify and assess attack paths and security weaknesses across the enterprise environment.
• Support Continuous Threat Exposure Management (CTEM) activities and exposure reduction programs.
• Analyze internal and external attack surface risks.
• Assist with developing and maintaining threat-informed vulnerability remediation strategies.
• Monitor and assess emerging cyber threats, adversary activity, and industry trends relevant to the financial services sector.
• Evaluate threat intelligence feeds, industry reports, and vulnerability disclosures.
• Analyze threat actor tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs) and determine potential impact to Northern Trust.
• Work closely with SOC, Threat Intelligence, Penetration Testing, Infrastructure, Cloud Engineering, Application Security, and Risk teams.
• Support remediation discussions with technology owners and business stakeholders.
• Participate in cyber security projects and continuous improvement initiatives.

Benefits

• 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
• other voluntary and well-being benefits
• discretionary bonus program that may include an equity component

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level