VP, Head of Security Engineering and Threat Management

Wintrust provides community and commercial banking specialty finance and wealth management services through its 16 bank charters and nine non-bank businesses. Wintrust delivers the sophisticated solutions of a large bank while staying true to the relationship-focused personalized service of our community banking roots. We serve clients in all 50 states with more than 200 branch banking locations in Illinois southwestern Florida northwestern Indiana west Michigan and southern Wisconsin and commercial banking offices in Chicago Denver Milwaukee Grand Rapids Mich. and in key branch banking locations throughout Illinois. Our people are the heart of our business and we are proud to rank consistently as a top place to work. Wintrust is a $66 billion financial institution based in Rosemont Illinois and listed on the NASDAQ Global Select Market under the symbol WTFC.

Why join us

An award-winning culture! We are rated a Top Workplace by the Chicago Tribune (past 12 years) and Employee Recommended award by the Globe & Mail (past 6 years)

Competitive pay and discretionary or incentive bonus eligible

Comprehensive benefit package including medical dental vision life a 401k plan with a generous company match and tuition reimbursement to name a few

Promote from within culture

Why join this team

This position has the opportunity to interface with and have a positive impact on multiple areas of Wintrusts business

We hold ourselves accountable to high standards share wins operate ethically and have fun

Position Overview

The Head of Security Engineering and Threat Management reporting into the SVP Security Operations and Engineering is responsible for the development and execution of the strategic vision for Security Engineering Network Security and Threat Management. This position will help foster collaboration and partnerships across Information Security and Technology to enable a best in class capabilities tailored for Wintrust.

What Youll Do

Lead the enterprise Threat Management program by proactively identifying assessing and governance over vulnerability remediation across applications infrastructure and configurations

Oversee the design development deployment and maintenance of enterprise security technologies across endpoints servers mobile and messaging platforms ensuring resilient automated and scalable defense capabilities while integrating and maturing core security tools and platforms

Provide governance and oversight of IT Network protection controls such segmentation and firewall policy; lead the strategy and implementation of Security controls such as network detection and response (NDR) solutions to ensure secure connectivity and rapid detection of lateral movement or malicious traffic across the enterprise

Conduct hiring process to recruit qualified candidates and build a team ensuring effective onboarding

Qualifications

Bachelors degree or equivalent

7-10 years of experience

GWEB GWAPT and / or GDSA preferred

Benefits

Medical Insurance Dental Vision Life insurance Accidental death and dismemberment Short-term and long-term Disability Insurance Parental Leave Employee Assistance Program (EAP) Traditional and Roth 401(k) with company match Flexible Spending Account (FSA) Employee Stock Purchase Plan at 5% discount Critical Illness Insurance Accident Insurance Transportation and Commuting Benefits Banking Benefits Pet Insurance

Compensation

The estimated salary range for this role is $141000.00 - $190000.00 along with eligibility to earn an annual bonus. Actual salaries may vary based on several factors such as a candidates qualifications skills and experience.

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From our first day in business Wintrust has been proud to serve a variety of unique communities and people from all walks of life. To build a company that reflects the communities we serve we believe that fostering a unique and inclusive workplace where everyone feels valued and empowered to succeed will support our ongoing success. Wintrust Financial Corporation including community banking and financial services subsidiaries is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion sex age national origin disability veteran status genetic information and other legally protected categories.

Required Experience :

Exec

Key Skills

React Native,AI,Enterprise Software,React,Node.js,Redis,AWS,Software Development,IOS,Team Management,Product Development,Mobile Applications

Employment Type : Full-Time

Experience : years

Vacancy : 1

Monthly Salary Salary : 141000 - 190000