at Northern Trust Company in Chicago, Illinois, United States
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.
Northern Trust - Digital Shared Services teams provide diverse set of capabilities to enable Northern Trust Application teams and Business Partners in the areas of Application Architecture, Development Accelerators, Shared Services API for common digital functions and Collaboration capabilities.
WHO YOU ARE
Very hands on Architect experienced in architecture and design and development of modern cloud applications. You are a thought leader, who is well versed with current technology trends. You are a team player with can do attitude and open for new ideas and collaboration.
You have:
- A College or University degree in Computer Science and/or relevant proven work experience
- Hands-on software development experience using development languages and open source frameworks like Java, .Net, Spring, etc.
- Significant experience with enterprise architecture patterns and best practices
- Hands on experience designing and building cloud-native applications using Pivotal Cloud Foundry's Application and Container Services as well as Azure; AWS and/or GCP experience a plus.
- Experience using Kubernetes/Docker and container related tooling
- Experience managing infrastructure as code using Terraform and/or CloudFormation
- Deep knowledge of Architecture Frameworks like TOGAF and/or Zachman
- Strong technology modeling skills (e.g. UML) along with associated practices like Domain Driven Design
- Knowledge of software development methodologies and tools like Agile (Kanban/Scrum), and GIT, Jira, Maven, Jenkins, etc.
- Experience with DevOps best practices and toolchain /pipeline automation; Github and Azure DevOps preferred.
- Knowledge of the financial services industry and in particular, a broad and deep understanding of products and services provided by Northern Trust is a plus.
- Strong knowledge of security frameworks and controls
- Analytical/problem-solving skills, leadership/organizational skills along with ability to operate in dynamic environment.
- Strong understanding of nonfunctional requirements and SRE principles
- Ability to develop strong relationships with stake holders and mentor team members
- Knowledge of building solutions using Box.com
WHAT YOU WILL DO
As an Architect, you will partner with Infrastructure teams, Application development teams, Enterprise Architecture, Business Partners and Vendors to provide Solution Architecture and leadership to application development teams in the following.
Strategy
- Creation of the Cloud / Technology Architecture Strategies
- Influence the strategy and vision of senior decision makers through articulated communications and presentations.
- Ensures alignment between Technology & Business strategies
Roadmaps
- Delivery of the multi-year Cloud / Technology Architecture Roadmaps
- Influence project portfolios towards implementation of the target state
- Reviews investment spend to ensure alignment with target state...
Equal Opportunity Employer - minorities/females/veterans/individuals with disabilities/sexual orientation/gender identity
