Principal, SW Dev Ops Eng

About Northern Trust
As a global leader in innovative wealth management, asset servicing, asset management and banking services, Northern Trust (Nasdaq: NTRS) is proud to guide the world’s most successful individuals, families, corporations and institutions.
Since 1889, we have aligned our efforts with our three guiding Principles That Endure: Service, Expertise, and Integrity. Together, they reflect the three cornerstones of business conduct which we strive to instill in our employees, whom we call partners, and to provide to our clients and the communities we serve worldwide.
With more than 135 years of financial experience and over 24,000 partners, we serve the world’s most sophisticated clients using leading technology and exceptional service.
Sr. Cloud DevOps Engineer will be aligned to our Cloud/Platform Scrum team and will support across all Domain Teams to enhance and maintain our existing Pipelines for Wealth Passport our Global Family Office (GFO) SaaS solution.
This role is responsible for designing, building, and maintaining scalable cloud infrastructure using Azure and Pivotal Cloud Foundry. Key duties include creating automated CI/CD pipelines with GitHub Actions, managing containerization and orchestration through Docker and Kubernetes, and implementing Infrastructure as Code with Terraform. The position ensures system reliability through comprehensive monitoring and logging, collaborates effectively with offshore teams, and bridges Development and Operations to enable secure, efficient software delivery. Strategic automation, robust security, and alignment with business objectives are central focus areas.
MAJOR DUTIES:
Cloud Architecture & Management: Design, deploy, manage scalable infrastructure on Azure using services like AKS/FrontDoor/Key Vaults/APIM/App Gateway etc.
CI/CD & Automation: Develop and maintain automated build, test, and deployment pipelines (GitHub Actions and Gradle).
Infrastructure as Code (IaC): Provision and manage infrastructure using Terraform.
Containerization: Manage containerized applications with Docker and orchestrate them with Kubernetes (Centralized AKS).
Monitoring & Observability: Implement monitoring, logging (Dynatrace and Azure Monitor) and alerting for production systems.
Security: Implement security best practices, encryption, and controls at the infrastructure and pipeline levels.
Collaboration & Mentorship: Work cross-functionally with dev/ops teams, lead technical initiatives.
Performance & Reliability: Troubleshoot issues, optimize performance, and ensure high availability (SRE principles).
KNOWLEDGE/SKILLS:
Bachelor’s degree or equivalent.
At least 5 years of DevOps/Software Engineering, proven track record with complex systems working within a distributed cross-functional team.
Proficient with Terraform
Cloud: Deep expertise in Azure.
DevOps Tools: Proficient in CI/CD tools, GitHub, Gradle, Maven, Docker, Kubernetes.
Scripting/Languages: Python, Go, Java, Bash scripting.
Networking: Solid grasp of TCP/IP, DNS, Load Balancers.
Experience with Relational databases: Azure SQL, Snowflake, Oracle
Non-relational databases: Redis
Messaging: Confluent Kafka
Hands-on experience with Docker and Kubernetes
Able to organize, moderate, and demonstrate value-added principles and practices to the teams.
Experience mitigating Sonar, Checkmarx, CAST scans.
Experience with continuous integration and test-driven development practices, test automation and tools.
Empowered self-starter comfortable to take the lead and manage multiple initiatives with ability to effectively collaborate across teams and departments.
Knowledge and experience in tools such Azure DevOps/Dashboards and Confluence a plus.
Experience in the financial servi