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.
This criteria targets a hybrid Senior DataStage Engineer/Platform Administrator. It emphasizes deep ETL knowledge, Information Server platform architecture, network load balancing, database operations (dsodb/xmeta), user/project administration, and extensive scripting and automation.
1. Core Platform & Architecture
- Platform Buildout & Installation: Proven experience architecting, installing, configuring, and upgrading IBM InfoSphere DataStage (v11.x+) environments.
- Network Load Balancing: Deep knowledge of network load balancing and clustering strategies to ensure high availability, horizontal scaling, and failover across DataStage engine tiers and Websphere clustered environments.
- Metadata & Repository Knowledge: Advanced SQL querying skills targeted at the Operations Database (dsodb) and Metadata Repository (xmeta DB) for monitoring performance, auditing jobs, and identify stages being used.
- Exposure to AI tools/usage in day-to-day work
- Demonstrates continuous learning and adoption of new technologies
2. DataStage Administration & Security
- User Roles & Authorization: Expertise in configuring DataStage user roles, permissions, and group policies using the WebSphere/Information Server Administration Console.
- Project Administration: Ability to create, manage, and configure DataStage projects, and handle DataStage server security.
3. Scripting, Automation & Programming
- UNIX / Linux and python Shell Scripting: High proficiency in Bash and python scripting for automation and performing server maintenance.
- Java Knowledge: Familiarity with Java for building custom user exit routine.
4. Advanced DataStage Knowledge
- ETL Pipeline Design: Extensive experience designing parallel jobs using complex stages (Transformer, Aggregator, Join, Lookup, etc.).
- Performance Tuning: Solid track record in performance tuning bottlenecks, handling large volume data sets, and partitioning strategies within parallel jobs.
- Job Orchestration: Expertise in designing parameter-driven, restartable, and auditable ETL workflows.
- Strong knowledge of infrastructure tools like Control-M, GitHub, Dynatrace, firewall, and load balancing
Working with Us:
As a Northern Trust partner, greater achievements await. You will be part of a flexible and collaborative work culture in an organization where financial strength and stability is an asset that emboldens us to explore new ideas.
Movement within the organization is encouraged, senior leaders are accessible, and you can take pride in working for a company committed to assisting the communities we serve! Join a workplace with a greater purpose.
We’d love to learn more about how your interests and experience could be a fit with one of the world’s most admired and sustainable companies! Build your career with us and apply today. #MadeForGreater
Reasonable accommodation
Northern Trust is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the employment process, please email our HR Service Center at [email protected].
We hope you’re excited about the role and the opportunity to work with us. We value an inclusive workplace and understand flexibility means different things to different people.
Apply today and talk to us about your flexible working requirements and together we can achieve greater.
About Our Pune Office
The Northern Trust Pune office, established in 2016, is now home to over 3,000 employees. The office handles various functions, including Operations for Asset Servicing and Wealth Management, as well as delivering critical technology solutions that support business operations across the globe.
Our Pune team takes our commitment to service to heart. In 2024, they volunteered more than 10,000+ hours into the communities where they live and work. Learn more.
Skills Required
- Proven experience architecting, installing, configuring, and upgrading IBM InfoSphere DataStage (v11.x+) environments
- Deep knowledge of network load balancing and clustering strategies for high availability and failover
- Advanced SQL querying skills against Operations Database (dsodb) and Metadata Repository (xmeta DB)
- Exposure to AI tools and usage in day-to-day work
- Experience configuring DataStage user roles, permissions, and group policies via WebSphere/Information Server Administration Console
- Ability to create, manage, and configure DataStage projects and handle server security
- High proficiency in UNIX/Linux administration and Bash and Python scripting for automation and server maintenance
- Familiarity with Java for building custom user exit routines
- Extensive experience designing parallel ETL jobs using complex stages (Transformer, Aggregator, Join, Lookup)
- Strong track record in performance tuning, partitioning strategies, and handling large-volume datasets
- Expertise in designing parameter-driven, restartable, auditable ETL workflows and job orchestration
- Experience with infrastructure tools such as Control-M, GitHub, Dynatrace, and network/firewall configuration
Northern Trust Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Northern Trust and has not been reviewed or approved by Northern Trust.
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Retirement Support — Retirement offerings are positioned as a standout, with a 401(k) plus an additional employer-funded pension described as a differentiator. This combination is repeatedly framed as a meaningful offset within total rewards, especially for long-term financial security.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Time-off benefits are depicted as generous, spanning paid time off, holidays, and dedicated paid volunteer time. The breadth of leave options is highlighted as a consistent strength that supports work-life balance.
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Healthcare Strength — Health coverage is characterized as comprehensive, typically including medical, dental, vision, and mental-health support through an assistance program. The offering is portrayed as robust and family-supportive, with multiple plan options in some descriptions.
Northern Trust Insights
What We Do
As a global leader in innovative wealth management, asset servicing and investment solutions, Northern Trust (Nasdaq: NTRS) is proud to guide the world’s most successful individuals, families and institutions by remaining true to our enduring principles of service, expertise and integrity. A globally recognized Fortune 500 Company in continuous operation since 1889, we’ve built a legacy of empowering clients to reach their goals with confidence. Since our roots as a trust bank, we’ve grown to a global presence with more than 24,000 employees in more than 20 countries and across six core business units: Wealth Management Asset Management Asset Servicing Technology Corporate Functions Enterprise Operations Join a Team That’s Achieving Greater At Northern Trust, we refer to our employees as partners – with good reason. We understand that relationships are the key to our success. Here you’ll join a diverse and inclusive team of innovators with the drive to challenge the way things have always been done. Instead of choosing between a dynamic career and work-life balance, enjoy working with a team that supports your goals in the office and at home. We’ll help you get where you want to go without sacrificing what matters most to you. Delivering value and adhering to our enduring principles What are enduring principles? Since our founding, they have guided our strategy and success. Thanks to the dedication of our partners, Northern Trust continues to thrive by adhering to three enduring principles: service, expertise and integrity . What does this mean? Service Northern Trust has a relentless drive to provide exceptional service to our clients, our partners and our communities. We set new standards and go above and beyond in our commitment to delivering greater results. Expertise Expertise is at the core of who we are. We focus sharply on what we do well. From expanding our capabilities, to hiring talented professionals to developing innovative solutions, our expertise is why we continue to be a trusted advisor for generations of families and institutions. Integrity Operating with uncompromising ethics is central to Northern Trust’s heritage. As a result, our clients, partners and communities know they can rely on us. For more than 130 years, our integrity has been our guide – and that will never change.
Why Work With Us
At Northern Trust, we go further because we go together. We embrace flexibility, encourage balance, and prioritize inclusion at all levels, working together to keep you connected. We are committed to our employees—all 24,000 of them. Whether this is a first step or a bold new leap in your career, we’re here to help you move forward.
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