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.
Job Title : Solutions Architect – Infrastructure, Cloud, Automation & AI Engineering
Reports To: SQM Manager
Job Overview:
The Solutions Architect is a pivotal role responsible for leading the engineering strategies, product developers, and execution of automation solutions in Infrastructure Quality Engineering team. This includes overseeing a team of product developers, infra automation test engineers and AI developers on various hybrid enterprise infrastructure platforms (Azure, AWS, On-prem Data Centers). The role blends technical leadership with hands-on automation expertise to deliver product features and ensure infrastructure reliability, scalability, and performance across development, staging, and production environments.
Key Responsibilities
Lead infrastructure quality engineering programs across enterprise infrastructure, cloud, and platform initiatives.
Own automated infrastructure testing strategy, including planning, scripting, execution, monitoring, reporting, and closure.
Assess change impact, define test coverage, and validate infrastructure deployments, rollbacks, and core system dependencies.
Architect and integrate IaC validation using Terraform, Ansible, CloudFormation, CI/CD pipelines, and automation frameworks.
Drive quality efficiency through ServiceNow, ITIL practices, automation, standards, documentation, and process optimization.
Partner with Engineering, Operations, DevOps, Security, application teams, and stakeholders to align automation with business goals.
Responsible for defect resolutions resulting from architected capabilities and solutions.
Define KPIs, report outcomes, and develop team capability through mentoring, training, and continuous improvement.
Own and define end-to-end architecture for java based enterprise scalable platforms
Drive cloud transformation strategy and execution.
Design modular, scalable microservices architecture using Java, Spring Boot, and MS SQL
Establish and enforce engineering standards, code/design reviews, and system reliability
Enable AI-driven automation and intelligent platform capabilities
Lead and mentor 20+ engineers across India and US teams
Ensure integration with DevOps and enterprise tools (GitHub, Jenkins, ServiceNow)
Drive execution throughput, platform scalability, and operational excellence
Required Technical Skills:
Proficiency and Hands-on experience in scripting languages - Python, Bash Scripting, Java, Advanced PowerShell, or similar.
Proven expertise in Java, Spring Boot, and relational databases (MS SQL)
Experience in scalable platform engineering and microservices design
Test lifecycle experience in delivering high quality infrastructure changes with minimal impacts to applications (test planning, test scenario build, test execution, defect/issue management and test health metrics and status reporting)
Good understanding of Computer Systems Architecture and Data Center Services and Operations.
Infrastructure Administration, Automation Concepts, Diagnostics and Troubleshooting.
Expertise in Infrastructure as Code tools such as Terraform, Ansible, Chef, Puppet, or CloudFormation.
Deep understanding of CI/CD concepts and tools (Jenkins, GitLab CI, CircleCI, Azure DevOps, etc.).
Familiarity with monitoring/observability tools (Dynatrace, Prometheus, Grafana, Datadog) and log aggregation (ELK/EFK stacks).
Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure) and associated infrastructure services.
Solid grasp of networking, database, security, and compliance as they relate to automated infrastructure deployments.
Certifications in cloud architecture or automation (AWS Certified Solutions Architect, Terraform Associate) is preferred.
Required Qualifications
Bachelor’s or master’s degree in computer science, Engineering, or a related field.
12+ Years Experience in Infrastructure change testing life cycle/Software Testing Lifecycle
Strategic thinking with strong architectural vision
Proven people leadership and cross-region collaboration
Strong ownership mindset and execution excellence
Related Certifications in areas of Computer Infrastructure, Testing, and Project Management.
Provide leadership, build and maintaining relationships with Stakeholders.
Ability to organize and prioritize work and tasks under pressure.
Strong troubleshooting mindset and inquisitive mind sets
Ability to handle conflict effectively.
Able to communicate with all levels of management and peers within the organization, written and verbal.
Flexible with the ability to and work under pressure, work based on the infrastructure change schedule and weekends
Proactive, strong-minded, quick thinker and assertive.
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
- Hands-on scripting experience (Python, Bash, Java, Advanced PowerShell or similar)
- Proven expertise in Java and Spring Boot
- Experience with relational databases (MS SQL)
- Experience in scalable platform engineering and microservices design
- Test lifecycle experience for infrastructure changes (planning, execution, metrics, defect management)
- Understanding of computer systems architecture and data center operations
- Infrastructure administration, automation concepts, diagnostics and troubleshooting
- Expertise in Infrastructure as Code tools (Terraform, Ansible, Chef, Puppet, CloudFormation)
- Deep understanding of CI/CD concepts and tools (Jenkins, GitLab CI, CircleCI, Azure DevOps, etc.)
- Familiarity with monitoring/observability and logging (Dynatrace, Prometheus, Grafana, Datadog, ELK/EFK)
- Experience with cloud platforms and infrastructure services (AWS, Azure)
- Solid grasp of networking, database, security, and compliance related to automated infrastructure deployments
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field
- 12+ years experience in infrastructure change testing lifecycle/software testing lifecycle
- Proven people leadership and cross-region collaboration (leading 20+ engineers)
- Strong ownership mindset, execution excellence, ability to organize and prioritize under pressure
- Ability to communicate effectively with all levels of management and peers (written and verbal)
- Flexible to work based on infrastructure change schedules, including weekends
- Certifications in cloud architecture or automation (AWS Solutions Architect, Terraform Associate) and related areas
- Related certifications in computer infrastructure, testing, and project management
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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