Principal, Enterprise Arch
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Job Summary
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 worlds 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 24000 partners we serve the worlds most sophisticated clients using leading technology and exceptional service.
The Principal Enterprise Architect is responsible for defining and advancing architecture for Global Engineering. The candidate will be a key member of the Global Engineering Architecture team whose collective responsibility is to enable system development through aligned enterprise strategies roadmaps golden paths reference architectures design patterns standards and governance frameworks. This role will partner with executives enterprise architects solution architects application development teams platform engineering data security and the business. Must demonstrate a proven history of shaping large-scale technology solutions that address the business objectives of a complex global organization. Ensures that business strategy market trends technology evolution and AI-enabled opportunities are effectively represented in the organizations systems platforms data architecture and business processes. Analyzes architectural requirements defines the vision and target-state architecture assesses the current state establishes transformation roadmaps governs the project portfolio and partners with solution architects and engineers to realize the target state.
This individual must be delivery-oriented enterprise-minded and able to influence across senior business technology risk security and engineering audiences. Must be able to guide strategic direction and make pragmatic decisions that optimize business value engineering velocity resiliency cost security regulatory expectations and risk. Identify reusable platforms shared engineering capabilities overlapping functions and opportunities to converge on standards in order to improve efficiency quality developer experience and time to value across Global Engineering. The preferred candidate will have a broad background in enterprise architecture application development cloud-native delivery integration data architecture AI-enabled solutions platform engineering security and architecture governance. Must be able to work independently to solve complex problems create and manage technology roadmaps and collaborate effectively with a diverse set of partners.
Knowledge / Skills
Previous or current hands-on software development experience using modern application development frameworks such as Java/Spring JavaScript/ReactJS APIs cloud-native services and engineering automation.
Significant experience with enterprise architecture patterns architecture governance capability modeling target-state definition and enterprise architecture best practices.
Hands on experience designing and building of cloud-native architectures; preference using Azure AWS Tanzu and/or Kubernetes
Deep knowledge of API and microservice style architectures
Experience shaping AI-enabled architecture strategies including generative AI agentic AI machine learning model lifecycle management prompt and context engineering retrieval-augmented generation and integration of AI capabilities into enterprise platforms.
Strong understanding of responsible AI AI risk management model governance explainability data privacy security controls regulatory considerations and production observability for AI-enabled systems.
Experience using API Management Platforms and Storefronts (e.g. APIGEE Software AG etc)
Experience using Kafka Solace and/or MQ for messaging/event streaming
Deep knowledge of architecture frameworks such as TOGAF and/or Zachman with the ability to apply frameworks pragmatically across business application data technology security cloud and AI architecture domains.
Experience with SQL NoSQL data platforms metadata data quality lineage and governance capabilities required to support analytics AI and enterprise-scale decisioning; e.g. Oracle Postgres MySQL SQL Server Mongo data lakehouse and cloud data services.
Knowledge of software development methodologies and tools such as Agile product-oriented delivery Github GH Copilot ADO Boards Maven/Gradle CI/CD (Actions) MLOps LLMOps and architecture-as-code practices.
Experience with DevOps best practices and toolchain / pipeline automation Azure DevOps and Atlassian Suite preferred
Knowledge of the financial services industry and in particular a broad and deep understanding of products and services provided by Northern Trust.
Has an understanding of Global Engineering domains enterprise platforms software delivery practices developer experience cloud enablement integration data security and operational resiliency in a large financial services environment.
Strong knowledge of security frameworks and controls.
Major Duties
Define enterprise architecture strategies and target-state roadmaps that provide business value while reducing complexity technical debt operational risk and duplicated capabilities.
Mediate conflicting priorities to drive optimal solutions.
Identify and escalate duplication of effort functional and technical redundancy and opportunities to reuse Global Engineering platforms standards and shared enterprise capabilities.
Create reference architectures and reusable patterns for common archetypes including web microservice mobile third-party platforms cloud-native services data platforms AI-enabled applications and automation solutions.
Quickly build proof of concept prototypes with new technologies being researched.
Establish AI architecture guardrails responsible AI design patterns model governance expectations data readiness criteria and production readiness standards for AI-enabled solutions.
Partner with platform engineering data security risk and application teams to integrate AI capabilities safely into enterprise platforms and business processes.
Enable the development organization by creating working examples
Create cloud platform data and AI-related frameworks that embed non-functional requirements including resiliency observability security privacy performance scalability cost management and operational supportability.
Define cloud platform engineering DevSecOps data and AI delivery best practices for Global Engineering.
Training technologists and provide project-based consulting/expertise
Liaise with Enterprise Architecture Global Engineering Security Data Risk Infrastructure and application delivery groups to align architecture direction and execution.
Solve problems collaboratively.
Act as a subject matter expert on technologies and trends in enterprise architecture cloud platform engineering middleware data security infrastructure generative AI and AI-enabled automation.
Qualifications
Minimum 12 years of technology experience across application development engineering architecture platform data cloud or related disciplines.
Minimum 8 years of enterprise solution domain or platform architecture experience with demonstrated ability to influence senior stakeholders and govern architecture decisions at scale.
Demonstrated experience applying AI data automation cloud and platform architecture concepts to enterprise transformation including responsible AI and AI governance considerations.
Bachelors degree or equivalent experience; MBA or Masters degree preferred
Working with Us
As a Northern Trust partner you will be part of a flexible and collaborative work culture which has a strong history of financial strength and stability. Movement within the organization is encouraged senior leaders are accessible and you can take pride in working for a company committed to an inclusive workplace and assisting the communities we serve.
Philanthropy is deeply rooted in Northern Trusts history and is an essential element of our culture. Employees around the world give their time and talent to work for the greater good of their communities.
Reasonable Accommodation
Northern Trust is committed to working with and providing adjustments to individuals with health conditions and disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the employment process please email our HR Service Center at or alternatively you can discuss your individual requirements with the recruiter you are working with.
About Our Pune Office
The Northern Trust Pune office established in 2016 is now home to over 3000 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 2024 they volunteered more than 10000 hours into the communities where they live and work. Learn more.
About Company
Discover Northern Trust’s trusted financial services for individuals, families, and institutions. Guided by service, expertise, and integrity since 1889, we offer wealth management, asset servicing, and investment solutions tailored to your goals.
