Principal, Infra Disaster Recovery
Principal, Infra Disaster Recovery
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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 worlds 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 22000 partners we serve the worlds most sophisticated clients using leading technology and exceptional service.
Principal IT Resiliency Architect The Principal IT Resiliency Architect will be responsible for evaluating and designing complex IT infrastructure solutions across a vast range of technologies within the IT Resiliency Team. The IT Resiliency Team is dedicated to ensuring the resilience and continuity of our operations in the face of unforeseen disasters. The architect must have strong program management skills to work with cross function infrastructure and application owners to assess design and implement technical solutions for the Disaster Recovery (DR)program. The architect should be able to troubleshoot identify root cause and seek a formal solution with other teams as required. This hands-on role must have experience with data center networking security storage virtualization database and middleware technologies.
Responsibilities
As an expert the IT Resiliency Architect will be on a team that will deliver end-to-end technical resiliency solutions to the organization utilizing the latest technologies and leveraging automation mechanisms for reducing recovery times. The Resiliency Architect should have a solid understanding of program management and leadership skills to engage various teams. Responsibilities for this role include:
Infrastructure Architect
Independently implements technical solutions and delivers projects end-to-end working autonomously while providing updates to stakeholders.
Performs analysis of complex functional and business requirements. Prepares and delivers solutions for others. Leads design activities working with architects from various technical teams.
Evaluates develop and oversee resiliency strategy across development and engineering teams.
Advances the DR automation effort of applications and business capabilities.
Collaborates closely with teams participating in strategic planning facilitating cross-team solution reviews and communicating strategy direction.
Maintains an effective technical network across technical SMEs and architects for multiple service areas.
Disaster Recovery Orchestration Tools
Configure and integrate interfaces with existing systems with the DR Orchestration tool. Integrate project management disaster recovery and functional business expertise to create a superior customized solution for the Resiliency Team.
Work with teams to assess and implement high availability and seamless failover resiliency mechanisms across multiple layers of the application and infrastructure stacks.
Develop documentation for onboarding of applications onto this toolset create training modules and apply project manager expertise to ensure project milestones are met.
Apply new technologies and design of highly complex infrastructure and software solutions.
Disaster Recovery Framework
Documentation: Maintain accurate documentation of disaster recovery plans procedures and incident response protocols.
Incident Response: Lead disaster recovery efforts in the event of a disruption coordinating the response and recovery activities.
Training and Awareness: Develop and provide training to employees on disaster recovery and business continuity procedures to enhance preparedness.
Continuous Improvement: Stay updated on industry best practices emerging technologies and evolving threats to continually improve disaster recovery capabilities.
Qualifications:
Bachelors degree or equivalent experience.
14 years as Technical Architect/Systems Administrator/Systems Engineer operating at enterprise scale.
6 years as a Team lead or project manager role that can engage and deliver projects to completion.
Minimum of 5 years experience in disaster recovery and business continuity planning including:
O Experience in coordinating and leading disaster recovery exercises and response efforts.
O Demonstrated success in developing and maintaining comprehensive disaster recovery plans.
O Strong knowledge of disaster recovery methodologies tools and technologies.
2 years experience with design implementation integration rollout of a SAAS solution.
Implementation integration rollout of DR orchestration tool is a major plus.
Practical experience in both technology infrastructure and application development architectures.
Certification such as CBCP (Certified Business Continuity Professional) or equivalent is a plus.
Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.
Strong communication and interpersonal skills for effective collaboration.
Ability to work effectively under pressure and in high-stress situations.
Knowledge of relevant regulations and compliance standards.
Practical experience operating in an Agile development environment.
Preferred Qualifications:
Financial or Regulatory domain experience a plus
VMWare vRO experience a plus
Service Now experience a plus.
Automation experience
Familiarity with Fusion a plus
Please note that this job description is not exhaustive and may be subject to change or modification as needed to meet the evolving requirements of the role and the organization.
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.
Wed love to learn more about how your interests and experience could be a fit with one of the worlds 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 .
We hope youre 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 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.
Employment Type
Full-Time
