Lead Unix Engineering
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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.
Role Summary
Were looking for a Lead UNIX Engineer who brings traditional platform depth along with modern engineering practices. Youll help lead the design deployment and lifecycle of mission-critical UNIX platforms (Solaris AIX RHEL Ubuntu) and services while contributing to DevOps tooling Git-driven workflows hybrid cloud strategies with an automation mindset. This is a key role in a high-trust team that powers secure compliant infrastructure for a global financial institution. Expect deep technical challenges high visibility and opportunities to influence platform direction.
Key Responsibilities
Core UNIX Engineering & Support
Design secure build and maintain resilient UNIX environments across Solaris (10/11 with Zones LDOMs) AIX 7.x (VIOS NPIV) Ubuntu and RHEL 510 (on physical virtual and hybrid platforms).
Own OS lifecycle strategy: patching upgrades security baselines and hardware refresh planning.
Maintain HA solutions (Pacemaker VCS HACMP RH Cluster Suite) and performance-tuned enterprise systems.
DevOps SRE & Automation
Embrace an SRE mindset: treat infrastructure as code prioritize availability and observability and automate toil.
Automate provisioning compliance checks and config enforcement using Ansible AAP AWX CFEngine and scripting (bash/ksh/Python).
Use GitHub for source control peer-reviewed automation pipelines change tracking and documentation versioning.
Contribute to CI/CD workflows for infrastructure as code deployments and integrate with enterprise tools like ServiceNow Jenkins or GitHub Actions.
Security
Ensure UNIX systems are hardened and compliant with security frameworks (e.g. CIS Benchmarks NIST FFIEC ISO 27001).
Manage OS-level security policies including firewall rules kernel parameters selinux policies and secure configurations.
Integrate host systems with PAM LDAP and CyberArk Conjur for identity and privileged access management.
Support audit forensic and security event investigations in coordination with InfoSec teams.
Regularly review and remediate security vulnerabilities identified by Qualys Nessus or other scanning tools.
Contribute to incident response planning patching SLAs and compliance reporting.
Design and maintain logging audit trails and syslog/SIEM integrations (Splunk QRadar etc.).
Authentication Authorization and Directory Services
Integrate UNIX systems with enterprise identity management platforms using LDAP RHDS Kerberos PAM and SSSD.
Implement and enforce secure access controls sudo policies and RBAC schemes.
Collaborate with IAM and InfoSec teams on audit readiness access provisioning and PAM integrations.
Monitoring Reliability & Incident Response
Integrate systems with monitoring tools like Dynatrace vROps and custom health scripts.
Support alerting auto-remediation and telemetry for performance and availability.
Participate in on-call rotations DR testing and RCA for high-impact incidents.
Hybrid Cloud & Platform Modernization
Support UNIX workloads running on VMware (vSphere/vSAN/vXrail) and prepare platforms for future cloud integration.
Assist with cloud-readiness assessments infrastructure modernization efforts and immutable infrastructure adoption.
Collaborate with Cloud DevOps and Cybersecurity teams on secure hybrid operating models.
Documentation & Governance
Maintain robust documentation in Confluence: HLD LLD SOPs DR plans build guides access policies GitHub repositories and architectural decisions.
Ensure all platforms and automation meet compliance standards (CIS FFIEC SOX ISO 27001).
Lead or contribute to engineering design reviews change boards and audit remediation efforts.
Required Skills and Experience
Technical Requirements
10 years in UNIX engineering across Solaris AIX RHEL and Ubuntu with deep expertise in large enterprise environments.
Strong understanding of centralized authentication/authorization using LDAP Kerberos PAM SSSD RHDS and Active Directory integration.
Proficiency in shell scripting (bash ksh sh); strong familiarity with Python and Ansible.
Hands-on experience with tools like:
o Red Hat Satellite CFEngine PowerVC LVM/VxVM
o Pacemaker Veritas Cluster HACMP or equivalent HA stacks
o GitHub for version control and collaboration
o Cohesity NetBackup CyberArk
o VMware vSphere ecosystem (vCenter ESXi vSAN vXrail)
Skills in config management and config drift
Perl experience beneficial
Experience with Dynatrace
DevOps/SRE Practices
Experience with infrastructure-as-code principles Git-driven config management and CI/CD pipelines leveraging GitHub Actions and Ansible / AWX
Familiarity with automated validation monitoring logging and alerting frameworks.
Passion for automating operations tasks reducing technical debt and building sustainable systems.
Soft Skills
Proactive detail-oriented and comfortable in fast-moving audit-heavy environments
Diligent with ability to cross check / robust validation of outcomes and results
Excellent communication documentation and cross-team collaboration and contribution skills
Ability to mentor junior engineers and lead by example in engineering practices and professionalism.
Preferred Qualifications
Experience in financial services or other highly regulated sectors
Exposure to hybrid cloud operations containerization (e.g. Podman Docker Tanzu) or cloud-native UNIX alternatives.
Familiarity with enterprise CI/CD tooling (Jenkins GitHub Actions ServiceNow integration).
Certifications (preferred but not required):
RHCE IBM AIX Advanced Solaris Certified Ansible Automation
ITIL Foundation Security or relevant cloud certifications (e.g. AWS SysOps)
Work Conditions & Availability
Business-hours role with rotating on-call and scheduled change windows (nights/weekends).
Participation in BCP/DR exercises audit cycles and cross-region platform support is expected.
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
