Sr Lead, Solutions Architect - Infrastructure, Cloud, Automation & AI Engineering

Northern Trust; Maharashtra; On-site; INR 1,400,000 - 2,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Northern Trust is looking for a Solutions Architect who will lead engineering strategies and oversee a team in automation solutions across hybrid infrastructure platforms. The role requires expertise in cloud transformation, automation frameworks, and collaboration with diverse teams.

With 12+ years in infrastructure change testing, candidates should be capable of driving quality initiatives and can expect to mentor teams across India and the US. This position promotes a flexible and collaborative work culture.

Qualifications

• 12+ years of experience in infrastructure change testing lifecycle.
• Proven expertise in scalable platform engineering and microservices design.
• Strategic thinking with strong architectural vision.

Responsibilities

• Lead infrastructure quality engineering programs across enterprise infrastructure.
• Define KPIs, report outcomes, and develop team capability.
• Architect and integrate IaC validation using Terraform, Ansible.

Skills

Scripting languages (Python, Bash, Java, PowerShell)

Java

Spring Boot

MS SQL

Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Ansible)

CI/CD concepts and tools (Jenkins, GitLab CI)

Monitoring/observability tools (Dynatrace, Prometheus)

Cloud platforms (AWS, Azure)

Education

Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Terraform

Ansible

GitHub

Jenkins

Job description

Overview

About Northern Trust Northern Trust, a Fortune 500 company, is a globally recognized, award-winning financial institution with a long history of operation since 1889.

Northern Trust provides innovative financial services and guidance to the world’s most successful individuals, families, and institutions, guided by service, expertise, and integrity. With more than 130 years of financial experience and over 22,000 partners, we serve 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 the 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 such as Python, Bash, 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 related infrastructure services.
• Solid grasp of networking, databases, security, and compliance as they relate to automated infrastructure deployments.
• Certifications in cloud architecture or automation (AWS Certified Solutions Architect, Terraform Associate) preferred.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or master’s degree in computer science, engineering, or a related field.
• 12+ years of experience in infrastructure change testing lifecycle/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.
• Ability to build and maintain relationships with stakeholders and provide leadership.
• Ability to organize and prioritize work under pressure.
• Strong troubleshooting mindset and inquisitive mindset.
• Effective conflict management and communication across all levels of management and peers.
• Flexible with the ability to work under pressure, align with infrastructure change schedules, and weekends when required.
• Proactive, strong-minded, quick thinker and assertive.

Working With Us

As a Northern Trust partner, you will be part of a flexible and collaborative work culture in an organization where financial strength and stability support exploration of new ideas. Movement within the organization is encouraged, senior leaders are accessible, and you can take pride in working for a company committed to communities we serve. We welcome your interest and experience as we build with one of the world’s most admired and sustainable companies. Apply today.

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 [e-mail].

We value an inclusive workplace and understand flexibility means different things to different people. Apply today and discuss your flexible working requirements.

About Our Pune Office

The Northern Trust Pune office, established in 2016, is home to over 3,000 employees. The office handles Operations for Asset Servicing and Wealth Management, and delivers technology solutions that support business operations globally. In 2024, the Pune team volunteered more than 10,000 hours in the communities where they live and work.