Lead Platform Architect – GitHub & Azure DevOps

Northern Trust; Tempe (AZ); On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Northern Trust is seeking a Principal Architect for GitHub & Azure DevOps Platform Engineering to lead enterprise software delivery modernization, governance, and platform strategy. You will guide migration from legacy tooling, establish standards, and enable self-service capabilities across teams, driving secure and scalable CI/CD practices.

The role emphasizes hands-on leadership, collaboration with security, risk, and architecture teams, and mentorship of engineers to advance developer

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in DevOps, Platform Engineering, Site Reliability Engineering, Cloud Engineering, or software delivery platforms.
• Proven experience architecting and operating enterprise-scale GitHub Enterprise and Azure DevOps environments.
• Deep expertise in CI/CD architecture, pipeline engineering, and software delivery modernization.

Responsibilities

• Own the technical vision, roadmap, and architecture for GitHub Enterprise, Azure DevOps, Nexus Repository, and related CI/CD platforms.
• Drive modernization of software delivery capabilities, including migration from legacy CI/CD tooling to GitHub and Azure DevOps.
• Lead migration strategies for enterprise-scale CI/CD transformation initiatives.

Skills

DevOps

Platform Engineering

GitHub Actions

Azure DevOps

CI/CD

Security

Tools

GitHub Enterprise

Nexus Repository

Terraform

Bicep

Ansible

Job description

Northern Trust is seeking a Principal Architect for GitHub & Azure DevOps Platform Engineering to lead enterprise software delivery modernization, governance, and platform strategy. You will guide migration from legacy tooling, establish standards, and enable self-service capabilities across teams, driving secure and scalable CI/CD practices.

The role emphasizes hands-on leadership, collaboration with security, risk, and architecture teams, and mentorship of engineers to advance developer