Senior Compliance Architecture Leader

Koitecc Solutions; Chicago, Northern (IL, KY); Hybrid; USD 137,000 - 234,000; Full time

Job summary

Northern Trust seeks a Compliance Architect to lead the enterprise architecture for regulatory technology across AML, KYC, sanctions, and compliance change portfolios. The role drives target-state architecture, platforms modernization, and governance across SaaS, cloud-native, hybrid, and on‑premise environments.

Partners with Product, Risk, Audit, Cyber Security, and Engineering to ensure scalable, secure, and compliant solutions, while advancing data architecture and enterprise resilience.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or a related discipline.
• 15+ years of progressively responsible experience in enterprise architecture, software engineering, data architecture, or technology leadership.
• Experience delivering SaaS, cloud-native, hybrid, and on‑premise solutions.
• Knowledge of regulatory technology ecosystems in financial services.
• Vendor evaluation and architecture governance for major platforms.

Responsibilities

• Lead architecture authority for Financial Crimes, Regulatory Compliance, and Regulatory Change portfolios.
• Define target-state architecture and governance across SaaS, cloud-native, hybrid, and on‑premise environments.
• Develop roadmaps for modernization, cloud adoption, and cost optimization.
• Oversee enterprise data architecture including governance, lineage, and analytics.
• Collaborate with Product, Risk, Audit, Cyber Security, and Ops to meet regulatory objectives and business outcomes.
• Drive resiliency initiatives including DR, high availability, and blue-green deployments.

Skills

Enterprise architecture

Cloud-native

Regulatory technology

GRC platforms

DevSecOps

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/Engineering/IS

Tools

Snowflake

Databricks

Kubernetes

PCF

Job description

Northern Trust seeks a Compliance Architect to lead the enterprise architecture for regulatory technology across AML, KYC, sanctions, and compliance change portfolios. The role drives target-state architecture, platforms modernization, and governance across SaaS, cloud-native, hybrid, and on‑premise environments.

Partners with Product, Risk, Audit, Cyber Security, and Engineering to ensure scalable, secure, and compliant solutions, while advancing data architecture and enterprise resilience.