Senior Network Engineer — Edge Delivery & CDN

Northern Trust Corp

Chicago (IL)

On-site

USD 115,000 - 195,000

Full time

4 days ago

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Job summary

Northern Trust Corp is seeking an experienced Senior Network Engineer to support edge infrastructure and enterprise application delivery. You will work on CDN, DNS, WAF, load balancing, and related services, with potential specialization in Akamai and other edge tech.

The role requires strong networking fundamentals, problem solving, and collaboration with cross‑functional teams to ensure secure, high‑performing access to critical applications. Prior enterprise experience is preferred.

Qualifications

5+ years of experience in network engineering, infrastructure engineering, or related discipline.
Strong understanding of TCP/IP networking, DNS, routing, and network troubleshooting.
Experience with HTTP/HTTPS, TLS/SSL, certificates, and web application connectivity.
Experience with load balancers, reverse proxies, and application delivery controllers.
Ability to troubleshoot complex network and connectivity issues across multiple layers.

Responsibilities

Configure, maintain, and optimize enterprise app delivery and edge services.
Support Akamai platform including CDN, traffic management, and web app security.
Manage DNS, HTTP/HTTPS, TLS, reverse proxies, caching, and load balancing configurations.
Assist onboarding and integration of applications with edge infrastructure.
Analyze traffic, performance, and incidents to resolve service delivery issues.