Senior Solutions Architect - Data, Cloud & Governance

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

Benefits offered by this job

401k and pension

Medical, dental, vision

Paid time off

Parental leave

Discretionary bonus

Life & accident insurance

Job summary

Northern Trust seeks a senior technology leader to drive architectural governance, strategy, and cross‑functional collaboration across engineering and business teams. You will influence roadmaps, balance value, time, and risk, and steward modernization efforts with a focus on reducing technical debt.

The role requires independent problem solving, strong communication, and the ability to work with complex partners while delivering pragmatic, value‑driven outcomes.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience.

Responsibilities

• Architectural Governance: govern technical solutions, eliminate duplication and enforce shared services across the firm.
• Roadmaps: deliver multi-year technology strategy, influence senior decision makers, align tech and business strategies.
• Partnership: build relationships with stakeholders and Enterprise Architecture groups.

Skills

Delivery orientation

Analytical skills

Communication

Influence senior stakeholders

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience

Tools

Kafka/MQ/Spark

Oracle

Snowflake

Cloud/Docker

TLM software

Job description

Northern Trust seeks a senior technology leader to drive architectural governance, strategy, and cross‑functional collaboration across engineering and business teams. You will influence roadmaps, balance value, time, and risk, and steward modernization efforts with a focus on reducing technical debt.

The role requires independent problem solving, strong communication, and the ability to work with complex partners while delivering pragmatic, value‑driven outcomes.