Sr Associate, SW Eng

Northern Trust Corp; Chicago, Northern (IL, KY); Hybrid; USD 89,000 - 151,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive benefits package

Discretionary bonus program

401k/pension and retirement benefits

Job summary

Northern Trust in Chicago seeks a Sr Associate, SW Eng to support Wealth Management technology and collaborate with Application Development teams on agile business solutions.

The role emphasizes production stability, incident management, and cross‑functional coordination with offshore partners and vendors, while leveraging modern cloud platforms and SDLC best practices.

Qualifications

• 5-6+ years of application development / support experience using modern technical frameworks and architecture.
• Experience with multi-channel applications (web, mobile, API).
• Familiarity with DevOps or SRE roles is a plus.
• Understanding SSDLC or similar methodologies.
• Experience in Agile/XP environments.

Responsibilities

• Lead production stability efforts and prevent production issues.
• Track incidents, changes, and problems for assigned applications.
• Provide regular updates on incident progress and SLA risks.
• Identify measures to improve application stability and availability.
• Troubleshoot production issues through monitoring and log analysis.
• Coordinate with offshore teams and managed services providers to support applications.

Skills

Java

J2EE

Pivotal Cloud Foundry

Azure

RESTful interfaces

Git

Gradle

Maven

NPM

Spring (Spring Batch and Spring Boot)

Bootstrap

CSS3

HTML4

React.js

Node.js/JavaScript

Oracle PL/SQL

Data Bricks

NEO4J

DOTNET

Education

Job description

## Sr Associate, SW EngApply: Chicago, IL: Full time: Posted Yesterday: R160237**About Northern Trust** As a global leader in innovative wealth management, asset servicing, asset management and banking services, Northern Trust (Nasdaq: NTRS) is proud to guide the world’s most successful individuals, families, corporations and institutions. Since 1889, we have aligned our efforts with our three guiding Principles That Endure: Service, Expertise, and Integrity. Together, they reflect the three cornerstones of business conduct which we strive to instill in our employees, whom we call partners, and to provide to our clients and the communities we serve worldwide. With more than 135 years of financial experience and over 24,000 partners, we serve the world’s most sophisticated clients using leading technology and exceptional service. As a **Sr Associate** in support organization in Wealth ManagementROLE:This role will support our Wealth Management business, product , operations, partners and clients . As a support associate you will collaborate with Application Development teams to implement business solution through agile practice and manage production issues.The ideal candidates will possess excellent leadership and communication skills coupled with a solid understanding of modern cloud technologies preferably in the financial sector. Critical incident may require weekend and/or after hours support.**Applicants must be authorized to work in the U.S. without the need for employment-based visa sponsorship now or in the future. Northern Trust will not sponsor applicants for U.S. work visa status for this opportunity (no sponsorship is available for H-1B, L-1, TN, O-1, E-3, H-1B1, F-1, J-1, OPT, CPT or any other employment-based visa)****PRINCIPAL RESPONSIBILITIES:**Lead production stability effort by preventing production issue and improve production stability.* Track /Manage Incidents /Change /Problems for assigned applications.* Provide regular and high-quality updates to all the stakeholders on the progress of the incidents, including SLA risks/breaches.* Identify measures to improve applications stability and availability to improve support service delivery.* Develop to become a Subject Matter Expert for assigned application domain.* Troubleshoot production issues through monitoring and log analysis.* Attend regular meeting with Project/Development teams to discuss production issues for prioritization, fixes and release.* Engage Help direct systems projects, including project planning, management status reporting, systems specifications and implementation* Help ensure compliance with all audit requirements including change control procedures and data security* Manage and coordinate with onsite and offshore Managed Services provider and offshore NT partners to Support applications and drive continuous improvement efforts.* Coordinate with various teams, including offshore staff, and raise support ticket for all issues, analyze root cause and assist in efficient resolution of production issues.* Responsible to attend on-call, after office hours including weekend to support High and Critical production issues.* Ability to work with vendors and support staff on support tickets and follow up regularly till resolution is found. **SKILLS / EXPERIENCE:*** 5-6 plus years of application development /Support experience using modern technical frameworks and architecture, including experience collaborating with external technology teams.* Support experience with multi-channel applications (web, mobile, API, etc.).* Good to have past experience under DevOpps or SRE role.* Understanding of the Secure Software Development Lifecycle (SSDLC) and/or other methodologies* Experience working on projects in an Agile/XP environment.* Experience using at least some of the following technologies: Java, J2EE, Pivotal Cloud Foundry, AZure, Cloud Computing (IaaS, PaaS and SaaS), RESTful interfaces, GIT, Gradle, Maven, NPM, Spring (Spring Batch and Spring Boot), Bootstrap, CSS3, HTML4, React.js, Node.js/JavaScript, Oracle PL/SQL, Data Bricks, NEO4J,DOTNET* Strong communication and interpersonal skills, along with a solid technical background are essential as is the ability to multitask in a fast paced environment. The ideal candidate can explain technical issues in layman’s terms and translate business needs to technology teams and back.* Strong leadership and team player to work as part of a global support team, cross training and supporting multiple critical client facing applications.* Experience working effectively with diverse groups around the world, including IT management, technology staff, business partners, consultants, vendors and clients**Applicants must be authorized to work in the U.S. without the need for employment-based visa sponsorship now or in the future. Northern Trust will not sponsor applicants for U.S. work visa status for this opportunity (no sponsorship is available for H-1B, L-1, TN, O-1, E-3, H-1B1, F-1, J-1, OPT, CPT or any other employment-based visa)**Salary Range:$88,900 - 151,100 USD*Salary range is a good faith estimate of base pay. Northern Trust provides a comprehensive benefits package including retirement benefits (401k and pension), health and welfare benefits (medical, dental, vision, spending accounts and disability), paid time off, parental and caregiver leave, life & accident insurance, and other voluntary and well-being benefits. Northern Trust also provides a discretionary bonus program that may include an equity component.*