Sr. Lead, SW Support

001 The Northern Trust Company; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 96,000 - 162,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

retirement benefits

health & welfare benefits

paid time off

parential and caregiver leave

life & accident insurance

other voluntary benefits

discretionary bonus program

Job summary

The Northern Trust Company in Chicago seeks a Senior Lead, Software Support to ensure production stability and service continuity across global platforms. You will resolve complex incidents, guide teams, and drive ITIL-aligned improvements with Operations and Business stakeholders.

Role requires extensive experience across mainframe, distributed and data platforms, ETL, SQL/Oracle, and cloud-native support, delivering reliable outcomes and continuous improvement.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 10 years of relevant experience in production support for financial services.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities.
• Ability to engage with senior business stakeholders and manage complex incidents.

Responsibilities

• Provide senior level production support for critical Accounting and Fund Administration applications.
• Investigate, analyze and resolve complex production incidents with cross-functional teams.
• Act as SME for application support, guiding technical staff and stakeholders.
• Evaluate processes and tools to improve operational resilience and efficiency.
• Oversee cross-functional activities like defect remediation and change scheduling.
• Participate in out-of-hours support for high priority production issues.

Skills

SQL & Oracle

ETL / DataStage

ServiceNow

ITIL / ITSM

Docker / Kubernetes

Cloud technologies

DevOps / CI/CD

Linux / Windows servers

Mainframe / distributed

Automation opportunities

Job description

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.

The Senior Lead, Software Support is part of the global Accounting and Fund Administration Production Assurance team and is responsible for supporting the production environment across AMRS, APAC and EMEA. The role provides high quality service to Operations and Business stakeholders, ensuring system availability, service continuity and timely resolution of production issues. This role requires strong experience in application support across distributed and data technologies, including SQL, Oracle and ETL platforms. The individual should be confident operating within IT Service Management processes, able to solve complex problems, and committed to continuous improvement and professional development.

Major Duties Provide senior level production support for critical Accounting and Fund Administration applications, ensuring stability, availability and adherence to service level agreements.
Investigate, analyze and resolve complex production incidents, coordinating with business, technology, infrastructure, vendor and support teams as required.
Act as a subject matter expert for application support, providing technical guidance, consultation and leadership to team members and stakeholders.
Evaluate processes, tools and technologies to improve operational resilience, support efficiency and business outcomes.
Contribute to strategic planning and long-term direction for production support capabilities within the business function.
Advise how to develop, maintain and enhance scripts, utilities or application components where required to support production stability and operational improvement.
Oversee cross functional activities such as defect remediation, scheduling changes and service improvement actions, ensuring completion by the appropriate teams.
Manage priorities, organise team activity, monitor progress and ensure work is completed accurately and within agreed timelines.
Engage with management, committees and senior stakeholders to provide updates, recommendations and subject matter expertise.
Follow ITIL aligned incident, problem and change management processes, including appropriate escalation and documentation.
Participate in out-of-hour support on an occasional basis, including weekends, for high priority and critical production issues.

Knowledge/Skills

Strong experience in application production support across mainframe, distributed and data platforms.
Excellent knowledge of enterprise communication, collaboration and automation tools such as Microsoft 365 and Power Platform.
Excellent understanding of IT Service Management, change management, incident management, ticket workflows and escalation practices.
Experience using ServiceNow for incident, problem and change management activities.
Practical knowledge of DataStage, ETL job support, investigation and remediation.
Working knowledge of SQL, preferably Oracle and Microsoft SQL Server, with the ability to troubleshoot common database issues.
Experience with Linux and Windows server environments, including scripting and operational support.
Ability to align technical solutions with business requirements in a practical and outcome focused manner.
Knowledge of scheduling tools such as Control M.
Understanding of engineering delivery pipelines, DevOps practices, continuous integration, continuous delivery and Agile ways of working.
Familiarity with containerized microservice architectures, Docker, Kubernetes and messaging platforms such as Kafka, RabbitMQ or Solace.
Working knowledge of cloud-based technologies and modern application support practices.
Ability to identify automation opportunities and reduce repetitive operational activity.

Personal Traits

Strong analytical and problem-solving capability.
Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including the ability to engage confidently with senior business stakeholders.
Self-motivated, proactive and able to work effectively with minimal supervision.
Well organized, adaptable and able to manage changing priorities in a fast-paced environment.
Collaborative approach with the ability to build effective working relationships across teams and regions.
Commitment to continuous learning and ongoing improvement.
Willingness to work outside standard office hours when required to support critical production issues.

Industry Financial services domain knowledge is desirable, particularly in middle office operations, asset servicing, fund services or transfer agency. Minimum of 10 years of relevant experience.

Salary Range: $95,600 - 162,400 USD Salary range is a good faith estimate of base pay.

• 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
• other voluntary and well-being benefits
• discretionary bonus program that may include an equity component

Work Authorization 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).

Working with Us As a Northern Trust partner, you will be part of a flexible and collaborative work culture, which has a strong history of financial strength and stability. Movement within the organization is encouraged, senior leaders are accessible, and you can take pride in working for a company committed to an inclusive workplace and assisting the communities we serve.

Philanthropy is deeply rooted in Northern Trust’s history and is an essential element of our culture. Employees around the world give their time and talent to work for the greater good of their communities.

Reasonable Accommodation Northern Trust is committed to working with and providing adjustments to individuals with health conditions and disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the employment process, please email our HR Service Center at [e-mail], or alternatively you can discuss your individual requirements with the recruiter you are working with.

Looking for greater? You found it. A global financial leader with more than 22,000 employees in 23 locations worldwide, Northern Trust empowers our employees to achieve more than just business goals. Our focus on work-life balance, career mobility and unique opportunities are just a few of the reasons we’ve been named one of the world’s most admired companies.

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It is the policy and practice of Northern Trust to provide equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants. Northern Trust does not discriminate on the basis of race, colour, religion or belief, nationality, ethnic or national origin, sex, marital status, sexual orientation, disability or age. All employment decisions will be made in a non-discriminatory manner in accordance with our obligations under the law and codes of practice. This includes human resources’ decisions relating to recruitment, terms and conditions of employment, transfers, promotions and access to learning and development.

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