Cloud Solutions Architect

3 weeks ago


Chicago, Illinois, United States Northern Trust Full time
About Northern Trust:

Northern Trust is a globally recognized, award-winning financial institution with a rich history dating back to 1889. We pride ourselves on providing innovative financial services and guidance to the world's most successful individuals, families, and institutions by remaining true to our enduring principles of service, expertise, and integrity.

We are committed to assisting the communities we serve and strive to create a workplace where financial strength and stability embolden us to explore new ideas.

Role:
Enterprise Architect - Azure Cloud Platform

The Transaction Processing and Settlements team is seeking a highly skilled and experienced Azure Cloud Solutions Architect to join our team. As a key member of our team, you will play a crucial role in architecting, designing, and leading the implementation of solutions on the Microsoft Azure platform.

You will be responsible for defining the solution architecture for enterprise-grade solutions on Azure, following the Azure Well-Architected Framework and recommending solution patterns and practices for your team.

Responsibilities:
Lead the architecture and design of business solutions implemented on Microsoft Azure
Provide guidance on various public cloud solution options, discuss benefits/risks, and provide recommendations that align with strategic business needs
Provide thought leadership, recommendations, and roadmaps for large transformation and greenfield programs on Azure Public Cloud
Assess and provide recommendations on various cloud service models (IaaS, PaaS, SaaS)
Drive proof of concepts, map solution options to business problems, and aid in defining business value and benefits
Collaborate with application engineering, infrastructure, and security teams to ensure requirements and best practices are reflected in the Azure solution design
Provide architecture guidance based on the Azure Well-Architected Framework to help build reliable, secure, and cost-effective workloads in Azure
Be proactive in keeping the team informed around cloud industry best practices
Collaborate with stakeholders, recognize challenges, and proactively offer solutions
Mentor team members on cloud architecture principles, best practices, and emerging technologies

Qualifications:
Bachelor's degree or equivalent work experience
15+ years of proven IT experience with at least 5+ years of solid hands-on experience in architecting cloud solutions, including design and deployment of workloads on Microsoft Azure

Requirements:
Extensive experience with implementing solutions on the Microsoft Azure cloud platform
Prior consulting experience with large-scale implementations on Azure
Experience with cloud deployment, technical and security architecture, database architecture, virtualization, software design, networking, DevOps, and DevSecOps
Strong expertise in cloud architecture, design, including fault tolerance, scalability, and globally highly available systems
Strong understanding of Cloud Native design principles and modern architectures (e.g., event-driven architectures, stream processing, event sourcing/CQRS)
Familiarity with cloud migration strategies and tools, defining migration roadmaps, as well as integration patterns and technologies
Proficiency in cloud infrastructures with hands-on experience in deploying and managing cloud resources using Azure in enterprise-wide environments
Sound knowledge of cloud security principles and best practices, including identity and access management, encryption, and secure networking
Experience with IaC using Terraform with CI/CD pipelines using GitHub, GitHub Actions
Experience in Azure Infrastructure, Networks, Storage, Apps, and Azure DevOps
Experience with Azure Resource Manager, Virtual Networks, Azure Blob Storage, Azure Automation, Azure Active Directory, and Azure Site Recovery
Experience in developing and deploying Cloud Native Applications using Azure PaaS Capabilities involving App Services Plans, Key Vault, SQL Azure DB, Azure Functions, Containers, Azure Container Apps, AKS
Experience in Integration Technologies such as IPaaS, Azure API Management, Logic Apps, Azure Service Bus, Azure Event Grid
Experience with IAM, Authentication, and Authorization of applications using Azure AD, OAuth, (SAML/OAuth/OIDC), MFA, and RBAC
Knowledge of Monitoring, diagnostics, and alerting of Azure workloads and services
Knowledge of programming and scripting languages such as Java, Python, JavaScript, Go, PowerShell, & Bash etc.
Experience working in a fast-paced growth organization in a Global Delivery Model
Ability to present ideas to both technical and business stakeholders and facilitate strategic discussions
Strong management and communication skills
Financial Services domain knowledge will be a plus
Understanding of the SCRUM agile process



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