Northern Trust
Financial Services
TechnologyResiliencyArchitect
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“Technology Resiliency Architect at Northern Trust. Skills: Resiliency architecture, Hybrid cloud, Disaster recovery. Embed resiliency by design. Lead resiliency architecture standards development”
What You'll Achieve.
Adoption of RIGs; Reduction of SPOFs; Architecture compliance; Improved recovery capabilities; Remediation of gaps
Industry & Context.
Identify weaknesses; Identify risks; Remediation strategies; Eliminate single points of failure
Authorized to work in U.S., No visa sponsorship
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
10+ years enterprise architecture, 10+ years infrastructure architecture, 10+ years solution architecture, Experience designing resilient hybrid architectures, Experience supporting architecture governance, Experience supporting ARB processes, Data center infrastructure resiliency, Storage/compute resiliency patterns, Server virtualization platforms, Network resiliency architectures, Public cloud platforms, Hybrid cloud architectures, Multi-region cloud architectures, Cloud DR strategies, Automated failover patterns, Disaster Recovery architecture, Backup/restore platforms, Database recovery, Database replication, PiTR implementations, Messaging resiliency, Architecture Review Boards, Enterprise architecture frameworks
Nice to Have
Financial services industry experience, Highly regulated industry experience, Enterprise resiliency transformation initiatives, SRE frameworks, Reliability engineering frameworks, Observability platforms, Monitoring platforms, Cyber recovery architectures, Isolated recovery architectures
What You'll Do.
Embed resiliency by design
Lead resiliency architecture standards development
Lead resiliency architecture standards governance
Lead resiliency architecture standards implementation
Serve as technical authority
Partner with architects
Partner with engineering teams
Translate resiliency strategy
Provide implementation guidance
Lead resiliency reviews
Identify architectural weaknesses
Identify architectural risks
Assess recovery capabilities
Develop remediation strategies
Develop resiliency uplift roadmaps
Promote DR automation
Promote recovery orchestration
Drive configuration management
Drive drift management
Drive automated recovery testing
Ensure architecture standards support resilience
Provide architectural evidence
Collaborate with governance teams
Collaborate with risk teams
Strengthen resiliency controls
Design resilient architectures
Develop patterns for HA
Develop patterns for DR
Develop patterns for data protection
Identify single points of failure
Eliminate single points of failure
Define technical standards
Define reusable architecture blueprints
Review designs for resiliency compliance
Review designs for risk
Enforce enterprise patterns
Act as technical gatekeeper
Provide architecture support
Lead architecture design workshops
Advise on DR strategies
Advise on PiTR strategies
Advise on failover strategies
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Architecture Review Boards; Business Unit architects; Engineering teams; Governance teams; Risk teams; BU technology teams
Communication Scope
Technical authority; Architecture reviews; Design workshops; Audit evidence
Process & Methodology
Architecture governance
Full Job Description
**_About Northern Trust:_** Northern Trust, a Fortune 500 company, is a globally recognized, award-winning financial institution that has been in continuous operation since 1889. Northern Trust is proud to provide 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. With more than 130 years of financial experience and over 22,000 partners, we serve the world’s most sophisticated clients using leading technology and exceptional service. **ROLE OVERVIEW:** **Technology Resiliency Architect** is a senior hands-on architect responsible for embedding resiliency by design across the enterprise technology landscape. The role leads development, governance, and implementation of enterprise resiliency architecture standards across on-premises infrastructure, private cloud, public cloud, and SaaS platforms. Serving as a technical authority in Architecture Review Boards (ARB), this position partners with Business Unit architects and engineering teams to translate enterprise resiliency strategy into practical implementation guidance through Resiliency Implementation Guidelines (RIGs) . **KEY RESPONSIBILITIES** **Hybrid Architecture Expertise** * On-Premises: data center resiliency, server/storage redundancy, DB failover, network patterns * Public Cloud (AWS, Azure, GCP): multi-region, automated failover, cross-region replication * Private Cloud: VMware virtualization resiliency, storage and compute HA * SaaS: vendor resiliency assessments, failover capabilities, third-party DR validation **Well-Architected Resiliency Assessments** * Lead resiliency reviews identifying architectural weaknesses and risks * Assess recovery capabilities against defined RTO and RPO targets * Develop remediation strategies and resiliency uplift roadmaps **Engineering & Automation Alignment** * Promote IaC (Terraform, Ansible), DR automation, and recovery orche
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