Principal Solution Architect

Northern Trust

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On-site
Location
Chicago, IL
Salary
$137,400–$233,600 / yr
Posted
38 days ago
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Confirmed live yesterday
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This role $186k
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This role pays less than 61% of similar roles. Most pay $169,775–$219,375 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $186k versus about $195k for comparable roles.

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About Northern Trust

Northern Trust is a leading provider of wealth management, asset servicing, asset management, and banking services to corporations, institutions, and high-net-worth individuals. Industry: Financial Services & Asset Management

Northern Trust currently has 48 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $114,500–$194,700 across 43 roles with salary data.

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TL;DR · Principal Solution Architect

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As a Principal, Solution Architect, you will join the Global Engineering Architectural Governance team to drive technical strategy and ensure solutions provide business value while mitigating technical debt. You will be responsible for developing multi-year technology roadmaps, influencing senior decision-makers on project portfolios, and identifying shared services to improve efficiency. The role involves mediating conflicting priorities, managing investment spend alignment, and collaborating with Enterprise Architecture groups to solve complex problems. To succeed, you must possess extensive experience in architecture and transformation programs, Agile SCRUM management, and reconciliation using TLM software. Technical requirements include proficiency in Big Data, Open Source warehouse building, Oracle, Snowflake, Kafka, MQ, Spark, Cloud technologies, and Docker. Knowledge of AI and machine learning is an advantage as you navigate the complexities of large-scale application development and infrastructure modernization.

Skills

Oracle Snowflake Kafka Spark Docker Cloud Big Data Open Source Agile SCRUM Machine Learning AI TLM Middleware MQ

What you'll do

  • Develop and manage multi-year technology strategies that define application target architectures across the portfolio.
  • Ensure technical solutions provide business value while actively mitigating technical debt.
  • Mediate conflicting priorities to drive optimal architectural decisions for the organization.
  • Identify and eliminate functional redundancies by enforcing the use of firm-wide shared services.
  • Influence senior decision-makers through clear communication regarding technology vision and project roadmaps.
  • Align investment spending with target states and established technology roadmaps.
  • Liaise with Enterprise Architecture groups to ensure consistency across technical systems.

What we're looking for

  • Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience.
  • Minimum 12 years of development experience.
  • Experience in Architecture and Transformation programs.
  • Agile SCRUM management experience; Agile transformation experience is a plus.
  • Strong Big Data and Open Source experience in building modern warehouses.
  • Required experience in Reconciliation with knowledge of TLM software.
  • Strong Database knowledge in Oracle and Snowflake.
  • Work Authorization.

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