Northern Trust · 10 hours ago
Sr Lead, SW Eng
Chicago, IL
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$114K/yr - $195K/yr
10+ years expNorthern Trust is a globally recognized financial institution that offers innovative financial services and guidance. The Cash Development Sr Lead will lead the development team for the bank’s core cash processing applications, ensuring timely delivery of technical solutions and managing incidents effectively.
BankingFinanceFinancial ServicesWealth Management
Responsibilities
Primary responsibility is to lead the application development team and work with vendor, product team and architecture team in delivering technical solutions
Assign work responsibilities to all team members and make sure the stories are delivered in-time and with utmost correctness and hygiene
Work closely with solution architecture and product team for providing business solutions
Should be flexible for upskilling and manage team members of same and different skill sets
Availability to provide coverage during weekends in case of change implementation, scheduled DR events, release validation efforts and in cases of major issues / failure reported
Responsible for leading and implementing Disaster Recovery tests including FED resiliency tests
Technical expertise with installing MTS core service pack and snapshots
Provide L3 support for production incident calls, involve needed teams in the call to fast-track the work around and get production back to BAU within SLA
Review and Maintain high standards of knowledge documentation in SharePoint/repository
Develop and maintain excellent relationships and communication with global stakeholders, self / other IT teams, and business areas
Ability to work with vendors and support staff on support tickets and follow up regularly till resolution is found
Coordinate with upstream and downstream teams proactively for any risks or potential issues
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's Degree in computer science or equivalent
10-12 years of experience in application development preferably in Banking domain
Must have - Strong experience with Unix, Oracle and enterprise web application architectures and modern frameworks
Technical Expertise with MTS/UPF product, Entia database, RGW
Experience with shell scripting
Experience with IBM MQ, Solace
Batch Support experience using Control-M
Experience with enterprise monitoring tools like Dynatrace, CA APM, Sitescope
Experience with Service Now (IT Service Management tool)
Experience in leading team
Experience in Agile Processes
Experience communicating with non-technical/business stakeholders using appropriate language suitable for the communicating technical issues and talking points
Preferred
Knowledge and understanding of financial applications
Knowledge and understanding of application servers, databases and networks in a corporate enterprise infrastructure
Knowledge of Java , Spring boot
Benefits
401k and pension
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
Company
Northern Trust
Northern Trust is a global leader in delivering innovative investment management, asset and fund administration, fiduciary and banking.
10001+ employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$1.25B2025-11-20Post Ipo Debt· $1.25B
1978-01-13IPO
Leadership Team
Michael O'Grady
President, Chief Executive Officer & Director
Peter Cherecwich
Chief Operating Officer
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