
Senior Principal Consultant
Northern Trust
full-time
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Location Type: Office
Location: Chicago • Arizona • Illinois • United States
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Salary
💰 $164,600 - $288,000 per year
Job Level
About the role
- Assess and recommend enterprise applications and solutions that best fit business and project needs.
- Research alternatives and propose efficient, cost-effective solutions.
- Adhere to Northern Trust’s architectural standards for designing, building, and operating cloud and vendor applications.
- Manage multiple projects and teams, balancing competing priorities.
- Collaborate with Development, Product, Business, Operations, and IT support teams to define requirements and deliver strategic solutions.
- Develop and communicate a strategic roadmap for application modernization.
- Mentor and consult with colleagues, sharing expertise through presentations and documentation.
- Provide technical consultation to clients, partners, IT management, and vendors to ensure successful technology integration.
- Identify solutions that deliver business value while minimizing technical debt.
- Work directly with development teams, IT support, and vendors to resolve technical issues and implementation challenges.
- Demonstrate a strong desire to learn and understand the technical and business processes of supported applications.
- Troubleshoot and test software to resolve issues.
- Adapt quickly to new challenges and a fast-paced environment.
- Lead the planning and delivery of 2–3 cloud initiatives annually, exercising creativity and judgment.
- Communicate effectively with stakeholders at all levels.
- Apply technical knowledge of Azure DevOps and CI/CD automation orchestration.
- Mentor and train team members, document processes, and support their needs.
- Leverage financial industry experience as a plus.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field, or equivalent experience.
- Proven experience implementing Software as a Service (SaaS) applications and tools.
- Familiarity with IT Service Management, DevOps, and Software Quality Management tools.
- Minimum 8 years as a Developer, Technical Lead, or Architect for enterprise applications.
- Understanding of public cloud security principles.
- Experience with access and data provisioning, storage, manipulation, and retention.
- Experience collaborating with support teams to implement application access, data management, integrations, and operations.
Benefits
- 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
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
cloud applicationsapplication modernizationSaaS applicationsAzure DevOpsCI/CD automationsoftware troubleshootingdata provisioningdata managementtechnical consultationenterprise applications
Soft Skills
project managementcollaborationmentoringcommunicationproblem-solvingadaptabilitycreativityleadershipstrategic thinkingstakeholder engagement
Certifications
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Sciencerelated field degreeequivalent experience