Lead AWS DevOps Engineer – Deployment Coordinator

Northern Trust

Lead AWS DevOps Engineer owning DevOps architecture and deployment strategies for a global financial leader. Collaborating with cross-functional teams to ensure efficient application delivery and production stability.

Posted 7/1/2026full-timeChicago • Illinois • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $137,400 - $233,600 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AWSCloudCyber SecurityITSMSDLCServiceNowTerraform

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Own the DevOps and deployment architecture for the platform, ensuring solutions are scalable, secure, maintainable, and aligned to enterprise standards.
Provide technical leadership and guidance to the team, driving best practices across cloud engineering, automation, release management, and operational support.
Partner effectively with development, security, QA, and operations teams to translate business and engineering needs into practical architecture and delivery plans.
Act as a lead resource who can work independently, influence decisions, and bring teams into alignment on tooling, processes, and technical direction.
Design, implement, and support AWS-based architectures, ensuring scalability, reliability, performance, and security.
Act as a technical owner for DevOps practices, supporting end-to-end build, deployment, and release workflows.
Collaborate with application teams on cloud adoption, architecture reviews, and operational best practices.
Build, maintain, and enhance CI/CD pipelines using GitLab CI/CD, aligned with enterprise standards.
Develop and manage Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform (HCL) for AWS resources.
Coordinate and execute application deployments across environments, ensuring minimal downtime and controlled rollouts.
Enforce cybersecurity policies and controls throughout the SDLC and deployment lifecycle.
Integrate and manage security tools including DAST, SAST, SCA, penetration testing tools, and Sonar.
Perform risk assessments for production releases and infrastructure changes, ensuring compliance with organizational and regulatory standards.
Own and coordinate deployment activities leveraging CI/CD pipelines and ServiceNow.
Ensure all deployments follow ITSM and Change Management practices, including approvals, documentation, and rollback strategies.
Provide leadership during production incidents, ensuring timely triage, communication, and resolution.
Perform deep-dive root cause analysis (RCA) for production issues and drive preventive actions.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Strong AWS solution architecture knowledge with hands-on cloud implementation experience.
Proven experience with Terraform (HCL) for infrastructure provisioning.
Hands-on experience with GitLab CI/CD for pipeline creation and management.
Strong expertise in deployment practices, including CI/CD and ServiceNow-based release processes.
Deep understanding of cybersecurity tools and practices, including DAST, SAST, SCA, penetration testing, and Sonar or equivalent code quality tools.
Solid experience in ITSM Change Management processes.
Proven ability to handle incident management, RCA, and production support activities.
Strong analytical skills with the ability to deep dive into complex production issues.
Demonstrated ability to lead technical architecture discussions, make sound design decisions, and own end-to-end DevOps solutions.
Excellent communication, stakeholder management, and team collaboration skills; able to work well with cross-functional teams and influence outcomes.

Benefits

Comp & perks

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
discretionary bonus program that may include an equity component

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Hard Skills & Tools

AWSTerraformGitLab CI/CDCI/CD Deployment PracticesDASTSASTSCAPenetration TestingRoot Cause Analysis (RCA)Infrastructure as Code (IaC)

Soft Skills

Technical LeadershipCommunicationStakeholder ManagementTeam CollaborationAnalytical Skills