Lead AWS DevOps Engineer & Deployment Coordinator

As a global leader in innovative wealth management, asset servicing, asset management and banking services, Northern Trust (Nasdaq: NTRS) is proud to guide the world’s most successful individuals, families, corporations and institutions.

Since 1889, we have aligned our efforts with our three guiding Principles That Endure:
Service, Expertise, and Integrity. Together, they reflect the three cornerstones of business conduct which we strive to instill in our employees, whom we call partners, and to provide to our clients and the communities we serve worldwide.

With more than 135 years of financial experience and over 24,000 partners, we serve the world’s most sophisticated clients using leading technology and exceptional service.

We are seeking an experienced onshore full-time Lead AWS Dev Ops Engineer / Deployment Coordinator to own the Dev Ops architecture, guide deployment strategy, and partner closely with engineering, security, and operations teams. This role is expected to provide hands-on technical leadership while working effectively with the broader team to ensure reliable, compliant, and efficient application delivery, production stability, and well-governed release management.

• Own the Dev Ops 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 Dev Ops 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 Git Lab 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.
• Contribute to pipeline modernization efforts and support transition planning where experience across multiple CI/CD platforms adds value.

• 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 Service Now.
• Ensure all deployments follow ITSM and Change Management practices, including approvals, documentation, and rollback strategies.
• Partner with stakeholders to plan releases across business and technical timelines.

• 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.
• Support Incident…