{"id":1383699,"url":"https://alion.io/job/northern-trust-lead-aws-devops-engineer-deployment-coordinator","title":"Lead AWS DevOps Engineer & Deployment Coordinator","company":{"id":1762433,"name":"Northern Trust","domain":"northerntrust.com","url":"https://alion.io/company/northerntrust","size_band":"1001-5000","is_staffing_agency":false,"employer_type":"direct","is_intermediary":false,"listed_via":null,"ats_vendor":"Workday","truth_index":{"grade":"B","score":75,"open_postings":50,"ghost_share":0,"stale_share":1,"repost_share":0,"time_to_fill_p50_days":25,"computed_at":"2026-09-29T05:45:00Z"}},"role":"DevOps","role_family":"DevOps","seniority":"lead","employment_type":"full_time","work_mode":"hybrid","remote_scope":null,"remote_scope_basis":null,"remote_working_hours":null,"hiring_geo_confidence":"explicit","locations":["Chicago, United States"],"countries":["US"],"hiring_countries":[],"hiring_countries_total":0,"salary":{"min":137400,"max":233600,"currency":"USD","period":"year","gross":null,"usd_annual":233600},"salary_estimate":null,"experience_years_min":null,"visa_sponsorship":true,"relocation_package":false,"has_equity":true,"technologies":[{"name":"AWS","optional":false},{"name":"CI/CD","optional":false},{"name":"GitLab CI","optional":false},{"name":"Incident Management","optional":false},{"name":"ITSM","optional":false},{"name":"ServiceNow","optional":false},{"name":"Terraform","optional":false},{"name":"Agile","optional":true},{"name":"GitHub Actions","optional":true}],"status":"live","first_seen_at":"2026-07-01T00:00:00Z","employer_posted_date":"2026-07-01","last_verified_at":"2026-09-29T00:04:44Z","board_verified":true,"closed_at":null,"days_open":91,"trust":{"level":"ok","repost_count":null,"flags":[],"days_open":91},"description":"About Northern Trust\nAs 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.\nSince 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.\nWith 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.\nLead AWS DevOps Engineer & Deployment Coordinator\nRole Overview\nWe are seeking an experienced onshore full-time Lead AWS DevOps Engineer / Deployment Coordinator to own the DevOps 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.\nKey Responsibilities\nTechnical Leadership & Architecture Ownership\nOwn the DevOps and deployment architecture for the platform, ensuring solutions are scalable, secure, maintainable, and aligned to enterprise standards.\nProvide technical leadership and guidance to the team, driving best practices across cloud engineering, automation, release management, and operational support.\nPartner effectively with development, security, QA, and operations teams to translate business and engineering needs into practical architecture and delivery plans.\nAct as a lead resource who can work independently, influence decisions, and bring teams into alignment on tooling, processes, and technical direction.\nCloud & DevOps Engineering\nDesign, implement, and support AWS-based architectures, ensuring scalability, reliability, performance, and security.\nAct as a technical owner for DevOps practices, supporting end-to-end build, deployment, and release workflows.\nCollaborate with application teams on cloud adoption, architecture reviews, and operational best practices.\nCI/CD & Infrastructure as Code\nBuild, maintain, and enhance CI/CD pipelines using GitLab CI/CD, aligned with enterprise standards.\nDevelop and manage Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform (HCL) for AWS resources.\nCoordinate and execute application deployments across environments, ensuring minimal downtime and controlled rollouts.\nContribute to pipeline modernization efforts and support transition planning where experience across multiple CI/CD platforms adds value.\nSecurity, Risk & Compliance\nEnforce cybersecurity policies and controls throughout the SDLC and deployment lifecycle.\nIntegrate and manage security tools including DAST, SAST, SCA, penetration testing tools, and Sonar.\nPerform risk assessments for production releases and infrastructure changes, ensuring compliance with organizational and regulatory standards.\nDeployment & Change Management\nOwn and coordinate deployment activities leveraging CI/CD pipelines and ServiceNow.\nEnsure all deployments follow ITSM and Change Management practices, including approvals, documentation, and rollback strategies.\nPartner with stakeholders to plan releases across business and technical timelines.\nIncident, Problem & RCA Management\nProvide leadership during production incidents, ensuring timely triage, communication, and resolution.\nPerform deep-dive root cause analysis (RCA) for production issues and drive preventive actions.\nSupport Incident Management practices, ensuring SLAs, escalation procedures, and post-incident reviews are adhered to.\nMandatory Skills & Experience\nStrong AWS solution architecture knowledge with hands-on cloud implementation experience.\nProven experience with Terraform (HCL) for infrastructure provisioning.\nHands-on experience with GitLab CI/CD for pipeline creation and management.\nStrong expertise in deployment practices, including CI/CD and ServiceNow-based release processes.\nDeep understanding of cybersecurity tools and practices, including DAST, SAST, SCA, penetration testing, and Sonar or equivalent code quality tools.\nSolid experience in ITSM Change Management processes.\nProven ability to handle incident management, RCA, and production support activities.\nStrong analytical skills with the ability to deep dive into complex production issues.\nDemonstrated ability to lead technical architecture discussions, make sound design decisions, and own end-to-end DevOps solutions.\nExcellent communication, stakeholder management, and team collaboration skills; able to work well with cross-functional teams and influence outcomes.\nNice to Have\nExperience with GitHub Actions is a plus; as we migrate off the current platform, experience across both GitLab CI/CD and GitHub Actions will be highly valuable.\nExperience operating in regulated or enterprise-scale environments.\nPrior role involving release coordination or deployment ownership.\nExposure to Agile / DevSecOps operating models.\nIdeal Candidate Profile\nA lead-level engineer who can balance architecture ownership with hands-on delivery.\nComfortable partnering with globally distributed teams and bringing structure to complex releases and operational issues.\nAble to coach others, create alignment across stakeholders, and drive improvements in tools, processes, and reliability.\nSalary Range:\n$137,400 - 233,600 USDSalary range is a good faith estimate of base pay. Northern Trust provides a comprehensive benefits package including 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, and other voluntary and well-being benefits. Northern Trust also provides a discretionary bonus program that may include an equity component.\nWork Authorization\nApplicants must be authorized to work in the U.S. without the need for employment-based visa sponsorship now or in the future. Northern Trust will not sponsor applicants for U.S. work visa status for this opportunity (no sponsorship is available for H-1B, L-1, TN, O-1, E-3, H-1B1, F-1, J-1, OPT, CPT or any other employment-based visa).\nWorking with Us\nAs a Northern Trust partner, you will be part of a flexible and collaborative work culture, which has a strong history of financial strength and stability. Movement within the organization is encouraged, senior leaders are accessible, and you can take pride in working for a company committed to an inclusive workplace and assisting the communities we serve.\nPhilanthropy is deeply rooted in Northern Trust’s history and is an essential element of our culture. Employees around the world give their time and talent to work for the greater good of their communities.\nReasonable Accommodation\nNorthern Trust is committed to working with and providing adjustments to individuals with health conditions and disabilities. 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