{"id":1355315,"url":"https://alion.io/job/northern-trust-sr-lead-database-development","title":"Sr Lead, Database Development","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":null},"role":"Finance","role_family":"Finance","seniority":"lead","employment_type":"full_time","work_mode":"on_site","remote_scope":null,"remote_scope_basis":null,"remote_working_hours":null,"hiring_geo_confidence":"structured","locations":["Pune, India"],"countries":["IN"],"hiring_countries":[],"hiring_countries_total":0,"salary":null,"salary_estimate":null,"experience_years_min":null,"visa_sponsorship":false,"relocation_package":false,"has_equity":false,"technologies":[{"name":"Azure SQL Database","optional":false},{"name":"ETL/ELT","optional":false},{"name":"SQL","optional":false}],"status":"live","first_seen_at":"2026-09-02T00:00:00Z","employer_posted_date":"2026-09-02","last_verified_at":"2026-09-28T13:07:06Z","board_verified":true,"closed_at":null,"days_open":26,"trust":{"level":"ok","repost_count":null,"flags":[],"days_open":26},"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.\n1. Primary DBA Ownership (Core Accountability)\nAct as the primary DBA for all Data Protection databases across production, UAT, and development environments.\nOwn database availability, performance, capacity, security, backup, recovery, and lifecycle management.\nServe as final technical escalation for database incidents, outages, and data integrity issues.\nDefine and enforce DBA standards, operational guardrails, and support models.\n2. Database Architecture & Engineering\nDesign, build, and maintain enterprise grade SQL Server databases (on premise and cloud, including Azure SQL Managed Instance).\nOwn physical and logical database design, including: o Schema design o Indexing strategies o Partitioning o Performance tuning\nLead database strategy for new Data Protection services, integrations, and platform migrations.\nGovern schema evolution to ensure backward compatibility and reporting stability.\n3. Performance, Reliability & Capacity Management\nProactively monitor and tune database performance (queries, indexes, memory, IO).\nLead capacity planning and forecasting, including storage, compute, and growth modelling.\nDesign and test backup, restore, disaster recovery, and high availability strategies in line with enterprise RTO/RPO expectations.\n4. Data Ingestion, ETL & Automation\nProvide senior DBA oversight and hands on support for ETL and ingestion pipelines.\nEnsure ingestion processes are performant, resilient, recoverable, and auditable.\nOptimize ingestion for high volume, complex, and inconsistent datasets.\nDrive automation to reduce manual DBA intervention and operational risk.\n5. SQL Engineering & Reporting Enablement\nDevelop and govern complex SQL queries, views, and stored procedures that underpin: o Regulatory reporting o Audit evidence o Executive dashboards\nEnsure reporting accuracy, data lineage, and traceability.\nAct as escalation point for reporting failures driven by database issues.\n6. Security, Controls & Regulatory Readiness\nOwn database level security controls, including: o Access control models o Service account governance o Credential rotation o Encryption and secure connectivity\nEnsure databases meet audit, regulatory, and risk management expectations, including evidence production.\nPartner with Risk, Audit, and Control teams to remediate database related findings.\n7. Operational Leadership \nLead response to major incidents and post incident root cause analysis.\nMentor engineers and analysts on database best practices without direct line management.\nProvide clear risk signals, options, and recommendations to senior stakeholders.\nRepresent DBA interests in architecture, change, and governance forums.\n8. Documentation & Standards\nOwn DBA runbooks, operational documentation, health check reporting, and capacity plans.\nDefine repeatable operational procedures for database changes and maintenance.\nContribute to Data Protection service documentation and control narratives.\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. If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the employment process, please email our HR Service Center at , or alternatively you can discuss your individual requirements with the recruiter you are working with. \nAbout Our Pune Office\nThe Northern Trust Pune office, established in 2016, is now home to over 3,000 employees. The office handles various functions, including Operations for Asset Servicing and Wealth Management, as well as delivering critical technology solutions that support business operations across the globe.\nOur Pune team takes our commitment to service to heart. In 2024, they volunteered more than 10,000+ hours into the communities where they live and work. 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