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About Northern Trust: Northern Trust is a globally recognized, award-winning financial institution that has been in continuous operation since 1889. The organization takes pride in offering innovative financial services and guidance to successful individuals, families, and institutions while upholding principles of service, expertise, and integrity. With over 130 years of experience and more than 22,000 partners, Northern Trust serves sophisticated clients worldwide with leading technology and exceptional service. Job Summary: Northern Trust is seeking an experienced Manager of Technology Resilience & Automation to lead the automation, orchestration, and continuous improvement of the Technology and Infrastructure Resilience Process. The role focuses on enhancing the efficiency, reliability, and effectiveness of Disaster Recovery (DR) Operations through automation to ensure rapid recovery of critical systems and minimize downtime. The ideal candidate will possess expertise in disaster recovery planning, automation frameworks, IT Infrastructure, on-premise and cloud-based recovery solutions, and regulatory compliance requirements. This individual will play a critical role in identifying risks, developing mitigation strategies, and collaborating with cross-functional teams to maintain the security and resilience of the business during unforeseen disruptions. Key Responsibilities: - Disaster Recovery Automation and Strategy: Develop and implement an automated DR framework to enhance failover and recovery speed, integrate automation into DR Runbooks, testing, and execution, optimize Recovery Time Objective (RTO) and Recovery Point Objective (RPO) through automation, collaborate with Infrastructure teams to enhance DR capabilities, and ensure DR plans meet standards and compliance requirements. - Automation & Tooling Implementation: Review requirements, approve design artifacts, strategize and utilize organization infrastructure tools to automate DR processes, lead DR automation solutions across different environments, and enhance monitoring and alerting capabilities for DR automation. - DR Testing & Validation: Conduct DR tests, failover drills, and resilience simulations using automation, monitor and analyze test results for improvements, collaborate with relevant departments for alignment between DR, authentication, and security strategies, lead DR efforts during disruptions, and maintain documentation to support automation capabilities. - Communication, Collaboration & Leadership: Lead a team focused on DR Automation, serve as a subject matter expert, provide guidance and training, develop and deliver effective presentations, communicate key metrics professionally, facilitate meetings with stakeholders, and maintain a technical network across multiple service areas. Qualifications: - Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience. - Strong knowledge of IT automation strategies, tools, and frameworks. - Proven experience in disaster recovery and business continuity planning. - Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills. - Strong communication and interpersonal skills. - Experience in a global organization across multiple countries and time zones. - Ability to work effectively under pressure. - Knowledge of relevant regulations and compliance standards. Experience: - Minimum 12+ years in Management or Team Lead role in IT. - Minimum 5 years in disaster recovery, business continuity planning, or point-in-time recovery planning. - Practical experience in Agile development. - Hands-on experience in leading DR automation projects. - Strong communications, analytical, problem-solving, and incident response skills. - Experience in leading disaster recovery exercises and response efforts. - Management soft skills including team building, conflict resolution, and strategic planning. Join Northern Trust: Northern Trust offers a flexible and collaborative work culture, encourages movement within the organization, provides accessibility to senior leaders, and commits to assisting the communities it serves. If you are interested in working for a sustainable and admired company, consider building your career with Northern Trust today. Reasonable accommodation: Northern Trust is dedicated to working with individuals with disabilities and providing reasonable accommodations. If you require accommodations during the employment process, please contact the HR Service Center at MyHRHelp@ntrs.com. Apply today to explore opportunities for flexible working and contribute to a diverse and inclusive workplace where different perspectives are valued. #MadeForGreater.,
