Lead - Automation QA Lead - Infra & Application Resiliency

About Northern Trust :

Northern Trust, a Fortune 500 company, is a globally recognized, award-winning financial institution that has been in continuous operation since 1889.

Northern Trust is proud to provide innovative financial services and guidance to the world's most successful individuals, families, and institutions by remaining true to our enduring principles of service, expertise, and integrity. With more than 130 years of financial experience and over 22,000 partners, we serve the world's most sophisticated clients using leading technology and exceptional service.

Role Overview :

The Automation QA Lead - Infra & Application Resiliency is responsible for overseeing the execution, planning, and continuous improvement of automated testing and stability validation across infrastructure and application environments. This role ensures production resiliency through robust automation coverage, quality oversight of infrastructure change testing, and proactive issue resolution. The lead will collaborate closely with global stakeholders, including engineering and service delivery teams, to drive automation initiatives aligned with ITIL processes, maintain SLA compliance, and ensure seamless cross-regional delivery. The ideal candidate brings deep technical expertise, strong leadership, and a strategic mindset to enhance system health, testing efficiency, and operational reliability.

Key Responsibilities :

Automation & Stability Oversight

• Lead the execution and monitoring of automated production stability scripts to ensure consistent system performance.
• Drive automation strategies that enhance application resiliency and reduce manual intervention.
• Oversee stability validations and automated testing for infrastructure changes, ensuring minimal impact to production systems.

Stakeholder Engagement & Requirements Gathering

Quality & Change Management

Team Leadership & Delivery Management

Planning & Testing Metrics Analytics for continuous improvements

Qualifications :

Technical Skills

Preferred Skills :

Salary Range :

$95,600 - 162,400 USD

Salary 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.

Working with Us :

As a Northern Trust partner, greater achievements await. You will be part of a flexible and collaborative work culture in an organization where financial strength and stability is an asset that emboldens us to explore new ideas.

Movement within the organization is encouraged, senior leaders are accessible, and you can take pride in working for a company committed to assisting the communities we serve! Join a workplace with a greater purpose.

We'd love to learn more about how your interests and experience could be a fit with one of the world's most admired and sustainable companies! Build your career with us and apply today. #MadeForGreater

Reasonable accommodation

Northern Trust is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the employment process, please email our HR Service Center at MyHRHelp@ntrs.com.

We hope you're excited about the role and the opportunity to work with us. We value an inclusive workplace and understand flexibility means different things to different people.

Apply today and talk to us about your flexible working requirements and together we can achieve greater.