Solution Architect - Data & AI

Northern Trust • Chicago, IL

5d • Onsite

About The Position

Northern Trust Asset Management is looking for a Solution Architect with strong expertise in building Data and AI business solutions. The candidate will be part of a global, dynamic, and fast-paced team driving strategic data initiatives for NTAM. The role involves evangelizing data and AI strategy among stakeholders, architecting, building, deploying, and maintaining business applications, and leading technology proof of concepts. The ideal candidate will display strong thought leadership in modern architecture principles, scalable patterns, and technology modernization. They should be comfortable designing databases, data models, data processes, and data warehouse applications, leveraging best practices and tools. The role also includes leading teams through influence to build knowledge on end-to-end solution considerations using domain-driven design and other modern engineering practices, and building a Strategic Data Platform with a Data Product mindset.

Requirements

• Expertise in solutioning Snowflake on Azure Cloud for complex business needs.
• Demonstrate strong understanding with production enabled AI business tools.
• Technical expert architecting, building, deploying and maintaining business applications.
• Azure cloud solution architect to provide technology solution to business problems, with strong understanding of various services available on azure.
• Data Architect with Data Product mindset building Strategic Data Platform.
• Expert level understanding of relational database concepts, dimensional database concepts and database architecture.
• Strong understanding of Snowflake internals, integration and data processing.
• Experience in configuration, maintenance and optimization of snowflake databases.
• Deep understanding of relational and NoSQL data stores, methods and approaches.
• Experience with Dimensional, Star, Data Vault and Snowflake data modelling.
• Rich Experience of designing and implementation of database models (LDM & PDM), data flow diagrams, database schema, DB scripts.
• Cloud Architecture Certification (AWS or Azure) or strong architecture experience.

Nice To Haves

• Investment Management or Asset Management experience recommended.

Responsibilities

• Document application architecture for the business unit across multiple programs.
• Interface with global teams to collaborate on business deliveries.
• Provide design-level functional and technical expertise along with best practices.
• Understand and implement the latest delivery approaches based on cloud architecture.
• Strong grasp of value creation and business capability models for large scale technology platforms.
• Advanced analytics techniques using ML, AI, GenAI, Agentic AI and MLOps.

Benefits

• 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
• other voluntary and well-being benefits
• discretionary bonus program that may include an equity component

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed