Lead Unix Engineering

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 Summary

We're looking for a Lead UNIX Engineer who brings traditional platform depth along with modern engineering practices. You'll help lead the design, deployment, and lifecycle of mission-critical UNIX platforms (Solaris, AIX, RHEL, Ubuntu) and services, while contributing to DevOps tooling, Git-driven workflows, hybrid cloud strategies with an automation mindset. This is a key role in a high-trust team that powers secure, compliant infrastructure for a global financial institution. Expect deep technical challenges, high visibility, and opportunities to influence platform direction.

Key Responsibilities

Core UNIX Engineering & Support

• Design, secure, build, and maintain resilient UNIX environments across Solaris (10 / 11 with Zones, LDOMs), AIX 7.x (VIOS, NPIV), Ubuntu, and RHEL 5-10 (on physical, virtual, and hybrid platforms).
• Own OS lifecycle strategy : patching, upgrades, security baselines, and hardware refresh planning.
• Maintain HA solutions (Pacemaker, VCS, HACMP, RH Cluster Suite) and performance-tuned enterprise systems.

DevOps, SRE & Automation

Security

Authentication, Authorization, and Directory Services

Monitoring, Reliability & Incident Response

Hybrid Cloud & Platform Modernization

Documentation & Governance

Required Skills and Experience

Technical Requirements

o Red Hat Satellite, CFEngine, PowerVC, LVM / VxVM

o Pacemaker, Veritas Cluster, HACMP, or equivalent HA stacks

o GitHub for version control and collaboration

o Cohesity, NetBackup, CyberArk

o VMware vSphere ecosystem (vCenter, ESXi, vSAN, vXrail)

DevOps / SRE Practices

Soft Skills

Preferred Qualifications

Work Conditions & Availability

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.

About Our Pune Office

The 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.

Our 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. Learn more.