Principal, Infrastructure Automation (Ansible) - Pune

About Northern Trust As 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. Since 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. With 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. Position Title Principal Automation Engineer Position Summary We are seeking a highly technical Principal Automation Engineer to lead the design, development, and implementation of enterprise automation solutions across hybrid infrastructure, cloud platforms, and application environments. This individual will serve as the organization’s technical authority for automation engineering, driving Infrastructure as Code (IaC), Configuration as Code (CaC), and orchestration strategies that improve resiliency, security, operational efficiency, and consistency. The ideal candidate is an expert in Ansible Automation Platform, automation architecture, enterprise-scale orchestration, API integration, and software engineering principles. They are equally comfortable writing automation code, designing enterprise automation frameworks, mentoring engineers, and influencing executive technology strategy. Key Responsibilities Enterprise Automation Strategy Define and lead the enterprise automation roadmap. Establish reusable automation standards, frameworks, and engineering best practices. Develop automation that supports enterprise resiliency, cyber recovery, disaster recovery, backup and restore, and operational excellence. Champion Infrastructure as Code, Configuration as Code, GitOps, and policy-driven automation. Automation Engineering Design, develop, and maintain enterprise-grade Ansible Playbooks, Roles, Collections, and Automation Controller workflows. Develop reusable automation modules and enterprise automation libraries. Build automation for:Server provisioning Operating system configuration Middleware deployment Application deployment Database automation Storage automation Network automation Kubernetes/OpenShift lifecycle management Public and private cloud provisioning Security configuration Disaster recovery orchestration Cyber recovery execution Patch management Compliance remediation Platform Integration Develop automation integrating with technologies such as: GitHub Enterprise GitLab Jenkins Azure DevOps Terraform ServiceNow VMware Red Hat OpenShift Kubernetes AWS Azure HashiCorp Vault Active Directory LDAP REST APIs Python SDKs Enterprise Orchestration