Technology Resiliency Architect is a senior hands-on architect responsible for embedding resiliency by design across the enterprise technology landscape. The role leads development, governance, and implementation of enterprise resiliency architecture standards across on-premises infrastructure, private cloud, public cloud, and SaaS platforms. Serving as a technical authority in Architecture Review Boards (ARB), this position partners with Business Unit architects and engineering teams to translate enterprise resiliency strategy into practical implementation guidance through Resiliency Implementation Guidelines (RIGs)
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Hybrid Architecture Expertise
- On-Premises: data center resiliency, server/storage redundancy, DB failover, network patterns
- Public Cloud (AWS, Azure, GCP): multi-region, automated failover, cross-region replication
- Private Cloud: VMware virtualization resiliency, storage and compute HA
- SaaS: vendor resiliency assessments, failover capabilities, third-party DR validation
Well-Architected Resiliency Assessments
- Lead resiliency reviews identifying architectural weaknesses and risks
- Assess recovery capabilities against defined RTO and RPO targets
- Develop remediation strategies and resiliency uplift roadmaps
Engineering & Automation Alignment
- Promote IaC (Terraform, Ansible), DR automation, and recovery orchestration
- Drive configuration/drift management and automated recovery testing
Regulatory & Risk Alignment
- Ensure architecture standards support operational resilience requirements
- Provide architectural evidence for audit and regulatory reviews
- Collaborate with governance and risk teams to strengthen resiliency controls
Enterprise Resiliency Architecture
- Design resilient architectures across on-prem, private cloud, public cloud, and SaaS
- Develop patterns for high availability, disaster recovery (DR), and data protection
- Identify and eliminate single points of failure in Tier-0 and mission-critical systems
Resiliency Implementation Guidelines (RIGs)
- Define technical standards and reusable architecture blueprints covering:
- DR, PiTR, backup/restore, database resiliency, messaging (Kafka, MQ, Solace)
- Hybrid cloud recovery, storage replication, application failover patterns
Architecture Governance & ARB
- Core ARB member — review designs for resiliency compliance and risk
- Identify vulnerabilities, recommend remediation, enforce enterprise patterns
- Act as technical gatekeeper for resiliency across all major initiatives
Business Unit Engagement
- Provide hands-on architecture support for critical applications and platforms
- Lead architecture design workshops with BU technology teams
- Advise on DR, PiTR, and failover strategies for resilient hybrid architectures
REQUIRED EXPERIENCE & TECHNICAL EXPERTISE
Professional Experience
- 10+ years in enterprise, infrastructure, or solution architecture
- Proven experience designing resilient hybrid architectures at large enterprise scale
- Experience supporting architecture governance frameworks and ARB processes
- Financial services or highly regulated industry experience preferred
Infrastructure & Platforms
- Data center infrastructure and storage/compute resiliency patterns
- Server virtualization platforms (VMware / private cloud)
- Network resiliency and redundancy architectures
Cloud Architecture
- Public cloud platforms — AWS, Azure, GCP
- Hybrid and multi-region cloud architectures
- Cloud DR strategies and automated failover patterns
Recovery & Continuity
- Disaster Recovery architecture and backup/restore platforms
- Database recovery, replication, and PiTR implementations
- Messaging resiliency — Kafka, MQ, Solace
Architecture Governance
- Architecture Review Boards (ARB) and standards development
- Enterprise architecture frameworks (TOGAF or equivalent)
Preferred Experience
- Enterprise resiliency transformation initiatives
- SRE and reliability engineering frameworks
- Observability and monitoring platforms
- Cyber recovery and isolated recovery architectures
Deep technical architecture expertise
- Translates strategy into actionable design patterns
- Strong hands-on engineering mindset
- Strong collaboration with engineering teams
- Ability to influence across large organizations
- Drives resiliency culture across the enterprise
SUCCESS METRICS & ROLE IMPACT
Performance Measured By
- Adoption of enterprise Resiliency Implementation Guidelines (RIGs)
- Reduction of architectural single points of failure
- Architecture compliance through ARB governance
- Improved recovery capabilities across critical services
- Successful remediation of resiliency architecture gaps
Role Impact
This role plays a critical part in ensuring the enterprise can withstand and rapidly recover from technology disruptions — including cyber incidents, infrastructure failures, and cloud service outages. Through architecture leadership, governance, and engineering partnership, this position establishes a resiliency-first technology culture across the organization.
Applicants must be authorized to work in the U.S. without the need for employment-based visa sponsorship now or in the future. Northern Trust will not sponsor applicants for U.S. work visa status for this opportunity (no sponsorship is available for H-1B, L-1, TN, O-1, E-3, H-1B1, F-1, J-1, OPT, CPT or any other employment-based visa)
Salary Range:
$137,400 - 233,600 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.
