Sr Lead, Infra Middleware

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.

Title: Sr Lead, Infra Middleware

Main Duties

Northern Trust Enterprise Middleware Service team is looking for a skilled and experienced MQ Administrator with a strong background in Solace administration to join our talented team. If you are passionate about managing and optimizing messaging systems and have a deep understanding of both IBM MQ and Solace, we invite you to apply and contribute to our exciting projects.

Responsibilities

• Manage and administer IBM MQ and Solace messaging environments, ensuring their stability, reliability, and optimal performance.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to gather messaging requirements, design solutions, and implement enhancements to messaging systems.
• Monitor and troubleshoot messaging platforms, diagnosing and resolving issues in a timely manner to minimize downtime and disruptions.
• Proactively identify opportunities to enhance system efficiency, scalability, and security, and implement recommended improvements.
• Perform regular maintenance tasks, including patching, upgrades, and system health checks for both IBM MQ and Solace.
• Configure and manage MQ and Solace resources such as queues, topics, channels, and subscriptions, based on application needs.
• Develop and maintain operational documentation, procedures, and best practices for messaging system administration.
• Collaborate with development teams to integrate messaging solutions into applications, ensuring seamless communication and data exchange.
• Participate in on-call rotation for after-hours support and incident resolution as needed.
• Stay current with industry trends and emerging technologies related to messaging systems and make recommendations for their adoption.
• Provide 3rd level support and act as a technical leader of offshore support team
• Liaise with vendors and other IT personnel for problem resolution
  
  

Skills & Experience

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field (or equivalent work experience).
• Proven experience as an MQ Administrator with a minimum of 6 years of hands-on experience in administering IBM MQ and Solace messaging environments.
• Strong proficiency in designing, configuring, and troubleshooting messaging solutions using IBM MQ and Solace.
• Solid understanding of message queueing concepts, publish-subscribe models, and related protocols (e.g., MQTT, AMQP).
• Experience with scripting and automation using tools such as Shell, Python, or Ansible to streamline administrative tasks.
• Familiarity with monitoring and alerting tools for performance tuning and system health assessment.
• Ability to diagnose and resolve complex technical issues independently and collaborate effectively within a team environment.
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal, with the ability to communicate technical information to non-technical stakeholders.
• Solace Certified Administrator (SCA) or equivalent certification is a plus.
• Knowledge of cloud-based messaging services and containerization (e.g., Kubernetes, Docker) is an advantage.
• Knowledge of Kafka messaging system is a plus
• Experience with Scrum team is a plus
  
  

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 [email protected].

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.