Associate, Infra Automation

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.

The Associate – Infrastructure Automation Engineer supports the development and execution of infrastructure automation to improve operational efficiency, reliability, and consistency across enterprise platforms.

This role exists to assist in reducing manual operational effort by contributing automation scripts, modules, and workflows within established enterprise automation frameworks and standards.

The role operates within a centrally governed automation enablement model and works under the guidance of Sr Associate, Lead, and Sr Lead Automation Engineers.

The Associate focuses on execution‑oriented automation tasks, learning enterprise automation practices, and contributing to platform and lifecycle automation initiatives while adhering to defined architecture, security, and governance guardrails.

Key Responsibilities

- Develop and maintain automation scripts, modules, or workflows using approved tools and frameworks (e.g., Ansible, AWX, AAP).

- Support automation of infrastructure activities such as provisioning, configuration, patching, and basic lifecycle tasks.

- Modify and enhance existing automation under guidance to improve stability and efficiency.

- Assist with troubleshooting automation failures and basic production issues.

- Participate in testing, validation, and deployment of automation solutions.

- Support break‑fix activities and documentation updates for automation deliverables.