Job Description
**Cloud Engineer with Automation, Networking, and Security Operations Expertise** We are seeking a highly skilled Cloud Engineer with expertise in automation, networking, and security operations to join our team. This individual will design, build, and secure highly available multi-cloud provider infrastructure environments to protect our cloud-hosted assets and applications. **About Northern Trust** Northern Trust is a globally recognized, award-winning financial institution that has been in continuous operation since 1889. We 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. **Responsibilities** * Develop infrastructure-as-code (IaC) automation using Terraform to create IaC patterns and modules * Utilize modern software DevOps and CI/CD tooling to provision infrastructure resources and prevent configuration drift * Collaborate with development teams to ensure seamless continuous integration of code and deployment * Familiarity and experience with Terraform Cloud for workspace and state management * Investigate and resolve complex cloud infrastructure related issues and recommend solutions * Participate in IT Service Management (ITSM) change, incident, and general requests for cloud platform support * Contribute to cloud operation disciplines and improve processes **Network Engineering** * Manage firewall technologies such as Azure Front Door and Akamai WAF/CDN via automation * Possess networking fundamentals to identify root causes of application connectivity issues * Support cloud network security platforms and collaborate with tool vendors * Design, develop, and implement automation workflows for network firewalls to enhance security protocols **Security Engineering** * Develop, implement, and enforce Policy-as-Code (PaC) for cloud environments * Define and implement security policies based upon CIS/NIST industry benchmarks * Support remediation of security vulnerabilities using cloud posture management and ITSM tooling * Manage, configure, enhance, and operate cloud security posture management platforms **Requirements** * University or college degree in computer science, engineering, or related technical fields * Prior technology experience * Proven experience in cloud computing (Microsoft Azure, AWS) * Proven experience in cloud networking automation * Terraform Infrastructure as code automation * Experience with Azure networking tools (V-WAN, VNET, BGP, etc.) * Proven understanding of DevSecOps concepts * Strong passion for end-to-end DevOps automation via CI/CD pipelines * Proven ability to manage infrastructure environments, configurations, and IaC scripts * Proficiency in scripting languages (Python, Perl, Ruby, PowerShell, YAML, KQL, etc.) * Proficiency in waterfall and Agile, Scrum, Kanban, SAFe, etc. delivery methodologies * Knowledge and experience in testing automation harnesses and frameworks * Understanding and ability to ensure operational stability and enforcement of security controls