Sr Analyst- L1 Support Java Cloud

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.

WM L1  Production Support is looking for a Support Analyst who can work under general supervision (but works independently), responsible for day-to-day production support for Financial Applications L1  Production Support is responsible for 24x7 production support across globe (APAC, EMEA and North America) under Northern Trust Company.  

ROLE:  

L1 Application Support has responsibility for the technical and functional support of our across multiple technologies. This role will support our business and operations partners and clients and will liaise with upstream and downstream application teams.  

The ideal candidates will be self-starters with excellent communication skills and a solid understanding of technology in a financial institution, including trade applications. Some night/weekends may be required from time to time. Candidate should be available Monday – Friday with individual schedules based on coverage rotation/duties. 

Key Responsibilities 

Production Support & Monitoring 

Provide L1 operational support for Wealth Management platforms and applications. 

Perform initial triage, troubleshooting, and resolution of production incidents and service requests. 

Smoke test (SOD/EOD/SOW/EOW/Weekend/ DR / Release) 

Active Monitoring INC queues and take necessary action as per SOP  

Active App monitoring – Tools (APV/Catchpoint/Dynatrace) and take necessary action as per SOP  

Monitor production applications, APIs and batch jobs 

Perform L1/L2 incident triage and resolution 

Analyze application, server and database logs 

Support deployments, smoke testing and post-release validation 

Coordinate with Development, Infrastructure and Database teams 

Perform operational health checks and service restorations 

Escalate complex issues to L2/L3 teams while ensuring proper communication and tracking. 

Monitor and manage job scheduling platforms such as Control-M or similar schedulers. 

Candidate should be able to troubleshoot (review, analyze and resolve) production issue including job failure, and able to apply code fix on need basis. such as  

 Incident detection, root-cause investigation, problem management 

Application availability monitoring  

 Capacity planning  

Handling application malfunctions (e.g. input issues, EOD issue, data backup issue, MQ issue, reporting and blotter issues etc.) 

 Firecall support including off-hours and weekend support 

 Handle static data updates using SQL or other methods necessary 

Metrics and audit reporting  

Maintain DR documentation and participate in annual exercise 

Build effectively working relations with a wide variety of groups including clients, development, business, audit, compliance 

Monitor and attend to all alerts and escalate production issues as needed to relevant teams and management.  

Coordinate with various teams including offshore support staff and raise support ticket for all issues, analyze root cause and assist in efficient resolution of all production processes. 

Actively contribute to the supportability of the applications as well as continuous service improvement projects.  

Develop understanding of NT’s systems and products utilizing reference materials and support procedures. 

Present IT in a professional manner exhibits customer service values in line with NT’s A Approach.  

Adherence to corporate standards always.  

SKILLS / EXPERIENCE:  

   1+ years of experience in a technical business facing (face to face) role within a financial institution or similar preferred. 

ITIL Certified 

Cloud Certified   

Knowledge of ITSM is needed. 

Strong communication and interpersonal skills, along with a solid technical background are essential as is the ability to multitask in a fast-paced environment. The ideal candidate can explain technical issues in layman’s terms and translate business needs to technology teams and back. 

Java, Spring Boot, REST APIs 

SQL (Oracle / SQL Server / PostgreSQL) 

UNIX/Linux commands and Shell Scripting 

AWS/Azure Cloud fundamentals 

Application, Batch and API Monitoring 

Incident, Problem and Change Management 

Log Analysis (Splunk, Dynatrace, Grafana, CloudWatch) 

ITIL processes and ServiceNow 

Jenkins, Git, CI/CD fundamentals 

L1/L2 troubleshooting, RCA and stakeholder communication Works closely with other technology teams such as Development, Infrastructure and vended software support teams. 

Experience Required 

A College or University degree and/or relevant 2-6 years proven work experience. Related Industry qualification is preferred. (BCA/B.Sc. Comp Science) 

Major Activities: 

Smoke test  

Active Batch monitoring 24X7 

Monitoring INC queues  

Monitoring tools alert 

On call Support 

Nightly batch communications 

Prepare SLA Dashboards 

Data backup/management activity 

user data modification 

Weekend availability 

Report generation and stakeholder comm 

Working with Us

As a Northern Trust partner, you will be part of a flexible and collaborative work culture, which has a strong history of financial strength and stability. Movement within the organization is encouraged, senior leaders are accessible, and you can take pride in working for a company committed to an inclusive workplace and assisting the communities we serve.

Philanthropy is deeply rooted in Northern Trust’s history and is an essential element of our culture. Employees around the world give their time and talent to work for the greater good of their communities.

Reasonable Accommodation

Northern Trust is committed to working with and providing adjustments to individuals with health conditions and disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the employment process, please email our HR Service Center at MyHRHelp@ntrs.com, or alternatively you can discuss your individual requirements with the recruiter you are working with.

About Our Pune Office

The Northern Trust Pune office, established in 2016, is now home to over 3,000 employees. The office handles various functions, including Operations for Asset Servicing and Wealth Management, as well as delivering critical technology solutions that support business operations across the globe.

Our Pune team takes our commitment to service to heart. In 2024, they volunteered more than 10,000+ hours into the communities where they live and work. Learn more.