Northern Trust
Senior Information Architect-London
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Senior Information Architect-London
Senior Information Architect
Lead Northern Trust’s Enterprise Data Strategy & AI-Enabled Capabilities
About Northern Trust
Innovative wealth management, asset servicing, asset management and banking services globally, Northern Trust (Nasdaq:NTRS) empowers the world’s most successful individuals, families, corporations and institutions with tailored solutions.
Since 1889, we’ve guided our efforts through our Principles That Endure:
- Service
- Expertise
- Integrity
For over 135 years, our 24,000+ partners have driven excellence using cutting-edge technology and exceptional service.
The Opportunity
The Senior Information Architect will shape Northern Trust’s enterprise data strategy, modeling standards, and AI-empowered systems within our Information Architecture team.
Data Modelling & Architecture
- Lead conceptual, logical, and physical data modeling aligned with data mesh and medallion architectures
- Govern and maintain the enterprise data model library in SqlDBM, enforcing naming conventions, standards, and versioning
- Define canonical data entities and lineage across source, integration, and consumption layers
- Translate business requirements into rigorous data structures in collaboration with engineering and domain teams
- Guide teams in semantic/data model design, including applications for agentic AI solutions
Semantic & Knowledge Modelling
- Integrate semantic layers with business glossaries, data catalogs, and lineage tooling
- Design and maintain semantic models to support LLM-powered and agentic AI capabilities
- Aid in developing ontologies, taxonomies, and controlled vocabularies for metadata and search
- Establish semantic modeling standards to ensure consistent meaning, interoperability, and AI-readiness
- Align data domains with the bank’s core capabilities
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Data Engineering & Platforms
- Design data product schemas across Snowflake and Databricks (Delta Lake, access patterns)
- Set architectural guardrails for schema design (performance, scalability, security, cost efficiency)
- Enforce data contract standards and quality frameworks across pipelines
- Review pipelines for compliance with evolving transformation demands
Agentic AI & AI-Assisted Development
- Leverage Snowflake Cortex/Databricks Genie to build natural language-query data products for engineering teams
- Utilise GitHub Copilot (or similar) to streamline modeling, documentation, and pipeline development
- Define agentic AI skill sets for implementation use cases
- Adhere to the AI Champion Network, evaluating emerging tools and guiding adoption
Enterprise Architecture & Design Assurance
- Act as design authority for data architecture across teams and domains
- Collaborate with enterprise, security, and risk architecture to align solutions with industry standards
- Provide early-stage architecture input to mitigate risks in project discovery
Governance & Stakeholder Engagement
- Present architecture decisions to stakeholders, boards, and regulators
- Support regulatory compliance through lineage, metadata, and data quality evidence
- Mentor junior architects and engineers in the Information Architecture community
Requirements
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Essential
- Proven experience in data architecture, engineering, or information management
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Data Science, or related field
- Enterprise-level data modelling skills (conceptual, logical, physical)
- Hands-on experience with SqlDBM (or equivalent modern toolset)
- dbt Labs expertise
- Proficiency in Python, API integration and automation
- Practical Snowflake/Databricks experience, including Cortex AI and Genie
- Knowledge of OWL, RDF, SPARQL and enterprise ontologies
- Experience with at least one agentic AI framework
- Hands-on experience with GitHub Copilot (or equivalent) in a professional setting
- Financial services background preferred; awareness of BCBS 239 advantageous
Desirable
- Data Vault 2.1 or Kimball/Star-schema modelling
- Experience with data mesh architecture and federated governance
- Familiarity with knowledge graphs (Neo4j, Neptune) or ontology development
- Published contributions to data/AI thought leadership
Location & Legal
- Applicants must have the right to work in the United Kingdom
- Northern Trust cannot sponsor visas; eligibility checks are mandatory
Why Northern Trust?
- A flexible, collaborative culture with demonstrated financial stability
- Encouragement of career growth and accessible leadership
- Commitment to an inclusive, community-focused workplace
- Philanthropy and social impact embedded in our heritage
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