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.
Network Testing Delivery Lead
Experience
10–14 years total IT experience, with 5+ years in Network testing delivery leadership
Role Summary
Lead Software Quality Engineer – Network (SQM) responsible for validating enterprise network changes across LAN/WAN, security, and cloud platforms. Ensures changes meet functional, performance, and compliance requirements prior to production release. Partners with engineering and operations teams to enable high-quality, low-risk deployments.
Key Responsibilities
Execute validation of network changes (routing, switching, firewall, SD-WAN, load balancers)
Responsible for independent validation, testing, and quality assurance of enterprise network changes across LAN/WAN, security, and cloud platforms.
Ensures all network changes meet functional, performance, security, and compliance requirements prior to production deployment.
Collaborates with Network Engineering, Operations, CAB, and Risk teams to deliver high-quality, low-risk releases. Acts as a quality gate to reduce incidents and improve deployment success through structured testing and automation.
Accountable to deliver estimate efforts, track and address failed changes incidents and identify do better opportunities.
Accountable to drive quality efficiencies and effectiveness using automated solutions for Network and Security changes, testing life cycle and change process optimization.
Design and run test plans, test cases, and validation scenarios.
Identify defects, risks, and provide go/no-go recommendations
Collaborate with engineering, CAB, and release teams for change readiness
Drive automation and improve testing efficiency and coverage
Maintain validation evidence, test reports, and quality metrics
Experience on Excel, PowerPoint, SharePoint, Service Now , ITIL Service Management Concepts and Tools HP,BMC Remedy, ServiceNow(Incident, Problem, Change, Release)
Familiarity of Agile Methodology Scrum/Kanban and project management tools like Azure and Jira.
Flexibility to work on weekend's
SDAM & ITSM Regulatory documentation upkeep
Mandatory Technical Skills
Test Strategy & Automation
Develop and maintain standardized testing frameworks and SOPs
Drive automation of validation processes using scripts and tools
Improve test coverage across network technologies and environments
Enhance efficiency and reduce manual testing efforts
Stakeholder & Governance Engagement
Collaborate with Network Engineering, Operations, Release Management, and CAB
Participate in bridge calls, change reviews, and governance forums
Communicate validation results, risks, and readiness status clearly
Support release decision-making with quality insights
Documentation & Reporting
Maintain test plans, execution reports, and validation evidence
Track and publish quality metrics (defect leakage, incident reduction, automation coverage)
Create and maintain knowledge base articles (ServiceNow / Confluence)
Ensure audit readiness with proper documentation and traceability
Good-to-Have Technical Skills
Knowledge with SD-WAN (Silver Peak/Palo Alto), Zscaler, F5, Infoblox, Cloud (Azure/AWS)
Experience in automation tools, scripting, and CI/CD validation
Knowledge of risk frameworks, audit compliance, and governance
Soft & Leadership Skills
Strong delivery ownership and decision-making
Executive-level communication and stakeholder management
Risk-based thinking and escalation judgment
Ability to manage cross-functional, geographically distributed teams
Structured problem-solving and incident leadership
Support continuous improvement initiatives in testing and validation practices
Mentor junior engineers on testing methodologies and tools
Stay updated with emerging network technologies and testing strategies
Certifications (Preferred / Nice to Have)
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.
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.
