Principal, Infra Network - Infoblox

• *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.

• *Principal Infoblox Engineer (DDI / IPAM / DNS / DHCP / GSLB)**

• *Position Summary**

We are seeking a Principal Infoblox Engineer to lead the architecture, engineering, and automation of enterprise DDI services (DNS, DHCP, IPAM) and Global Server Load Balancing (GSLB). This role owns the reliability, security, scalability, and lifecycle management of Infoblox platforms across on\-premises and cloud environments. You will serve as one of the senior technical authorities, partnering with Network, Security, Cloud, and Application teams to deliver highly available, compliant, and automated DDI capabilities. The ideal candidate will also bring broad network security experience, including familiarity with firewalls, load balancers, and proxy technologies.

• *Key Responsibilities**

Platform Engineering \& Architecture

• Lead Infoblox DDI architecture and engineering
• Design and maintain DNS, DHCP, IPAM services
• Manage GSLB including policies, health checks, and failover
• Define DNS and IP addressing standards

Operational Excellence

• Manage monitoring, patching, upgrades, and capacity
• Lead incident response and root cause analysis
• Define KPIs and SLOs

Automation

• Develop automation using Python, Ansible, Terraform
• Build reusable infrastructure\-as\-code modules

ITSM / ServiceNow

• Integrate workflows into ServiceNow ITSM processes
• Enable self\-service and change management compliance

Security \& Governance

• Enforce DNS security best practices
• Partner with network security teams on firewall, load balancer, and proxy integrations and policy alignment
• Support compliance and audit readiness

Leadership

• Mentor engineers and guide cross\-functional teams
• *Required Qualifications**

14\+ years of experience required.

• Expert experience with DNS, DHCP, IPAM
• Strong Infoblox platform experience
• Experience with GSLB
• Deep DNS architecture knowledge
• General network security experience, including firewalls, load balancers, and proxy technologies
• ServiceNow and ITSM process experience
• Automation using Python and Ansible/Terraform
• API integration experience
• *Preferred Qualifications**

• Hybrid/cloud DNS experience
• Experience with DNS and GTM hosted vendors (Akamai, UltraDNS, NS1\)
• Familiarity with enterprise networking and security infrastructure, including firewalls, load balancers, and proxy platforms
• DNS security knowledge
• Automation and self\-service experience
• Monitoring/observability familiarity
• Strong documentation skills
• *Core Competencies**

• Deep technical expertise in DNS, DHCP, GSLB and IPAM technologies
• Working knowledge of adjacent network security technologies such as firewalls, load balancers, and proxies
• Strong troubleshooting skills
• Leadership and communication
• Automation mindset
• *Success Metrics**

• Improve DDI stability and reliability
• Implement automation for common tasks
• Enhance ServiceNow integration
• Deliver roadmap for scalability and security
• *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 MyHRHelp@ntrs.com.

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.