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What's the Role?
As a Sr Systems Engineer you will be leading enterprise-wide technology initiatives that align to our technology strategy. This will include initiatives related to Windows, Mac, IOS and Android platforms. Day to day you will be participating in team meetings to discuss project statuses, upcoming deployments and mentoring other engineers. In addition, you will be designing, planning and implementing technology improvements along with other IT teams in the organization.
Primary Duties & Responsibilities
- Cumulative of prior level plus following:
- Subject Matter Expert of one or more technology Domains.
- Partnering with vendors and enterprise teams on emerging best practices, patterns and technology.
- Planning and executing projects related to our end user computing platforms (Windows, Mac and Mobile).
- Proactively learn emerging platforms and related technology.
- Ability to solve complex technical issues and enable/teach peers to be self sufficient.
- Establish and maintain best practices as it relates to compliance, security, privacy and legal requirements.
- Anticipate deviations from standard practices and find practical ways to move forward.
- Closely follow industry trends relevant to your domain and understand how to apply them to your work as appropriate.
- Break down complex problems into smaller, more manageable ones, and help others to do the same.
- Understand what tools are available and useful for your domain, how they work, and the sorts of situations and problems for which they're useful.
- Use them effectively and teach them to your teammates.
- Develop, maintain and execute on disaster recovery / redundancy strategies.
Qualifications
- Bachelor's Degree or equivalent experience.
- 4-5 years professional experience.
- May include:
- 5 years of professional IT experience.
- 5 years experience with at least one OS/hosting platform. (Microsoft 365, Intune, etc)
- 5 years experience in performance tuning of application stacks.
- 3 years experience with Cloud based PaaS and SaaS.
- 5 years experience with platforms and integration points to On Prem infrastructure.
- 5 years experience with virtualization and containerization.
- 5 years experience with monitoring and performance management of systems.
- 5 years experience with Scripting development (i.e. Powershell\Python).
- 5 years experience with networking knowledge.
- 3-5 years experience with Identity Platform and tools.
- 2 years experience with modern development and scripting languages.
- Experience with CICD concepts, and tools, branching strategies and leveraging knowledge to assist in delivering an infrastructure as a product.
- Excellent troubleshooting skills within area of expertise, and solid troubleshooting in adjacent domains.
- Solid understanding of traditional or cloud computing technologies including Networking, Compute, Storage, Development, Data, Operations, or Security.
- 4 years experience in one of the following (AWS, Kubernetes, Linux, Windows) administration and configuration.
- Experience with multiple delivery methodologies such as Agile and Waterfall.
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Compensation Range:
Pay Range - Start:
$90,930.00
Pay Range - End:
$168,870.00
Northwestern Mutual pays on a geographic-specific salary structure and placement in the salary range for this position will be determined by a number of factors including the skills, education, training, credentials and experience of the candidate; the scope, complexity as well as the cost of labor in the market; and other conditions of employment. At Northwestern Mutual, it is not typical for an individual to be hired at or near the top of the range for their role and compensation decisions are dependent on the facts and circumstances of each case. Please note that the salary range listed in the posting is the standard pay structure. Positions in certain locations (such as California) may provide an increase on the standard pay structure based on the location. Please click here for additiona l information relating to location-based pay structures.
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We are an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, age or status as a protected veteran, or any other characteristic protected by law.
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- Flexible work schedules
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- Comprehensive benefits
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At Northwestern Mutual, we believe that our lives and our work matter. And that doing what’s right is good for everyone. We follow through by designing tech that improves the community and cultivating creative ways to make finance accessible anywhere. These guiding principles have allowed our company to grow for more than 160 years.
Here, you’ll be with a team who emphasizes integrity and prioritizes security to design experiences that better everyone. You’ll work in cross functional teams to create optimal solutions that are rooted in innovative strategy and thoughtful execution. And you’re provided development tools and opportunities to become a leader all with the support of a collaborative team. You’ll be surrounded in a culture that values innovation and works to always evolve to stay ahead of trends and client needs.
We are intentional in seeking out team members who will challenge us. Our employees choose us for the career opportunities, commitment to philanthropy and desire to have a meaningful impact in the lives of our clients. You have career passions and goals. We have ambition and opportunity for you to grow your future in tech. Discover today: https://careers.northwesternmutual.com/
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We invest in our people. We know careers are about choices, so we provide intentional opportunity. Here you can build creative ways to make finance accessible anywhere and revolutionize traditional processes. As a mutual company, our focus is our people — whether professional development or investments in the community.
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