Senior Systems Software Engineer

• Demonstrate technical leadership by mentoring junior engineers
• Proficiency in DevOps and Agile principles
• Apply engineering standard methodologies to analyze and develop software solutions
• Leverages established coding standards best practices and automation capabilities to develop solutions to support our users
• Identify technical problems and develop software solutions and automation capabilities
• Have the technical skill to review verify and validate the software code developed in the project
• Strive for continuous improvement and build continuous integration and continuous development pipeline (CI/CD Pipeline)

• Bachelor's Degree or equivalent experience
• AWS or Docker or Kubernetes Certification Preferred
• At least 4 years of working experience
• 5+ years of professional IT experience
• 3+ years' experience with AWS Cloud Services (AWS Certified Preferred) and containerized applications and container orchestration (Docker Kubernetes - CKA Preferred)
• 5+ years' experience with monitoring and performance management/tuning of systems
• 5+ years' experience with networking and Linux based platforms
• 5+ years' experience with modern programming and scripting languages (Python JavaScript etc.)
• Experience with Infrastructure-as-Code frameworks (Terraform CloudFormation)
• Experience working with DevOps CICD GitOps Agile methodologies
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines and automation and how to apply it with services such as Gitlab CI Jenkins CodePipeline or Circle CI
• Understanding of certificates firewalls vulnerability management authentication and authorization
• Experience with Unit Testing
• Experience with Linux and Windows. Understanding how to install configure and manage. Very comfortable with CLI

• Cloud & IT Infrastructure: Embraces prioritizes and applies DevOps principles and mindset to cybersecurity services and capabilities; leverages understanding of enterprise IT environment from operating system to networks and domain services and orchestrates applications and infrastructure through a pipeline approach.
• Cloud Technology: Applies knowledge of cloud service platforms and delivery models to support develop adopt secure implement and evaluate end-to-end cloud solutions delivery and data storage instead of through traditional physical servers in a back office.
• DevOps: Applies continuous integration and delivery to implement applications and services at a higher velocity.
• Infrastructure Automation: Articulates and applies systems architecture and automation technologies to support and implement automation optimization and initiatives.
• Programming Languages: Demonstrates proficiency in one or more programming languages to execute activities tasks practices and deliverables associated with writing and modifying programs and scripts that comprise an application system; designs codes tests and installs complex computer programs and maintains detailed documentation of programming tasks.
• Software Engineering: Designs develops tests documents and maintains software applications for the organization to use to process complex technical information. Demonstrates the ability to convert design specifications into functional software solutions that meet customer needs. Includes planning designing programming debugging testing documenting and maintaining applications and services using established coding standards and methodologies. Ensures that the code delivered is reusable and modular. Uses software development processes in which the smallest testable parts of an application (units) are individually and independently scrutinized for proper operation.

• Flexible work schedules
• Concierge service
• Comprehensive benefits
• Employee resource groups

What We Do

You’ll Like It Here 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/

Why Work With Us

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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