Systems Software Engineer Consultant
Northwestern Mutual9 years ago
Responsibilities
- Design highly available, scalable, and resilient middleware and cloud solutions.
- Provide Tier 4 escalation support to the middleware operations team.
- Develop proactive monitoring, performance optimization, automation, and orchestration processes.
- Certify product releases, major functionality, and architectural designs for use.
- Provision middleware and application components using Amazon AWS and Cloud Foundry.
- Support high availability, disaster recovery, and application failover for E-business systems.
- Lead infrastructure planning, technical standards, migration plans, and strategic technology initiatives.
- Develop technical specifications for complex solutions and consult with multiple project teams.
- Mentor junior team members and developers through documentation, training, presentations, and coaching.
- Act as a technical project lead or key technical resource for project teams.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Computer Engineering, Electronic Engineering, or a related discipline.
- Five years of progressive experience supporting large Linux, AIX, and cloud environments.
- Five years of experience installing, maintaining, and supporting IBM WebSphere application server products on Linux, AIX, and Windows.
- Three years of experience provisioning middleware and application components using Amazon AWS and Pivotal Cloud Foundry.
- Three years of experience with DevOps, Agile, SAFe, Continuous Release, or other software and infrastructure processes.
- Three years of experience working with the Apigee Edge API management platform.
Benefits
- Regular full-time employment.
- Position based in Franklin, Wisconsin.
About Northwestern Mutual
Northwestern Mutual is a mutual life insurance and wealth management company that sells insurance, annuities, and investment advisory services to individuals, families, and businesses through a nationwide network of financial advisors. Its offerings include life, disability, and long-term care insurance, brokerage and advisory accounts, and trust and portfolio management services. Founded in 1857 and headquartered in Milwaukee, it is privately held and operates under a policyholder-owned model.