Desired Skills and Experience

  • In the first month – get acclimated with the technologies and environments in use at Northwestern Mutual. Access a broad range of technologies through monitoring, event response and remediation of issues to gain breadth and depth of the technologies assigned.
  • Within two months – While working with ETCC team members, be able to pick up and work on any existing technology issues and contribute directly to infrastructure and application discussions to solve complex technology problems. Understand the working relationships between infrastructure, and applications, that deliver the client experience.
  • Within three months - While working with other engineers on the Infrastructure & Operations teams, engage in modifying automation and monitoring to improve the capabilities of the ETCC. Contribute to the team at your full capacity.
  • Fast learner and self-starter.  The people you will work with are incredibly kind, talented, and extremely willing to share knowledge and a helping hand, but you have to be willing to take ownership of the outlined goals and make things happen.
  • Ability to take initiative and work with minimal supervision, yet actively interact with other team members in person or over the Internet (chat, videoconference, email).
  • Work collaboratively on creative solutions with product owners and engineers.
  • Bring new ideas and new ways of solving problems to the team.
  • Passionate about learning new technologies and developing additional skills.
  • Bachelor’s degree or Associate’s degree in Computer Science or a related field
  • 2 to 4 years of support and engineering experience in infrastructure and applications
  • Experienced with the following technologies:

Websphere Application Server IBM Power, IBM Pure and Nutanix Platforms WEB Technologies: Apache, Tomcat, JBoss, .Net Application servers SOA, Web Services, Microservices Pub/Sub application patterns Windows, UNIX & Linux servers Full Stack Experience a plus

  • Websphere Application Server
  • IBM Power, IBM Pure and Nutanix Platforms
  • WEB Technologies: Apache, Tomcat, JBoss, .Net Application servers
  • SOA, Web Services, Microservices Pub/Sub application patterns
  • Windows, UNIX & Linux servers
  • Full Stack Experience a plus
  • Experience utilizing the following tools:

Scripting and Automation Application and Infrastructure Performance Monitoring Service Management

  • Scripting and Automation
  • Application and Infrastructure Performance Monitoring
  • Service Management
  • Experience using the following methodologies:

Scrum, Agile, SAFe, Kanban ITIL Continuous Improvement Complex Problem Solving 

  • Scrum, Agile, SAFe, Kanban
  • ITIL
  • Continuous Improvement
  • Complex Problem Solving 
  • Tuition reimbursement, commuter plans, and paid time off
  • Highly competitive compensation that include base salary plus bonus
  • Medical/Dental/Vision plans, matching 401(k), pension program
  • Hackathons/Commitment to Innovation
  • Life Balance
  • Extensive Training Opportunities
  • Travel opportunities

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