Primary Duties & Responsibilities

•  Demonstrate technical leadership within the team
•  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 adequately review the software code developed in the project
•  Strive for continuous improvement on all aspects within the team and build continuous integration and continuous development pipeline (CI/CD)

Bring your best! What this role needs:

•  Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent experience
•  AWS or Docker or Kubernetes Certification Preferred
•  2-4 years of Kubernetes administration
•  3+ years of professional IT experience
•  Experience with AWS Cloud Services (AWS Certified Preferred), and containerized applications and container orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes – CKA Preferred)
•  3+ years' experience with monitoring and performance management/tuning of systems
•  3+ years' experience with networking and Linux based platforms
•  3+ 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
•  Understanding of Unit Testing
•  Experience with Linux and Windows. Comfortable with CLI
•  Strong written and verbal communication skills
•  Problem solver who enjoys learning on the job and thinking outside of the box

Our Benefits!

•  Highly competitive compensation, including annual bonus opportunities
•  Medical/Dental/Vision plans, 401(k), pension program
•  Tuition reimbursement, commuter plans, and paid time off
•  Extensive Professional Training Opportunities
•  Excellent Work/Life Balance

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. 

SYSTEMS SOFTWARE ENGINEER III