Sr Systems Software Engineer

thwestern Mutual.

Primary Duties & Responsibilities

• Demonstrate technical leadership by mentoring junior engineers

• Execute full software development life cycle (SDLC)

• Develop flowcharts, layouts and documentation to identify requirements and solutions

• Write well-designed, testable code

• Produce specifications and determine operational feasibility

• 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)

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree or equivalent experience

• Proven work experience as a Software Engineer or Software Developer

• 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

• Solid understanding of Modern front-end development Practices (Javascript, Typescript, React) Preferred

• Excellent knowledge of relational databases, SQL and ORM technologies

• Experience with test-driven development

• Proficiency in software engineering tools

• Ability to document requirements and specifications

• 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

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Compensation Range:

Pay Range - Start:

$102,060.00

Pay Range - End:

$189,540.00

Geographic Specific Pay Structure:

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Northwestern Mutual is an equal opportunity employer who welcomes and encourages diversity in the workforce. We are committed to creating and maintaining an environment in which each employee can contribute creative ideas, seek challenges, assume leadership and continue to focus on meeting and exceeding business and personal objectives.