Platform Engineer

As a Platform Engineer at Modern Woodmen, you would be responsible for maintaining our platforms and creating tools to be used by our Software Development team.  This would include actively participating in the daily operational activities and support of the IT Department, which includes providing proactive maintenance and performing independent complex troubleshooting.

Modern Woodmen of America is the nation’s third largest fraternal benefit society with assets over $17B. Fraternal benefit societies are unique membership organizations with peculiar names that pair the “member owned” characteristic of a mutual insurance company with the “social mission” characteristic of a service organization. They unite individuals with common bonds, provide a variety of life insurance and investment products, and form one of the nation’s most effective volunteer networks.

Responsibilities:

• Collaborate with various teams across IT with the goal of gathering feedback and use that feedback to improve operational effectiveness by utilizing a wide range of technologies.
• Support and maintenance of application security and their supporting platforms.
• Support and maintenance of application release pipelines.
• Management of application configuration (including permissions and secrets).
• Creation and maintenance of miscellaneous Azure policies.
• Handling of platform related help desk tickets.
• Full support and maintenance of developer third party tools and integrations.
• Configuration and maintenance of application monitoring software and its reporting.
• Monitor platform system health and make recommendations to the appropriate parties.
• Identify recurring issues and work with involved individuals to develop permanent solutions.
• Assist with the maintenance of supporting software documentation library.

What we need:

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, computer engineering or a combination of education and experience.
• 2 years of experience related to job title.
• Self-starter with excellent listening and interpersonal skills.
• Extremely detail orientated for all responsibilities.
• Display work behaviors of high integrity and honesty.
• Able to take direction and follow established processes and procedures.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Demonstrate a high level of problem solving and analytical skills.
• Working knowledge of the following technologies preferred.
  • Developing and evangelizing best practices and golden paths
  • Developing and deploying resources with Azure
  • Platform Automation
  • Building developer tools such as CI/CD pipelines and CLI tools
  • Scripting languages, such as PowerShell.
  • Experience with supporting and maintaining MSMQ, IIS, and web applications.
  • Experience with supporting and maintaining enterprise level platforms.
  • Administration of
    • Dynamics365
    • Power Platform
    • Windows Server
    • Azure DevOps

What we offer:

• Pay: The annual or hourly pay for this position is $34.50. The specific rate will depend on the successful candidate’s qualifications and prior experience.
• Work Arrangements: This is a full-time hybrid position: 37.5 hours per week (7.5 hours per day), Monday- Friday, with flexible start time between 7:00AM-9:00AM.  Hybrid positions work at least 3 days in office and the remaining days each week working from home.  Employees beginning to work in a new hybrid role will be asked to work on-site (5 days a week) during the initial training period which may be up to 1 year.
• Stability: Modern Woodmen has been Modern Since 1883_SM and exists for our members. We make long-term decisions that provide stability to our employees, financial representatives, and members.
• Respect for Personal Time: We offer vacation, sick leave and 11 paid holidays. We value your time outside of work and offer careers that blend work and life well.
• Professional Growth: Benefit from our commitment to employee development which includes educational offerings to enhance your knowledge of our industry.
• Great Culture: We build strong working relationships across our organization through collaborative work and volunteer opportunities.
• A Beautiful Office: Enjoy a beautiful view! Our home office, located in downtown Rock Island, IL, has a lovely plaza overlooking the Mississippi River.
• On-site café: Our employees can purchase a variety of breakfast, lunch, and beverage options at Café 1883.
• A Thriving Local Community: Not from the Quad Cities and hesitant to consider relocation? Give it some thought. The Quad Cities offers an idyllic Midwestern lifestyle along the mighty Mississippi and consistently ranks at the top of the list for quality of life and cost of living. It’s home to more than our share of artists, festivals, and fun in every season.
• Exceptional Benefits: Our comprehensive benefits package is designed to support your health and financial well-being. Benefits include:
  • • Company-paid retirement plan
    • Matching 401(k) Plan
    • Medical, Dental, Prescription drug Insurance. We pay 100% of employee health insurance premium and 50% of employee dependents’ premiums.
    • Group Term Life Insurance
    • Long-term and short-term disability.
    • Voluntary benefits: Vision, Flexible Savings Accounts, Accident Insurance

Modern Woodmen is an equal opportunity employer. Modern Woodmen is committed to providing a respectful environment where each person’s diverse opinions, attitudes, attributes, and feelings are respected.