Websphere Administrator

Nelnet is a diversified and innovative company committed to enriching lives through the power of service as a student loan servicer, professional services company, consumer loan originator and servicer, payments processor, and K-12 and higher education expert. For over 40 years, Nelnet has been serving its customers, associates, and communities.

The perks of working at Nelnet go beyond our benefits package. When you join the Nelnet team, you're part of a community invested in the success of each individual. That support comes through in our work, as we are united by our mission of creating opportunities for people where they live, learn, and work.

We are looking for a IT Architect / Engineer who can work collaboratively within IT Delivery and across Business Operational areas to help design and deliver pragmatic solutions based on business value and NDS IT technology direction and provide for their operation and troubleshooting. This role provides technical leadership to agile teams and is also expected to pull work from the product backlog periodically. Provides support for enterprise programs and applications to include VMWare, RedHat Linux, CentOS Linux, Windows Server, Citrix, LDAP, Apache HTTP Server, Apache Tomcat, and various scripting languages including Perl, Python, Java, Bash, PowerShell, VB Script.

This position requires work in support of the Companys contract with the United States Department of Education (ED). As such, the United States Government requires that any applicant for this position must complete United States Government security clearance. Effective June 1, 2018, ED has informed Nelnet that security clearance applications for foreign nationals are not being accepted or processed. In light of this direction from ED, Nelnet will be unable to hire applicants without United States citizenship for such positions.

Colorado Candidates: Pay range for this role is $80,000-$120,000

• The design and develop eCommerce applications with our development teams.

• Serving as a core member of an engineering team that supports middleware & application for loan servicing applications from inception to production

• Providing lead support and direction to the team for the overall health and maintenance of all infrastructure assets

• Performing ongoing maintenance, troubleshooting and delivering continuous improvement including providing direction to delivery teams on design principles to support high availability, performance and application resiliency

• Identifying innovative ideas and conducting proof of concepts

• Installation, upgrade, configuration and troubleshooting of WebSphere MQ

• Build of MQ objects across multiple platforms

• Build development environments and provide support during application development

• Build production systems and provide support through to go live

• Provide documentation for production support

• Knowledgeable of all existing services, components and technologies to ensure maximum technology reuse.

• Independently identifies and pursues opportunities to improve solution architecture across the enterprise.

• Explores and pursues technical skills outside of current job family.

• Actively seeks to remain technically current and increase expertise and abilities.

• Understands and exhibits skills to protect data, systems and networks and maintains secure, reliable, redundant, and accessible systems.

• Strives to align personal passion and career desires with opportunities and company needs.

• Works in concert with Solution Architects to drive Nelnet technology solution architecture.

EDUCATION:

• BS / MS in Computer Science, Engineering, related discipline or equivalent experience.

EXPERIENCE:

• Minimum 6 years of experience in software development with a strong expertise in at least one key competency.

• 2 to 3 years of experience as a technical or development leader with a demonstrated ability to deliver medium to large scale technology solutions.

COMPETENCIES SKILLS/KNOWLEDGE/ABILITIES:

• Strong full-stack development and infrastructure knowledge. Experienced with software development, configuration management, and infrastructure setup. - Strong automation skills (tool agnostic) and the ability to drive initiatives to automate processes.

• In-depth knowledge of the full software development lifecycle; with exposure to agile or iterative approaches to delivery preferred.

• Strong operational experience in Windows and Linux/Unix environments, and with enterprise networking (F5, DNS, Certificates, Kerberos, etc.)

• Ability to review deployment and operational environments to reduce failure, identify bottlenecks, and troubleshoot issues across infrastructure / CI & CD pipelines.

• Effective cross-functional leadership skills: working with engineering and operational teams to ensure systems are secure, scalable, and reliable.

• Expert skill with Docker, Powershell, Jenkins / TeamCity, Chef, Ansible, Git / TFS, or similar. Implementation experience with CI, CD and DevOps solutions.

• Sound knowledge and hands-on experience with cloud-based environments using cloud agnostic tools and techniques. AWS experience a plus.

• Understanding of best practices, standards and methods to integrate applications within the organization and with external partners.

• Strong verbal and written communication skill; with the ability to communicate at all levels of the organization.

• Ability to quickly learn new technologies and business functions.

• Strong analytical skills to determine effective approaches to business solutions.

• Self-directed with the ability to motivate, inspire, and lead team members on an application solution.

• Knowledge in the area of NIST compliance, ISSO2 strongly desired.

• Demonstrated effective performance in a team-oriented environment

• US Citizen with Ability to obtain 6C Federal security clearance.

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Our benefits package includes medical, dental, vision, HSA and FSA, generous earned time off, 401K/student loan repayment, life insurance & AD&D insurance, employee assistance program, employee stock purchase program, tuition reimbursement, performance-based incentive pay, short- and long-term disability, and a robust wellness program. Click here to learn more about our benefits: LINK ([ Link removed ] - Click here to apply to Websphere Administrator .

Nelnet is an Equal Opportunity Employer, complies with Executive Order 11246, and takes affirmative action to ensure that qualified applicants are employed, and that employees are treated during employment, without regard to race, color, religion/creed, national origin, gender, or sex, marital status, age, disability, use of a guide dog or service animal, sexual orientation, military/veteran status, or any other status protected by Federal or State law or local ordinance.

Qualified individuals with disabilities who require reasonable accommodations in order to apply or compete for positions at Nelnet may request such accommodations by contacting Corporate Recruiting at

Nelnet is a Drug Free and Tobacco Free Workplace.

Salary : $80,000 - $120,000