Remote Senior System Administrator

Summary

Join our team as a Sr. System Administrator and contribute to implementing and maintaining integration and application development platforms, ecosystem, and processes in support of F&G business needs.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree (preferred emphasis in computer science or MIS) or equivalent experience
• 3 -7 years of experience in System Administration
• 3-5 years of hands-on integration platform administration and technical experience
• Thorough understanding of, and demonstrated experience with, API concepts and best practices
• Experience with various SDLC methodologies (Agile, Waterfall, RAD, etc.)
• Experience developing system, data and application integrations between 3rd-party commercial applications

Responsibilities

• Design, code, test, and document systems, reusable integration components, and patterns that adhere to F&G’s software development methodologies, frameworks, standards, and security requirements
• Provide education on best practices and use of the system, and mentor other users and developers on company standards and guidelines on technology use
• Understand and develop a working knowledge of other integration and application development technologies
• Perform unit, regression, security, and load tests to validate system readiness for Production workloads
• Conduct application security reviews in conjunction with the Security Team
• Support and execute IT Governance Controls and Service Management processes and procedures
• Perform impact analysis for interface and system changes affecting the system
• Work closely with IT Solution Delivery teams to understand enterprise integration needs
• Collaborate with Architecture teams to create and follow roadmaps and technical governance
• Collaborate with teammates and vendor to complete complex tasks for large IT project initiatives, and assist in developing estimates for project and maintenance work
• Implement and maintain integration and application development systems to meet the organization’s current and future requirements
• Develop and maintain positive relationships with vendors, suppliers and contract consultants
• Maintain a good working knowledge of current industry standards relating to enterprise software applications and how they are installed, configured, and supported in an enterprise environment
• Contribute to the development and documentation of corporate policies and procedures
• Manage cloud and on-premise environments in accordance with company security guidelines
• Monitor and manage integrations with internal and external systems and platforms
• Help coordinate an Integration Center of Excellence to facilitate integration-related training, best practices, and information sharing across the organization
• Provide Close Support problem identification, diagnosis, and resolution Tier II, III problem identification, diagnosis, and resolution or escalates to Vendor
• Communicate with the network administrator to forecast network requirements and to debug any network issues that affect user access to mission-critical data
• Provide support for implementation, troubleshooting, and maintenance of IT systems
• Creation of system documentation, standard operating procedures, and system guides

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with secure administration and development practices and knowledge of OWASP Top Ten
• Experience with ImageRight workflow system fundamentals, architecture and design
• Experience building and updating ImageRight configurations
• Experience with Imageright Enterprise Management Console
• Life/Annuity insurance industry or financial services experience
• Experience with cloud-based services, preferably AWS or Azure
• Experience working within an effective SOX/internal control environment

Benefits

Hybrid and remote work arrangements